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Taylor County officials say a two-year-old girl has died in a farming accident.  Authorities say the girl’s 12-year-old brother was operating a skid loader when he accidentally ran over her.  The accident happened last night in the Town of Aurora.  Officials say the boy was working feeding hay when the girl darted in front of the equipment and her brother didn’t see her. 

Wisconsin is joining the effort to forgive student loan debt for permanently disabled veterans.  Attorney General Josh Kaul says today it is the right thing to do.  He joins 51 other Attorneys General urging the U.S. Department of Education to automatically forgive loans of veterans who became totally and permanently disabled in connection with their military service.  

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is down a penny-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Heading into the weekend, Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-83-cents, while the national average is two-84.  Drivers in Kenosha County are paying the highest price at the pump at three-dollars a gallon.  The lowest average price can be found in Appleton at two-70 for a gallon of regular gas. 

It’s heeeeeere! Just in time for the unofficial kick off to summer, there is a sa-weeeet new addition to the downtown and to top it off, you can hitch to your treat. Prepared for a busy Memorial Day weekend, Olson’s Ice Cream is offering free trolley rides for customers downtown from Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The Olson’s trolley will looparound the new store, the Phoenix Park/RCU parking lot, the parking lot

Before becoming the booming artist and entrepreneur haven it is today, Banbury Place, located at 930 Galloway St. in Eau Claire, Wis., was the massive Uniroyal tire factory. Beginning next week, the history of this 1.9 million square-foot factory will be honored through the Uniroyal Tire Factory Gallery. The exhibit, located in Suite 29 of Building 13, was produced by Chippewa Valley Museum and will b open to the public Thursday through Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. or

About 350 Wisconsin citizen soldiers are coming back home.  The troops, part of the 121st Field Artillery, started arriving in Milwaukee yesterday.  The rest of them will arrive today.  The troops spent about nine months on deployment in the Middle East. 

An Eau Claire man convicted of supplying drugs to someone who died is facing more charges.  Reports say Dustin LeShock pleaded guilty to giving Isaac Repetto the heroin that killed him in 2016 but he was released from prison in January.  Now, LeShock is charged with drunk driving, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, and battery in two separate cases.  He’s currently out on 25-hundred dollars bond. 

A plan to build Wisconsin’s first large-scale solar farm is moving forward after an attempt to stop it.  If you paged through The Chippewa Herald, you likely saw reports that some Iowa County residents wanted to stop construction of the Badger Hollow project by claiming it was approved without considering the environmental impact or its effect on land use.  State regulators denied that request yesterday. 

The Bloomer School District has its first student resource officer.  The officer was hired earlier this week and the district superintendent says the officer will work ten hours a week between all schools.  The officer will be funded by the district and the city and will start next school year. 

Dairy farmers in Wisconsin say they’ll take their portion of 16-billion-dollars in aid from President Trump, but they’d rather have trade.  Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative President Brody Stapel yesterday said farmers in the state need the help to make ends meet.  But, Stapel said he’d rather have Congress approve a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, so that dairy farmers can grow their way out of their current slump.  The president announced the aid package yesterday as a way to offset