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A crash in Barron County turned deadly in the early morning hours. It was on Wednesday, December 16,  a bit after 4 in the morning when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a one vehicle rollover accident on 20th Street west of Chetek. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Chetek Ambulance, Dallas Fire and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene. Initial investigation showed a 2002 Honda Acura vehicle was traveling north

The federal government is preparing to roll out two-million more doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine next week.   Michael Castner reports.

Top members of a Senate committee are going back and forth about the election.   Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson insisted confidence in the integrity of voting systems has to be restored.  Johnson added that legitimate concerns must be taken seriously.  More 715 Newsroom coverage is below with Jon DeMaster: Michigan Democrat Gary Peters said Joe Biden was the clear winner of the presidential election and added claims of widespread voting fraud are false.  Peters also accused President Trump and his supporters of

The WI DOJ released more information regarding an officer involved shooting death in our state. The complete statement is below: The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is investigating an officer involved death (OID) near Fort Atkinson, Wis. that occurred on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 9, 2020. At approximately 12:30 pm, Wisconsin State Patrol attempted a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 26 between Watertown and Johnson Creek. One driver and one passenger were inside the vehicle.

 University of Wisconsin-Stout today announced that its spring break scheduled for March 13-21 will be canceled.  “This was not an easy decision to make,” Chancellor Katherine Frank said in a communication to campus. “However, it is necessary due to the current status of the pandemic, the inability to predict its course through early spring and our responsibility to keep our university and local community as safe and healthy as possible.”  She also noted that a growing number of UW institutions, including

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office is joining law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin during the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign from Friday, December 18 through New Year’s Day, January 1. During the national holiday campaign, law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin will patrol in greater numbers, for longer hours, watching for impaired drivers. “About every three hours in Wisconsin, someone is injured or killed in an alcohol-related crash,” Sheriff Kowalczyk said. “This campaign is not about stopping or arresting motorists.

High school band students are giving thanks to healthcare workers as the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine arrive in Eau Claire. The Eau Claire Memorial High School band played for healthcare workers at several local hospitals Monday night. The Memorial High School Band Program posted videos of some performances on its Facebook page. 

The Chippewa Falls Police Department Alumni Association’s Back the Blue campaign is closing in on its goal. The association posted to Facebook saying Leinenkugel’s  Brewing Company donated one-thousand dollars to the campaign and Pederson-Volker Funeral Chapel matched the donation yesterday. The goal is to donate ten-thousand-dollars to the Chippewa Falls Police Department by Christmas.

The former teacher accused in a child pornography case is out of jail. A judge yesterday allowed Todd Williams to sign a five-thousand-dollar signature bond to get out of jail. Prosecutors say Williams had dozens of images of child porn on his computer. He’s been let go at Eau Claire North, and the judge ordered him to not have any contact with young people or children.

The first healthcare workers in the Chippewa Valley have received their coronavirus shot. Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire said they received just under three-thousand doses yesterday. The vaccine will go to frontline healthcare workers first, then people living in long-term care facilities. Mayo’s Dr. Andrew Badley says it will likely be April before the vaccine will become available to the general public. Here in our state, nearly 90-percent of the people who’ve tested positive for the coronavirus in Wisconsin have