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Two major western Wisconsin health providers are looking to merge together.  Marshfield Clinic centered in Marshfield says it and Gundersen Health are looking to merge into one health system with over a dozen hospitals and 100 clinics.  Marshfield has clinics and a hospital in Eau Claire and Gundersen has hospitals in Whitehall and Independence.  The Gundersen CEO says the merger could be complete by the end of the year. 

UPDATE: Authorities say a missing Menomonie man is safe and sound.  Police canceled yesterday’s Silver Alert for 60-year-old David Twite.  He walked away from his treatment center in Menomonie on Monday.  Officers are not saying where he was found.  Police in Menomonie are on the lookout for a missing elderly man.  A Silver Alert was issued yesterday afternoon for 60-year-old David Twite who was last seen at a treatment center in Menomonie yesterday morning.  Twite has dementia or some other

A Menomonie man who admitted to sexually abusing a four-year-old girl is being sent home with a warning to stay away from children.  A Dunn County judge yesterday sentenced Chase Johnson to probation in the case.  Johnson told police he abused the little girl, he claimed to be a sex addict.  He pleaded guilty in the case back in November.

Prosecutors in Chippewa County are dropping their case against a man charged with murder in Rusk County.  The district attorney in Chippewa Falls yesterday dropped reckless endangerment charges against Preston Kraft.  He was accused of firing a gun at Robert Petit last year.  Kraft is still facing charges in Rusk County that he killed Petit last May.  That case is headed for trial.

There are still some people in Wisconsin who don’t want to let voters take a picture with their ballot.  Lawmakers are considering a plan to rollback Wisconsin’s ban on pictures of completed ballots.  Supporters say a lot of voters in 2019 want to take a ballot selfie.  But the clerks in Dane County and Brown County say allowing for ballot selfies could ‘undo the secrecy of the ballot.’  

Governor Tony Evers says Wisconsinites can push for Medicaid expansion.  The governor tweeted a number today to call to weigh-in on the issue and to ask legislators to support it.  Most Wisconsinites have expressed support for Medicaid expansion, which will help ensure healthcare for thousands of residents now without coverage.

A three-year-old is dead after what’s believed to have been child abuse.  Tomah police say the child was found unresponsive at a home last Friday and it died at a local hospital.  An autopsy shows the child died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries and police named Marcus Anderson as a suspect.  Anderson was arrested after making contact with police in downtown Tomah.  He’s facing multiple charges related to the child’s death and is being held on 750-thousand-dollars bond. 

A Black River Falls man is in custody after sheriff’s deputies say he led them on a chase through people’s front yards.  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says Jon Peterson was driving drunk without a license over the weekend and he drove away from deputies during a traffic stop.  The deputies chased Peterson through multiple lawns in Black River Falls until his car got stuck and he ran away.  Peterson was arrested and he’s facing multiple charges related to the

The Eau Claire Area School Board has a new president and vice president.  Yesterday, board members elected Eric Torres as the new president and Lori Bica as vice president.  The election was held after President Joe Luginbill decided not to run for re-election.

Construction is underway on the new Stillson Elementary School in Chippewa County.  Reports say crews started moving dirt yesterday so the foundation can be poured.  The school is located about a mile away from its current location on nearly 40 acres of land off of County Highway J in Lafayette.  The project is expected to be completed by July of 2020.