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Chippewa Valley Technical College has been recognized as a Tree Campus USA for 2019 by the Arbor Day Foundation, the fifth consecutive year the College has earned the designation. The national program honors colleges and universities for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. To gain the distinction, CVTC must have a tree plan, a tree advisory committee, and adopt arboriculture practices. In conjunction with The Lower Chippewa Invasive Partnership, CVTC Horticulture students removed

Two people are dead after a shooting during protests in Kenosha. The Kenosha Police Department confirmed this morning a third person is injured and expected to survive. Police say it happened during protests following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer. Blake is in the hospital and his family says he is paralyzed. 

An Eau Claire man is charged with his fifth drunk driving offense. Online court records show 27-year-old Devon Thronson was charged after a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 53 near Bloomer. He’s previously been charged for not using an ignition interlock device. Thronson was driving with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit.

Chippewa Falls’ Riverfront Park is award winning. The Wisconsin Main Street organization gave Riverside Park the 2019 award for best public improvement. The state park was recognized for the value increase and aesthetic improvements it has brought to the city.

A northern Wisconsin man who fell in his own septic tank loses a lawsuit against the company that recently worked on it. The man claimed he stepped on the lid of the tank and fell in, and couldn’t get out for hours. He says he suffered nightmares from the events, and sued the company for failing to tell him about the rusted lid. The company says they did tell him about it three years earlier. The company also claimed they were there

At least one person is dead and two injured after an overnight shooting amid protests in Kenosha.  Police haven’t confirmed who fired the shots or how badly the other two are hurt.  A video circulating online shows a man with an AR-15-type gun running away from a group of protesters who were facing off with police.  The man falls to the ground and fires shots into the crowd, dropping two people to the ground.  Another video shows a man bleeding

More people continue to test positive for the coronavirus in Wisconsin, but that number is falling. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 638 new positive tests and over nine thousand new negative tests. That continues a downward trend in Wisconsin. The state’s weekly average peaked in late July with 950 positive tests. Yesterday that average number was down to about 660 positive-coronavirus-tests per-week.

Madison Police had to use tear gas to break-up that city’s latest night of violence. A group of hundreds gathered in the streets around the State capitol last night. Many of them were violent. In addition to fires and general destruction, the group attacked Madison’s police headquarters. Rioters smashed windows and set a small fire outside the building. There are reports of some arrests, but it is not clear who and how many people have been taken to jail.

While the lawsuit from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty focuses on the state’s mask requirement, the group says the case has little to do with wearing a mask. WILL yesterday filed a lawsuit asking that a court strike down the governor’s latest emergency order that requires people to wear masks. WILL’s Rick Esenberg says the lawsuit is more about limiting the governor’s broad use of his emergency powers. Specifically, Esenberg says the governor cannot issue two orders for the same

Some teachers in Eau Claire are getting new subjects along with their new class of students this fall. Superintendent Mike Johnson yesterday said they are having to shift some teachers to new subjects to help cover online classes. Most of the changes are for first and second grade teachers. Johnson says while the subjects may be new, all teachers already have some knowledge of what they are going to teach. Classes start in Eau Claire on Tuesday.