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The Chippewa County Historical Society (CCHS) is pleased to announce that the Wisconsin Historical Society has scheduled an April 25, 6:00 pm information meeting about the proposed West Hill Residential Historic District. An invitation has been sent to property owners along with a map of the potential district. Chippewa County has a rich history reflected in architecture. A 1985 Architectural and Historic Survey Report identified more than 150 structures in this potential district. The CCHS assisted with that early survey

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are reintroducing a bill that would fully legalize recreational marijuana in the state.  Governor Tony Evers spoke yesterday and called for the legalization of the drug for medicinal use as well as legalization of certain possession amounts.  Democrats say the biggest problem with marijuana is the fact that it’s illegal. 

An Eau Claire woman is accused of causing about 70-thousand dollars worth of damage at an Eau Claire hospital.  A criminal complaint claims police took Debora Sykora to HSHS Sacred Heart earlier this week because she was drunk and yelling.  Police say Sykora continued to act out while at the hospital and pulled over and broke a vitals machine worth about 70-thousand dollars.  She’s charged with felony criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct and is facing over three years

Flu cases are finally on the decrease in Chippewa County.  The Center for Disease Control says flu season is still going on in Wisconsin but Chippewa County says cases are down from numbers this time last year.  The state says over 18-hundred people have died this flu season due to the flu or pneumonia. 

The Green Bay police K-9 that was stabbed during an arrest earlier this month is continuing to recover.  Police say Pyro had his feeding tube removed and was cleared to eat solid food yesterday morning.  Sai Vang is charged with stabbing Pyro and the Green Bay police chief says the dog’s actions likely prevented an officer-involved shooting.  Vang has a competency hearing scheduled for April 22nd.

If the city of New Richmond doesn’t want a immigration detention center, the company that was going to build it says they will go somewhere else.  Immigration Centers of America yesterday dropped plans to build a facility to hold people who are in this country illegally.  New Richmond city leaders say the center doesn’t fit with their comprehensive plan.  ICA said the decision will cost New Richmond almost 600 jobs and nearly 40-million-dollars in economic benefits.

A western Wisconsin man who admits that he was driving while high will spend less than a week in jail after he hit a man walking along the side of the road.  A Barron County judge yesterday sentenced Nathan Ahlm to five days in jail for the wreck last December.  The victim was taken to the hospital, but survived the crash.

Wisconsin is staying close to full employment.  The latest unemployment report from the state show’s Wisconsin’s jobless rate is just two-point-nine-percent.  That’s up a tiny bit from a year ago, but is still below the national unemployment rate of three-point-eight-percent.

Foxconn is once again trying to reassure state leaders that they are committed to the state of Wisconsin.  The company yesterday issued a statement that says they are focusing on the long term jobs picture in the state.  Foxconn is moving ahead with its new LCD plant in Racine County.  The reassurance comes after Governor Tony Evers says he doesn’t think Foxconn will ever hire the 13-thousand people they’ve promised to employ. 

The Center for Dairy Research at University of Wisconsin-Madison is getting a grant to create dairy drinks that don’t need to be refrigerated.  The center’s director says it recently received about one-million dollars from the Wisconsin Economic Corp. and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.  The director says the program will use aseptic technology that sterilizes milk and its packaging so it limits the amount of bacteria milk is exposed to.  Doing this, milk wouldn’t need to be refrigerated until after it’s