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One of Wisconsin’s tribes is looking to block northern Wisconsin’s pipeline expansion. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa filed two legal challenges to the proposed Line 5 reroute. Band Chairman Robert Blanchard says the Wisconsin DNR failed to consider his tribe, and failed to consider Enbridge’s troubles in Minnesota when agreeing to give the company permits to expand the pipeline around tribal lands. The tribe is both suing the DNR, and contesting the wetland and waterway permit that

Wisconsin’s presidential electors will follow the federal law next week, not the state law. The state’s Republican Party yesterday said it will vote for the president next Tuesday, instead of on Monday. State law requires a vote on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. But the federal law requires a vote on the first Tuesday following the second Wednesday. The Republican Party filed a lawsuit this week, hoping to clear-up any confusion. Republicans say they are going

One of President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks can count on a vote from Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senator.  On Thursday, Senator Tammy Baldwin said she plans to vote for Sean Duffy for Transportation Secretary.  The two met this week and Baldwin said she will support him for the new job, Baldwin says she looks at every cabinet appointment through the lens of “Will you be good for Wisconsin?” She said she knows Duffy will be.  Duffy served five terms as the northwoods

“As critical as the need to serve local travelers,  this service also allows the rest of the world to conveniently access our region.”  -Airport Director Charity Zich. A new option now lands at our local airport. Below is the press release from the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport: Today begins a new chapter as United Express flights, operated by  SkyWest Airlines, depart from the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) for the first time  since 2022. The new, nonstop daily service to

This time of year Christmas miracles and the joy of a special season can be felt all around, and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we follow a story out of Illininois that reminds us of the angels among us ….  Cops in Illinois saved a pregnant woman who was speeding down a dead-end road toward a freezing lake in a runaway car.   The harrowing 911call was all recorded, along with an explanation from Sheriff Jeff Diederich. Proving that there are

On December 12th, 2024, at approximately 3:16 PM, the Dunn County Communication Center  was notified of a train vs. car crash at the railroad crossing near the intersection of 970th St and US Hy 12  in the Village of Elk Mound, Dunn County, Wisconsin. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin  State Patrol, Elk Mound Police, Elk Mound Fire, Colfax Rescue, and Eau Claire Ambulance responded to  the scene.   Preliminary investigation shows the driver of a southbound SUV, failed to yield

There’s already another delay in Lily Peters’ murder trial. The judge in the case yesterday pushed back the next hearing in the case to June 2025. The two sides were supposed to be in court in Chippewa Falls in April to get a trial date for the case. The judge has previously said he doesn’t expect a trial until some time in 2026. Peters was killed in April of 2022. Lawyers for the teenager accused of killing her want to

It’s prison time for a Chippewa Falls man caught by Bikers Against Predators. A judge yesterday gave 26-year-old Steven Burich four-and-a-half years in prison for sending pictures to a child under 13-years-old. Burich had just been released from prison one month before his arrest last year. The group Bikers Against Predators worked with authorities on a sting. They met Burich at a Kwik Trip in Chippewa Falls, they say he was there to have sex with an 11-year-old girl.

Green Lake County’s missing kayaker is now facing a divorce in addition to criminal charges. Court records show that Ryan Borgward’s wife Emily filed for separation this week. The sheriff’s office says Borgward faked his death, fled the country, and spent time with a woman in the country of Georgia before running out of money and coming back home this week. He’s looking at misdemeanor obstruction charges for faking his death. His wife says she wants custody of their two

President Biden has pardoned or ended the sentences for eight people from Wisconsin, including a couple of drug dealers. The president this week issued pardons or commuted the sentences of 15 hundred people across the country. In Wisconsin that meant two pardons, and six commuted sentences. Those six include heroin and meth dealers, as well as a Green Bay woman convicted of stealing millions from elderly investors, and a Sheboygan man convicted in a rare coin scheme. Biden’s office said