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Veterans at UW-Stout are getting access to services to help make the transition between military and civilian life.  The Vet Center Bus stopped by the university yesterday providing student veterans with the opportunity to learn about services available to them.  The center is a one-stop resource where veteran can get answers to questions about post-combat supports, such as health care and mental health treatment.  

Newly released Census estimates say that there are more bucks in Buckyland as household incomes are up and poverty is down.  The 2017 statistics released yesterday show the state’s median household annual income rose more than a thousand dollars. Wisconsin’s poverty rate remains basically unchanged from the previous year, and continues to be about one percent lower than the national rate.

Several organizations are preparing to respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.  Over thirty Wisconsin Red Cross disaster volunteers headed out yesterday to the Carolinas and Virginia and in an odd connection, Hurricane Florence could mean a shortage of Thanksgiving Turkeys.  The monster storm is headed toward North Carolina, which is the number one turkey state in the country.  Many of Butterball’s processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills are right in the storm’s projected path-so stores will try to stock

Perhaps you have heard the rumblings….it’s getting CLOSER.  Pablo Center at the Confluence is excited to bring to the Chippewa Valley community a grand opening celebration to remember NEXT weekend. The long awaited kick off will be on Saturday, September 22. The day begins at noon with a ribbon cutting and fanfare to officially welcome all to Pablo Center at the Confluence. With free performances 12pm-5:30pm, the public can explore the building, grab a bite and eat from a local

 A Mosinee high school student is pleading not guilty to sexual assault charges.  The student appeared in Marathon County Court today where a judge ruled the case was bound over for trial.  The suspect was released after posting a five-thousand-dollar bond.  The alleged victim tells police that she and the suspect were talking in a garden area near a school playground when he sexually assaulted her. 

September is Emergency Preparedness Month and Wisconsinites are well aware of the importance of being prepared.  The entire state has been under a state of emergency with massive flooding following relentless storms.  Officials say it may be time to replenish the emergency kits.  Ready Wisconsin has resources, tips on making a plan and creating an emergency kit with what is needed in addition to at least three days of food and water.

Authorities say boaters on a Chippewa County lake found the body of an elderly man.  An official says people were boating yesterday afternoon on Otter Lake when they came across another boat with a man floating in the water nearby.  Witnesses told investigators they had seen the man boating shortly before and didn’t believe he’d been in the water very long.  He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Yesterday was a day of ceremony nationally and locally as EMS, first responders, law enforcement, and fire rescue units gathered to remember the 17th anniversary of September 11th terrorist attacks.  Here in our area, The Eau Claire school district taught students about the history and impact of the September 11th attacks through a formal curriculum.  Current K through 12 students don’t remember that day because only the oldest seniors had been born. The hundreds of emergency workers who died while

Today is the 17th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.  The names of the nearly three-thousand people who died in the attacks in the World Trade Center in New York were read aloud at the 9-11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan.  Several thousand family members and friends who lost loved ones gathered near where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood.  President Trump and First Lady Melania visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.  The memorial

Shoppers have a new option in Menomonie! Hope Gospel Mission has a new Thrift Store in Menomonie located at 1230 North Broadway. A Grand Opening Celebration is scheduled for Monday. The Menomonie Chamber of Commerce will be conducting the official ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00am. Everyone is welcome there are several opportunities for volunteers to help regularly which makes up about 40% of the workforce. Profits from this new store will be used to help support Hope Gospel Mission’s New Hope Renewal