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A lighthouse north of Milwaukee is getting two-point-two million dollars for repairs. The Port Washington historic north breakwater lighthouse is getting the money from the state to help with preservation efforts. The lighthouse was originally built in 1935 and is on the Register of Historic Places. Repairs are expected to be finished next summer.

The Town of Washington, just south of Eau Claire, has filed to make part of its town into a Village. The Town says 625 residents signed the petition, though only  50 signatures were required to file. The town started looking into incorporating a village after recent annexations by Eau Claire and Altoona, including Orchard Hills. The Village would include more than five-thousand people, and the new Town would have a population of about 25-hundred. The process could take up to

Robert F. Kennedy’s request to appeal a judge’s decision keeping his name on Wisconsin’s ballot has been accepted. A three-judge panel accepted his appeal yesterday. Kennedy is looking to remove his name from the ballot after he suspended his campaign and endorsed Former President Donald Trump. Kennedy was asked to submit a brief this morning. The state elections commission will have until Friday morning to respond.

Former Xcel Energy Lineman Kellen Schmidt, 36, of Belle Plaine, Minn., turns a tragic incident into a passion for work-zone safety. As a blue hat worker, Schmidt is able to help management and employees address safety concerns and find solutions. Kellen Schmidt never planned to be a keynote speaker. “When someone is injured or killed, it doesn’t only affect that individual. It affects the entire workgroup, their families and their communities.” Years ago, as an Xcel Energy lineman, his future

“People really missed this, and bringing it back will be great for the community.”   -Jenalee Nutter, Dunn County Human Resources Director The merger of two United Way organizations in western Wisconsin means the popular Day of Caring is returning to Dunn County, and volunteers and projects are needed to make it successful.  “We are so happy the United Way Day of Caring is coming back to Dunn County,” said Jenalee Nutter, Dunn County Human Resources Director who is working to

The Eau Claire man accused of killing his neighbor back in 2016 has been found competent enough for trial. A judge yesterday said Shane Helmbrecht can go to trial for the shooting death of his neighbor. Helmbrecht was initially found mentally unfit for trial, and sent to a state hospital for treatment. He eventually ended-up in a halfway house, but ran away last year. He was arrested after a long search, and brought back to Eau Claire. Doctors say Helmbrecht’s

All of the kids are ok after a school bus crash in Menomonie. A Chevrolet pickup and a Ford Excursion, traveling north bound, were stopped on County B at the interchange of I-94 at the stop lights for road construction. A school bus, also traveling north, approached both vehicles from the rear and was unable to stop in time, striking the pickup and pushing it into the SUV. There were approximately 45 kids on the bus. No one on the

A western Wisconsin man will not go to jail for lighting a raccoon on fire.  A judge in Clark County yesterday sentenced Hayden Weiler from Owen to probation and community service. The DNR arrested Weiler after a video made the rounds on social media that showed Weiler pour gas on a raccoon, then set it on fire. In addition to the community service, Weiler has to write an essay on animal cruelty. If he completes all that, the case will

JD Vance was in our area during his latest stop in western Wisconsin. Vance spoke to a crowd in Eau Claire yesterday, and told them former President Trump would be much tougher on immigration than the current administration. He even tied the problems at the country’s southern border to the lack of hospital access in the Chippewa Valley. Yesterday was Vance’s second visit to Eau Claire, and once again a reminder of just how important Wisconsin is as a swing

UW-La Crosse’s former porn star chancellor continues to frame the fight over his job as a First Amendment battle.  Joe Gow has a hearing Friday before the UW Board of Regents’ Personnel Matters Review Committee.  He is trying to save his job as a tenured professor at La Crosse.  He was fired back in December after the university discovered the porn movies that he and his wife made and shared on the internet. UW-La Crosse leaders fired Gow because they