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The bridge to Lafayette in Chippewa County is once again open.  The county opened the bridge at Paint Creek on 195th Street this week.  It had been closed since a partial collapse last year.  Chippewa County only paid about 10-percent of the one-point-three-million-dollars it cost to build the new bridge, the rest of the money came from Madison or Washington D.C. 

Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of military vehicles in Monroe and Juneau counties this week.  The Wisconsin National Guard is hosting a training exercise.  The Patriot North drill will last until Thursday at Volk Field in Camp Douglas and Fort McCoy in Tomah.  The idea is to help Wisconsin troops work better with local first responders to prepare for natural disasters and the aftermath of a storm. 

Green groups in Wisconsin are happy that the state’s largest power company is dropping a proposed fee on people who have solar panels on their homes.  Renew Wisconsin and the Sierra Club both say it’s good news that We Energies yesterday agreed to drop the 180 dollar-a-year solar fee from it’s rate increase.  The groups said it was a barrier to green energy.  We Energies is looking to raise rates on customers six-percent over the next two years to help pay for what’s being

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is tapped to be president of a conservative youth organization.  Young America’s Foundation announced Walker has been elected by its board of directors and will take charge in February 2021.  The foundation introduces students to conservatism through campus programs and conferences.  

Attorney General Josh Kaul wants more transparency regarding the Department of Justice opinion process.  The attorney general unveiled a new process and website for all Wisconsinites to provide feedback on proposed attorney general opinion topics.  Kaul says he wants people to weigh-in on issues facing review, prior to the DOJ drafting its opinion.  The attorney general has tweeted a link to the opinion request web page. 

We have a little more information about a robbery at a Lake Hallie bank this morning. It was on Monday July 15 at about 9:37am the Citizens Community Federal Bank located on Commercial Blvd in the Village of Lake Hallie reported an armed robbery. Lake Hallie Detective Adam Meyers arrived in the area first and was operating an unmarked vehicle when he observed a vehicle that had a description that was close to that of the suspect vehicle. He followed

Alcohol appears to be a factor in a Chetek crash. It was just before 2 on Friday afternoon when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a 1-vehicle accident on Hwy SS south of Rice Lake. Initial investigation shows a vehicle driven by 37 year old Mathew Petersen, of Chetek, was traveling south on SS went he went off the road and struck a tree. He was extricated from the vehicle and flown to an area hospital with

You can show your alumni-pride and keep your business local with the help of a new website. The Chippewa Valley Technical College Alumni Association has launched a website featuring businesses owned by CVTC alumni. Graduate surveys show 89 percent of CVTC Alumni are employed in Wisconsin with 70 percent employed within the 11-county CVTC district. Many of those alumni start their own business in west-central Wisconsin. As part of an effort by the CVTC Alumni Association to further develop engagement

A man who went missing after trying to save his kids from the Wisconsin River in Sauk County is dead.  The county sheriff’s office says the man’s body was found Sunday morning and the county coroner’s office says he died of accidental drowning.  The man and his wife entered the water Saturday morning when their children started floating too far away.  His wife and three children all survived. 

Two Rusk County men are facing child pornography charges.  Dennis Berthold and David Johnson were arrested last Thursday after multiple law enforcement agencies searched their homes.  The two cases are unrelated.