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The City of Chippewa Falls is planning its 150th anniversary celebration for this summer.  The city was officially settled on March 25th, 1869.  City officials don’t have any concrete plans for the celebration and Mayor Greg Hoffman says anyone with ideas should submit them to the city planner.  For its 100th anniversary in 1969 many men grew lengthy beards and there was also a commemorative pin for the city. 

The man charged in the kidnapping of Jayme Closs and the murders of her parents is being held in a different facility.  Jake Patterson was moved Monday from the Barron County Jail to a jail in Polk County.  Jayme was missing for nearly three months before she escaped from Patterson’s home in Gordon, Wisconsin late last week.  Patterson has admitted to investigators that he committed the murders and the kidnapping.  Barron County authorities say they knew deputies had passed a single vehicle

Democratic Governor Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders are split on the issue of Medicaid expansion.  Evers has pledged to expand Medicaid in Wisconsin in his first budget proposal.  Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have both called the move a “nonstarter” for Republicans in the Legislature.   Former Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are in a Twitter fight.  The two got into a dispute yesterday over marginal tax rates.  Ocasio-Cortez is proposing a 70

A conservative legal group is suing for clarification over whether wedding barns will require a liquor license to serve alcohol.  The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty says former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel put the wedding barn industry in limbo after issuing an informal legal opinion.  The opinion suggests such barns are public venues which would require them to have liquor licenses. 

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says one in ten area high schoolers has used marijuana in the last 30 days.  A youth risk behavior survey says the statistic has remained steady since 2004.  The survey also says the perception among Eau Claire high schoolers of the risk of marijuana has dropped since 2004. 

The premiere of a new adventure race show is bringing attention to Eau Claire.  The new season of Fireball Run: Big Country featuring Eau Claire premiered last night.  Visit Eau Claire’s Executive Director says exposure on the competition show could have a positive impact on tourism in the city.  The show is available for viewing on Amazon Prime.   

We now know names involved in the deadly accident in Washburn County. The Wisconsin State Patrol says a pickup truck pulling a trailer was southbound on Highway 63 just north of Hamilton Road yesterday morning when it lost control and hit a car nearly head on.  The driver of the car, 18 year old Henry Evans Zietlow died in the crash. The truck driver, 23 year old Robert Ninke from Deer Park and a passenger in the car, 51 year old Sarah

A Menomonie man accused of killing his roommate is having his competency questioned.  Richard Seehaver’s attorney addressed his mental state in Dunn County court yesterday and a judged ordered a psychiatrist or psychologist to have him evaluated.  Seehaver is accused of shooting 54-year-old John Likeness with a crossbow and slitting his throat last month.  His preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 28th. 

A woman is alive and safe after her car was hit by a train in the Town of Bergen.  WEAU reports Ferryville resident Jayme Weber was southbound on Highway 35 just north of Stoddard yesterday afternoon when she lost control of her vehicle on railroad tracks.  Weber left the car just before a train hit it, throwing it about 40 yards.  She was uninjured. 

A plan to bring more low-income apartments to Eau Claire is approved by the city’s Plan Commission.  The Leader-Telegram reports the plan passed anonymously yesterday despite concerns that it didn’t provide enough parking.  The planned apartments are expected to be built along Oxford Avenue between Kwik Trip and the Eau Claire Children’s Theater.  Next in the process will be a vote to rezone the space to allow for the new buildings.