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Middleton-based American Girl is shutting down a pair of its stores in Minnesota and Boston.  The company said the leases at the stores at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and at the Natick Mall in Boston are expiring.  Both stores have apparently been open for ten years. They will close on March 20th.  Vice President of Retail for American Girl, Wade Opland, says the closures are necessary for the health of the business. 

It is National Wear Red Day which spotlights the American Heart Association’s campaign about the number-one cause of death among women.  The Wisconsin Department of Health says cardiovascular disease is the second-leading cause of death in the state.  According to the United Health Foundation, an average of 196 per 100-thousand women in Wisconsin died from cardiovascular disease last year.  That’s below the national average of 213 deaths.

Foxconn officials say the company will move forward with its plan to build a ten-billion-dollar facility in Mount Pleasant.  In a statement today, the company says productive talks with the White House and a personal conversation between President Trump and Foxconn chairman Terry Gou put the plan back on track.  Reports this week said the Taiwanese tech company was shifting strategy away from hiring 13-thousand manufacturing workers to focus on research and engineering which would require far fewer jobs.  The

On Thursday, just after 11:30, an Officer from the Lake Hallie Police Department was dispatched to a business located in the 1600 block of 109th Street. It was reported that an unknown female was causing a disturbance by yelling at an employee. This employee reported that he was followed and then the female just started yelling at him. When the officer arrived, he observed that the female subject had drove her vehicle into the ditch and was now stuck and

On Friday, at 12:12 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff Department received acall of a one vehicle crash on Hwy 53 just north of Chetek. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Chetek Police Department, Chetek Ambulance, Chetek Fire Department, and Lifelink3 Helicopter responded to the scene. Upon arrival, it was determine a lone male was traveling northbound on Hwy 53 and struck a guardrail. The driver was identified as 23 year old Jack of Cadott. Holstein was

An Onalaska man is dead after a single vehicle crash in La Crosse.  Police say 36-year-old Benjamin Ahlstrom was found face down about 25 feet away from his crashed van in the 24-hundred block of Hauser Street early Wednesday morning.  An autopsy is scheduled to determine what caused Ahlstrom’s death. 

A former Chippewa County employee is having his grievance claim rejected by his former boss.  The Leader-Telegram went into detail about the case. As 37-year-old Nate Liedl worked in the county clerk of courts office for six years before running against his boss Karen Hepfler in the 2018 election.  Liedl was fired shortly after the election and claims it was only because he ran against his boss.  His grievance claim was rejected by Hepfler but he says he’s considering filing

Current Black River Falls Police Chief Kelly Bakken is being offered the Altoona Police Chief position.  The city says Bakken’s employment will not be official until she passes a background check and a physical and agrees to terms of employment.  Bakken would take over for former police Chief Jesse James who was recently elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.   

All the tickets to The Voice runner-up Chris Kroeze’s upcoming concerts in Eau Claire are sold out.  The Barron native has three performances scheduled at the Pablo Center at the Confluence, one on March 29th and two on March 30th.  The Pablo Center says all the tickets to the three shows that went on sale yesterday morning were sold out by the afternoon.  Kroeze also has a new album that will debut later this year. 

Anti-smoking advocates in Madison want to raise the age to buy a pack of cigarettes in Wisconsin.  The American Lung Association yesterday released its latest report card on the state.  Wisconsin got an F when it comes to the age to buy tobacco.  Opponents, however, say 18-year-olds are adults, and should be treated as such.