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Transgender student-athletes will be banned from girls sports in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletics Association is updating its policy to comply with new guidance from the White House. Trans student-athletes may still be able to practice on women’s teams, but won’t be allowed to compete. The NCAA similarly changed its policy earlier this month.

Western Wisconsin is getting a new hospital. The City Council unanimously approved selling a piece of city-owned land to Aspirus Health during a meeting yesterday. Construction can now begin at the site along Chippewa Crossing Boulevard, west of Highway 178. The new hospital will provide primary care, an emergency room, and inpatient services.

No issues are reported for the Wisconsin spring primary election. Wisconsin Elections Commission Meagan Wolfe says the election process ran smoothly. Incumbent Jill Underly and Brittany Kinser will advance in the race for State Superintendent during the state general election on April 1st. Unofficial results for local elections are now available on county websites, and will be certified by March fourth.

ABOVE PHOTO: John Chenoweth, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW-Whitewater, congratulates graduates at a commencement ceremony. Chenoweth was named Tuesday as interim chancellor at UW-River Falls. Contributed photo John Chenoweth has been named interim chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, a position he said his past has prepared him for.   Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced the appointment of Chenoweth as interim chancellor at UWRF on Tuesday. Chenoweth is currently provost and vice chancellor of

The election on April 1 for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is now set.  Voters in Wisconsin selected incumbent Dr. Jill Underly and education consultant Brittany Kinser in yesterday’s primary, with Sauk Prairie School District superintendent Jeff Wright coming in third.  Underly has been the State Superintendent since 2021.  She is supported by the Democratic Party, Kinser has the support of the Republican Party in the non-partisan election. In a speech to Wisconsin lawmakers Tuesday night at the capitol,

New photos from Beaver Dam police’s ongoing amber alert investigation were made public on Tuesday. Gary Day, who is facing charges related to the abduction of 16-year-old Sophia Franklin, was in the Beaver Dam Area, according to the recently released footage. Two weeks ago, when the alert for Franklin was issued, the footage was captured. Despite the no contact order, officials think Franklin and Day are together.

The Committee on Finance and Budget members are contemplating renovations at the Eau Claire County Government Center. This would make security on the second floor safer. Right now, if an inmate must go to court in branches four or five, which are on the other side of the facility, they would need to be walked down a public hallway. Officials say this can present a “danger to families and witnesses.” If this can get approved, a design would take three

The three candidates vying to become the next administrator for Chippewa County, got to meet with members of the county board. Each candidate got to share why they thought the board should pick them. They offered their own ideas, and new plans for the role. The current administrator, Randy Scholz, will be retiring in March when the new administrator is approved by the board.

Six candidates have advanced in the La Crosse school board race. Those six will now square off in the April 1st general election. Merideth Garcia received the most votes followed by Molly Fuchs, Jeff Jackson, Adam Hoffer and Joy Buchman. Sam Morris would have been the sixth to advance, but he announced he dropped out earlier this month. 

“My grades were dropping. My mental health was dropping. I was not in a good place, but I didn’t want to go home because if I did, I felt like I was accepting defeat.” Colleagues at Chippewa Valley Technical College love nothing more than to see students graduate and walk off into their careers with businesses throughout west-central Wisconsin. But the excitement is two-fold when those students graduate and return to CVTC for a career. Once Emily Keeler experienced CVTC