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Before becoming the booming artist and entrepreneur haven it is today, Banbury Place, located at 930 Galloway St. in Eau Claire, Wis., was the massive Uniroyal tire factory. Beginning next week, the history of this 1.9 million square-foot factory will be honored through the Uniroyal Tire Factory Gallery. The exhibit, located in Suite 29 of Building 13, was produced by Chippewa Valley Museum and will b open to the public Thursday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or

About 350 Wisconsin citizen soldiers are coming back home.  The troops, part of the 121st Field Artillery, started arriving in Milwaukee yesterday.  The rest of them will arrive today.  The troops spent about nine months on deployment in the Middle East. 

An Eau Claire man convicted of supplying drugs to someone who died is facing more charges.  Reports say Dustin LeShock pleaded guilty to giving Isaac Repetto the heroin that killed him in 2016 but he was released from prison in January.  Now, LeShock is charged with drunk driving, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, and battery in two separate cases.  He’s currently out on 25-hundred dollars bond. 

A plan to build Wisconsin’s first large-scale solar farm is moving forward after an attempt to stop it.  If you paged through The Chippewa Herald, you likely saw reports that some Iowa County residents wanted to stop construction of the Badger Hollow project by claiming it was approved without considering the environmental impact or its effect on land use.  State regulators denied that request yesterday. 

The Bloomer School District has its first student resource officer.  The officer was hired earlier this week and the district superintendent says the officer will work ten hours a week between all schools.  The officer will be funded by the district and the city and will start next school year. 

Dairy farmers in Wisconsin say they’ll take their portion of 16-billion-dollars in aid from President Trump, but they’d rather have trade.  Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative President Brody Stapel yesterday said farmers in the state need the help to make ends meet.  But, Stapel said he’d rather have Congress approve a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, so that dairy farmers can grow their way out of their current slump.  The president announced the aid package yesterday as a way to offset

There’s very little drama heading into the sentencing for the man who took Jayme Closs.  That’s because there’s no question as to what his sentence will be.  A judge today will sentence Jake Patterson to life in prison for taking Closs and killing her parents last October.  Patterson admitted to both crimes.  He’s due before the judge in Barron County at 1:30 this afternoon. 

We could get some new details in the case against the man who police say ran down three Girl Scouts last year.  Colten Treu is due in Chippewa County court for his arraignment today.  Police say Treu was huffing air duster when he swerved off the road and hit the three scouts from Lake Hallie.  His lawyer said earlier this week that he wants True’s trial moved out of Chippewa County. 

As students at UW La Crosse move out, new parking rules for the city are moving-in behind them.  La Crosse started charging a dollar-per-hour to park on the streets near campus this week.  City leaders say it’s just a pilot program for now.  They want to know if people will pay to park, or if they’ll find a way around the fee. 

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says he’d defend Act 10 in court, even if many Democrats don’t like the law.  Republican lawmakers this week said they plan to step in to the latest attempt to throw out the law that changes how public sector unions can bargain in the state because they’re not sure the AG would act.  Kaul says that’s not necessary, he said he ‘fully’ anticipates that his office would defend Act 10.