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It won’t quite be ladies night in Chippewa Falls this weekend, but it will be close. The city is celebrating Queen Bee Ladies Day downtown on Saturday. More than 20 downtown Chippewa Falls businesses are joining-in to offer sidewalk sales, fun, and food and drinks. You can find the full list over at Chippewa Falls Main Street. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

UW Regents are being asked this week to sign-off on the university’s barely one billion-dollar budget request for the next two years. Regents will meet in Madison starting tomorrow, and the 855 million-dollar budget request from president Jay Rothman is on their agenda. Rothman said on Monday that the UW System needs millions-of-dollars more to be a competitive school. He says Wisconsin ranks at the bottom of the list nationally when it comes to state funding. But his 855 million-dollar

Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance spoke in Wisconsin again today about crime and safety. It’s his fourth time visiting the state since his run as vice presidential nominee began. Vance spoke at the Kenosha County Courthouse at noon, joined by U-S Senate nominee Eric Hovde, Representative Bryan Steil, and County Sheriff David Zoerner.

A man in Clark County is found guilty of sexually assaulting four young girls. Seventy-year-old Joseph Pierce Senior from Owen was charged in 2021 with abusing the girls for years, starting in 2017. A jury found him guilty on eight charges, including repeated sexual assault of a child and enticement. A sentencing date hasn’t been set yet.

Today marks six months since three-year-old Elijah Vue was reported missing. Vue was last seen in at his mother’s boyfriend’s home in Two Rivers on February 20. Prosecutors say his mother, Katrina Baur, said she dropped him off there so her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, could teach him how to be a man. Both Vang and Baur are pleading not guilty to chronic child neglect charges. Vang will be back in court next month, and Baur is scheduled for an appearance

Communities in Eau Claire County and around the world are coming together this month to remember the loved ones we’ve lost to overdose and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. Observed on August 31 each year, International Overdose Awareness Day seeks to create a better understanding of overdose, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, and reduce the harms associated with drug use. Community members can help prevent fatal overdoses by getting trained to administer Narcan (naloxone),

President Biden told the Democratic National Convention he’s not mad at Democrats who said he should drop out of the race. Speaking to the Delegates in Chicago Monday night, Biden said it was the honor of his lifetime to be President. He told the crowd he loves America, and he did his best for the country. Showing you different sides so you can decide, thousands of protestors showed up in Chicago on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

On Saturday, August 17, at 11:13 p.m., the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a one vehicle roll over on County Road SS at 1st Ave just north of New Auburn. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Chetek Ambulance andNew Auburn Fire Department responded to the scene. When emergency services arrived on scene they discovered a serious rollover over crash with nodriver located. A search of the area by Fire, EMS, drone and thermal

On Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department 911 center received a call of a one vehicle roll over on County Road W west of Cameron. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with Cameron Fire Department, Barron County First Responders, Barron Police Department, Marshfield Medical Center Ambulance and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows that the vehicle was travelling east on County Road W when it went off

There are new charges for the Eau Claire aesthetics clinic owner charged with sexual assault. Prosecutors yesterday charged Chris Devlin after they say he and his assistant took pictures of a client’s private parts during an exam for ‘scar tissue.’ Devlin is accused of sexually assaulting at least six victims who came in for treatments at his Renew Aesthetics spa. He’s due back in court to face his charges next month.