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“It is our goal to raise awareness and get them connected to federal and state benefits they have earned.”-Angela Deutschlander, CVSO for Eau Claire County Eau Claire and Chippewa County Veteran Services in partnership with Veteran Affairs and Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs, is proud to announce the upcoming Veteran Benefits Resource Fair, dedicated to serving the brave men and women who have served our country. The event will take place on September 19th at the National Guard Armory in

We are now collecting the days and weeks of a new school year and as we collect the new memories, we are reminded of how fast time seems to go. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we follow the first day memories of a special father and daughter tradition.  There is a Pittsburgh weatherman who recorded his daughter on every first day of school.  It starts with her first day of kindergarten, and now she’s a senior in high school.   Every

ABOVE PHOTO: The UW-Stout Valorant team won the 2024 state title last spring, going undefeated in tournament play.  The esports program at University of Wisconsin-Stout had a banner year in 2023-24, winning a state championship and qualifying for two national tournaments. “The university is really invested in esports, and with this Foundation gift we’re headed in the right direction.” Along with a record roster this fall of nearly 50 players, some nationally ranked, and high hopes for more competitive success,

Sheriff Travis Hakes of the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office completed participation in the 5th session of the National Sheriffs’ Institute (NSI) Jail Administration course held in Quantico, Virginia, September 9-13, 2024. This no-cost program is provided by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC), U.S. Department of Justice, in collaboration with the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA). Sheriff Travis Hakes was selected to join 20 other sheriffs from across the country for training on contemporary challenges around correctional facility operations,

Gary Lee Haaf, 68 years of age, from Siren has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. On Thursday, September 12, 2024, at approximately 6:53 PM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on Midtown Road near Siren for equipment violations. The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety tests, showed the driver, Gary Lee Haaf from Siren, WI, was operating

The man who threatened to bring his rifle to the Mayo Clinic in Menomonie is getting off with a fine. A judge this week gave Maurice Knutson a 463 dollar fine for threatening to bring his AK to the clinic back in 2022. He was angry with a doctor who was treating him. Knutson pleaded no contest to  threatening bodily harm to a health care worker. He told police after his arrest that he never meant to harm anyone. The

The sheriff in Trempealeau County says a missing teenager from Green Bay could be in western Wisconsin. The sheriff’s office yesterday asked for help in finding 17-year-old Braelynn Mueller. Her friends and family last saw her in Green Bay back in July. The sheriff’s office says she’s been spotted in the county several times. They are asking anyone with any information about her whereabouts to please come forward. CLICK FOR MORE.

There’s a lack of optimism about where Wisconsin is headed. The latest Marquette Law School Poll says most people in the state continue to say we’re on the wrong track. Fifty-three percent of people according to the new poll say Wisconsin is headed in the wrong direction. Pollsters say 46-percent of people think we’re headed in the right direction, but the poll also shows more than half the people in Wisconsin think their finances are worse-off than a few years

It is a sad day for a lot of Brewer fans. Hank, the ballpark pup, has passed away. Hank became the team’s unofficial mascot back in 2014 when he wandered into spring training camp in Phoenix. After spring training, Hank went to live with Brewers Chief Operating Officer Marti Wronski. He lived there until he passed away yesterday. There’s no word about any kind of public memorial for Hank, though the Brewers are encouraging people to donate to the Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s Elections Commission wants to create an Office of Election Transparency. Commissioner approved the plan this week. The idea is to open-up an office inside the Elections Commission to deal exclusively with election complaints, open records requests, and to restore some faith in Wisconsin’s electoral system. Commissioners say Wisconsin continues to deal with election doubts after the 2020 election. The new office would cost about two million-dollars, and Republican lawmakers would have to agree to include it in next year’s