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The Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will roll into Altoona from the west, tomorrow, Tuesday, July 23rd , at 1 PM. You can see the world’s largest steam engine at the Union Pacific yard adjacent to the 1400 Block of Spooner Avenue between the hours of 2 PM and 5 PM. Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy is touring the Union Pacific system in 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary. The No. 4014 locomotive is the world’s

After a day’s delay due to some nasty weather, the Buffalo County Fair Horse Show took place on Sunday at the Loomis Lazy L Arena in Mondovi, WI. Fourteen 4-H members from Buffalo and Pepin County participated in pleasure competitions in the morning and a gymkhana fun show in the afternoon. Events for premium included Halter, English, Western, and Trail. The horse exhibitors would like to thank Lazy L for the use of their facility, and all of the volunteers

In its 20th year, the Chippewa Valley Book Festival is opening up another chapter this fall. This year’s festival will be held October 21–October 27, 2019. The majority of events are open to the public and are FREE. This year’s festival will feature eighteen authors and more than twenty events. Here are some of the people behind the pen that you can expect to see: Rebecca Makkai – 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Andrew Carnegie Medal in Fiction, Los Angeles Times Book

A Richland Center man is in custody in connection with a theft from a salvage yard in Viroqua, southeast of La Crosse.  The theft was reported earlier this month and an investigation led to the arrest of Jeremy Stankovich over the weekend.  Stankovich will appear in court on August 7th. 

The County Highway S bridge over Lake Wissota in Chippewa County is closed today.  The bridge is closed for construction and could stay closed for up to three weeks.  Boats can still pass by the bridge but cars are being detoured. 

Thousands of people are still without power because of severe storms over the weekend.  According to Barron Electric, most outages in the area are north of Eau Claire starting near the Village of New Auburn and going north to Cumberland.  At one point last Friday up to ten-thousand people were without power in Barron County. 

Towns and cities across Wisconsin are getting a bit more help to clean-up after the latest round of severe weather.  Governor Tony Evers yesterday declared a state of emergency after a line of thunderstorms cut across the state on Saturday.  Thousands of people were left without power, and the storms knocked down trees and knocked over a few barns.  The state of emergency allows the Wisconsin National Guard to assist local communities, it’s also the first step toward requesting federal money to help pay

The sheriff in St. Croix County says a missing stop sign may be to blame for a deadly crash last Friday.  Three people died when a motorcycle smashed into a car at the intersection of State Highway 64 and County Highway T in Stanton Township.  Cars on Highway T are supposed to stop, but Sheriff Scott Knudson says the stop sign may have been knocked down.  

A watchdog in Madison says it doesn’t make sense to spend road money on Milwaukee’s streetcar.  Mike Nichols with the Badger Institute said last week that the plan from Governor Tony Evers’ administration to use road money to expand the streetcar goes against the idea of earmarking money for roads.  Nichols says not only would the governor take money away from road construction, but he says there’s no evidence The Hop is bringing tourists to Milwaukee. 

You can add 22 more names to the list of priests in Wisconsin who are accused of abusing children.  The St. Norbert Abbey late last week named 22 priests who abbey leaders say were ‘credibly accused.’  Only five of the 22 are still living, and none of them are preaching any longer.  Abbot Dane Radecki says they released the names in the ‘spirit of accountability.’