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LOCAL COMPANY LOOKS TO HIRE, JOB FAIR SEPTEMBER 13TH

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

An open house this week could mean a new career. Phillips-Medisize is expanding and are looking to add 100 employees. Open positions include operators, technicians, manufacturing support, and engineering professionals. Interested applicants are welcome to the Origen Center on the Menomonie campus from 2-6 p.m. on September 13th to, which is this Thursday. The location is 428 Technology Drive East, Menomonie.

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WI RAIN TOTALS AND TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

T  Flooding is continuing to close roads and interrupt life in our state. The Baraboo River was at major flood stage at Rock Springs and Baraboo in Sauk County.  Highway lanes on sections of I-90/94 and I-39 in Dane and Columbia counties were closed this weekend.  Damage from repeated rains and flooding in Dane County is estimated at more than 154-million dollars.  Road closures from flooding are continuing to impact southern Wisconsin.  National Guard members completed sandbagging on Interstate 90 and

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MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT KILLS MINNESOTA MAN

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

A motorcycle accident on Saturday afternoon leaves one man dead. It happened just before 1:30. The Dunn County 911 Center received a report of two motorcycles involved in a crash on State Rd 64 at Cty Rd Q in New Haven. Early investigation shows that a group of motorcycles were eastbound on State Rd 64 and the group was intending to proceed south on Cty Rd Q when 50 year old David Nelson from Brooklyn Center Minnesota was operating his

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REMAINS IDENTIFIED AS MISSING WI MAN

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota says it has been notified by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that human remains found in July and August are being identified as a missing Wisconsin man.   A DNA match resulted in the remains, two legs and a torso, being identified as having belonged to David John Sheridan of Pepin, who was reported missing after his sailboat was found unmanned at a camp directly across from his hometown in April.  Authorities say

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FATAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY ACCIDENT

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

An accident in Tilden leaves two dead. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department responded to a car vs cement truck accident at around 4:45 on Friday. A car was south bound on CTH F , south of CTH S. Upon cresting a hill it traveled left of center and struck a cement truck head on which was north bound. The driver and passenger in the auto were killed as a result of the accident. The Driver of the cement truck was not injured and the

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LACROSSE POW-MIA IDENTIFIED

By Morgan McCarthy | September 9, 2018

The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency in Washington, DC is announcing that the remains of a serviceman who was killed in World War Two are of a La Crosse native.  Navy Seaman First Class George Naegle was stationed on the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941, resulting in the deaths of over four-hundred crewmen, including Naegle.  The Deputy Secretary of Defense ordered the unidentified remains of casualties from the Oklahoma to be

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AN A + IN SAFETY

By Morgan McCarthy | September 7, 2018

Those yellow buses are back on the roads for our morning and afternoon commutes and the State Patrol Law of the month highlights school bus, pedestrian and bicyclist laws. As students across Wisconsin head back to school, motorists are being reminded to keep a sharp eye out for students, school buses and crossing guards. Just a reminder that law requires drivers to stop at least 20 feet from a stopped school bus that has its red warning lights flashing. All

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PEEK AT THE PUMP

By Morgan McCarthy | September 7, 2018

The price for regular gas is down a penny from a week ago.  Triple A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-80, while the national average is two-83.  The lowest average prices in the state are found in the Janesville-Beloit area at two-68 a gallon.  Drivers in Eau Claire are again paying the most at two-93 for a gallon of regular gas

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KICKING OFF FOR A GOOD CAUSE

By Morgan McCarthy | September 7, 2018

The Chippewa Falls Football Team and the Chippewa Falls Senior High School will be hosting the 6th Annual Veteran’s Appreciation Night at the football game TONIGHT. The Cardinals will be honoring Veterans for their service with a short program prior to kick-off and ALL VETERANS WILL RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION to the game and offered refreshments prior to the game. In an effort to support area homeless Veterans, the Chi-Hi Football team is once again partnering with the Hands Foundation and

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SEX OFFENDER FACES JAIL TIME

By Morgan McCarthy | September 7, 2018

A man will spend two months in jail after trying to set up a sexual encounter with an underage girl.  Jarad Bischoff was also in possession of child porn.  After he gets out of jail, he must register as a sex offender.  The Fall Creek man was busted after trying to meet a 13-year-old that was actually an undercover officer.

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