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 A 55-foot tall Colorado Engelman spruce tree is starting its trip to the nation’s capital to serve as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.  The spruce was cut down last Thursday and loaded onto a semitrailer for its 17-hundred mile trip from Colorado to Washington, D.C.  Each year a new tree is selected from among the country’s 155 National Forests to be displayed on the west lawn of the Capitol building.

As the state wrestles with rising Coronavirus cases, locally the message from our health care system urges the public to take it seriously. STATEMENT FROM MAYO: Our COVID-19 situation is constantly evolving with admissions and discharges, but as of Tuesday afternoon, Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin had 83 COVID positive inpatients; that includes our hospitals in Barron, Bloomer, Eau Claire, Osseo and Menomonie. In addition, COVID-19 testing operations at Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin are generating

On November 7th, Sawyer County Deputies were dispatched to the Town of Spider Lake to look for a vehicle containing a subject who had reportedly been involved in a theft in Ashland County. Shortly after 10:00am, a Sawyer County Deputy located the vehicle near the intersection of State Highway 77 and County Highway OO. As the deputy neared, the suspect vehicle took off westbound at speeds in excess of 100 MPH.  The pursuit continued into the City of Hayward, where

On November 7th at nearly 3 in the morning, a Sawyer County Deputy observed a silver colored sedan traveling southbound at a very high rate of speed near the intersection of CTH K and CTH E in Bass Lake Township. When the deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver accelerated in an attempt to flee from the deputy.  The pursuit continued south where the suspect vehicle reached speeds in excess of 100 MPH. The pursuit then continued southbound onto

The Chippewa County Administrator and County Board Chair announced today that all nonessential functions at Chippewa County buildings will be closed to the general public in an effort to help reduce the rate of COVID-19 transmission and to protect residents and employees of Chippewa County. Effective at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020, all facilities will be closed to the general public. Anyone needing to do business at Chippewa County buildings should call ahead and be prepared to make

In the lower level of the Memorial Student Center, Monday evenings means mask-making for some University of Wisconsin-Stout students. While some of them cut fabric, others pin it together. In another area, a sewing machine is set up to finish the masks. The students are working toward the goal of 2,000 masks to give to Menomonie elementary schools to help protect children, curb the spread of COVID-19 and give to others. Megan Otte, a sophomore studying interior design started the

Anyone going out and about in the Chippewa Valley is sure to encounter thechanges at any counter, from banks to convenience stores and supermarkets. In the age of COVID-19, plastic barriers have been installed to shield clerks from patrons in an effort to slow the virus’s spread. And a Chippewa Falls company is taking the lead in supplying the equipment to set up the protective measures.“It started with a national news story on kids in some nation overseas sitting in

A man is in custody after a fiery crash that ended in an officer involved shooting last night. Eau Claire police say Chippewa Falls police were pursuing a hit and run suspect and drove into the city. Police say they used stop sticks to deflate the suspect’s tires while several police agencies continued chasing the vehicle before the car eventually crashed into a bridge and caught fire. The driver refused to exit the vehicle and began to reach for his

Eau Claire police say last week someone stole a revolver and a wallet from a 90-year-old man before stealing their car and getting away. In the department’s notable case log, police say sometime between 10:00 last Thursday night and 5:15 Friday morning, someone entered the elderly man’s home and took the gun and the wallet from the nightstand before prying open the garage and taking the man’s vehicle without permission.  Police say they’re investigating, but the burglary could be linked

Thousands of lettuce heads are being recalled for possible E. coli contamination in Wisconsin. The nearly 34-hundred cartons of romaine lettuce were recalled after packaging in mid-October. The company says the recall is precautionary as no one has been reported sick.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE FDA INFO.