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There’s a new DNR secretary after a year-long search. Governor Tony Evers chose Dr. Karen Hyun to fill the position. She’s has more than ten years of experience working in policy and environmental work, including staffing the US House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. Hyun will fill the vacancy left by Adam Payne, who stepped down from the position in November 2023.

A man accused of driving into a house is charged with an OWI. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office says the 32-year-old drove through a backyard after leaving the roadway, and struck the house. Several emergency response teams were at the scene in the Village of Benton after the crash early Saturday morning. The man was arrested and charged, but later released to a responsible party.

“This project will bring computer science research to the communities in this region, providing high school students with enhanced data analysis skills going to work in local communities,” High school students in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota will learn the latest advancements in computer science, thanks to a $550,786 National Science Foundation grant received by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and two partner universities.   UWRF partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of Wisconsin-Stout to successfully qualify for grant

Eau Claire Parks, Recreation & Forestry is announcing an update to the Outdoor Rink Schedule as we  approach the originally scheduled opening day of Thursday, December 26th:   The ice flooding crew has been working hard all month to create a good base and skateable ice. Due to  the warmer temperatures we ask that you please not use the outdoor rinks while the temperatures stay  above freezing. This will preserve the work that has been done already and will allow the

Sunday, December 22, 2024, at 7:37 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department 911  Center received a call of a one vehicle roll over on 2 ¾ Ave west of Prairie Farm.  Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with Prairie Farm Fire and EMS,  Mayo Ambulance and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene.  Initial investigation shows that the vehicle was travelling west on 2 ¾ Ave when it went off the  road and rolled. A lone female

Joseph J McCracken, 41 years of age, from Eau Claire has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense.  Troopers from the Wisconsin State Patrol – Eau Claire Post arrested Mr. McCracken for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol 6th offense. At approximately 10:58 PM troopers stopped a vehicle for a defective headlight. Upon approaching the vehicle, the trooper noticed a heavy odor of

If you are dreaming of a white Christmas, it just might happen. In addition to what is sticking around on the ground, today there is a chance to see snow before Christmas in the Chippewa Valley. Forecasters say there’s a chance for snow today, and after that there will be clear skies until later in the week when the rain moves in. Christmas Day looks nice with some sun, and a high of just 34 degrees. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR

Wisconsin now has a confirmed human case of the bird flu. The state’s Department of Health Services on Friday said the CDC confirmed that a man who worked at a poultry farm in Barron County does have the bird flu. DHS says the man was suspected of having the flu, but the CDC confirmation makes it official. The man is the state’s first human case of the bird flu, and there’s no indication it has spread.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is conducting an officer involved death investigation in the Town of Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Saturday, December 21, 2024. At approximately 11:31 pm, Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a domestic abuse incident in the Town of Lafayette. The subject fled the scene in a vehicle prior to law enforcement’s arrival. Deputies later located the subject’s vehicle and attempted to stop the

The Wisconsin State Patrol is paying tribute to two retired K-9 officers who died last week.  On Facebook Friday, the State Patrol said K-9 Cirus had passed away December 12th at the age of 12.  Cirus spent eight years with the State Patrol, conducting narcotics detection sweeps that resulted in significant seizures of illegal contraband.  Also passing is K-9 Nora, who died last week at the age of 13.  Nora had a 9-year career of detecting large amounts of contraband