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Make a date for a cup of black coffee with the people in blue! On Thursday, April 11 from 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m., members of the community are invited to meet officers from the Menomonie Police Department (MPD) at Caribou Coffee- Dick’s Fresh Market, located at 1408 9th St E, Menomonie, to discuss community issues and build relationships over a cup of coffee. There will also be Easter face painting and other coloring activities for the kids, and they can

Ashwaubenon-based retailer Shopko is closing its remaining 120 department stores, including 35 in Wisconsin.  Some of the closures include Ashwaubenon, Wausau, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Janesville, Appleton and Fond du Lac.  The stores will all close in June.  Several thousand Wisconsin workers will be affected by the closures. 

Foxconn Technology says it will soon begin construction of its Gen-6 manufacturing facility near Racine.  The company announced today that the next phase of construction will begin this summer and the facility will begin production during the fourth quarter of 2020.  The initial Gen-6 facility will manufacture LCD screens.

Governors in Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin have all declared states of emergency as historical flooding is taking its toll on the Midwest.  Three people have lost their lives so far and hundreds of others are being forced out of their homes as water is flowing over from both the Missouri and Mississippi river basins.  Heavy rain and melting snow contributed to the swells of the Missouri River in Nebraska and Iowa, as it’s already over two feet above the previous

Just before 10 on Saturday night, the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from a female advising that she was walking on Hwy 53 by Rice Lake after a domestic with her husband, Steve Anderson. She stated that he had hit her, pulled a gun out and pointed it at her. After she exited the car, he fired several rounds off. Barron County Deputies along with the Rice Lake Police Department were sen to the area where Joni

Police in Vernon County are investigating a homicide.  The county sheriff’s office says it responded to a home in rural Chaseburg on Saturday when a man reported suspicious activity.  Police say they found a dead man outside the home who was identified as 75-year-old Stuart Warner from Arizona.  The caller, David Stowe, was later arrested after police determined a gun was used in the incident.  He’s charged with first-degree intentional homicide.

A person is dead after a rollover crash in Black River Falls.  Police say a car crossed the median on Highway 54 near Andrews Road over the weekend and continued off the road until it rolled over.  One person in the car was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.  Police say they believe alcohol, speed, and a lack of seatbelt use were all factors in the crash.

A newly opened nonprofit in Colfax is being evicted after its landlord says it violated its lease agreement.  There have been multiple issues in the past few months, and the Dunn County court commissioner ordered the OCD Foundation to leave its building on University Avenue over the weekend because of claims it made alterations to the building that weren’t allowed, didn’t pay utilities, and allowed people to live in the building.  Multiple employees also claim they weren’t paid their agreed

A fifth grader from Eagle School in Fitchburg and a sixth grader from North Middle School in Menomonee Falls will be competing in the national spelling bee this year.  Maya Jadhav and Immanuel Goveas finished first and second in the Badger State Spelling Bee over the weekend, securing their spots in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May.  This will be the second straight year the pair will compete in the national bee.

An Eau Claire native Emmy award winner and author is making an appearance in town this week.  You may have seen this if you were paging through the Leader-Telegram. Steve Betchkal will be at Dotters Books on Hogeboom Avenue on Thursday at 7:00 p.m.  At the appearance Betchkal is expected to read a short excerpt from his book Walk the Walk, Camp the Camp, Bird the Bird and do a signing.