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Chippewa County says it needs a new morgue after St. Joe’s Hospital closed this spring. Chippewa County Administrator Randy Scholz says the county is looking for a new spot to build a morgue, but he says it will cost at least 750 thousand-dollars to renovate a building. It would likely cost more to build a new morgue from scratch. For now, the county says it’s using space at the Stokes, Prock and Mundt Funeral Chapel in Altoona.

There is a warning from the police about people selling fake jewelry. Police in Menomonie say they’ve gotten a few calls from people who were offered, or who bought what they thought was gold jewelry, only for it to turn-out to be fake.. Police say some of the offers came from people at grocery stores and gas stations. Jewelers say there are some things to look for when buying jewelry like color, stamps, and quality.

 There are questions to answer about a decades-old pickup truck that crews pulled out of a lake in Menomonie. Police say the truck was in Lake Menomin for a while. The truck is from the 1980s, but it’s little more than a rusted hulk. Investigators say there’s no VIN number, and no license plate. They don’t believe the truck is tied to any crime. They are, however, looking for any information about the truck, its former owner, or how it

There won’t be any voting vans in Wisconsin this year. The state’s supreme court on Tuesday unanimously agreed to ban the use of mobile voting units. The case came from Racine County where the clerk there used a van to collect absentee ballots from a number of polling places across town. A Racine County judge struck the idea down earlier this year, saying there’s nothing in Wisconsin law that allows for mobile voting vans. The high court, however, issued a

The first lady is coming to Wisconsin today. First Lady Jill Biden will be in Green Bay later today as part of her latest swing through Wisconsin. The campaign says her visit is part of an outreach to older voters in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Part of that outreach will see the first lady at bingo games and playing pickleball. Today’s visit is just the latest Wisconsin stop for the Biden campaign this year. Wisconsin is, of course, one of the

It’s a return to Wisconsin for Donald Trump. The former president will be in Racine next week to rally his base. It is the former president’s latest stop in Wisconsin, and another sign of how crucial Wisconsin is to both sides in this November’s race for the White House. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows Trump tied with President Biden in Wisconsin. The former president lost the state by just 22 thousand votes back in 2020.

The Chippewa County Courthouse is expanding security measures following a Board of Supervisors vote. The board voted twenty-to-one to reduce the number of usable entrances to the courthouse. That will limit the number of spaces the newly hired security officer will have to monitor. Security became a concern when threats were made to the courthouse last May. 

Prosecutors are charging a couple with child neglect after four children in their home tested positive for cocaine.  Officers in Cudahy say they arrived at the house after a woman, Ashley Chappell, reported a child foaming at the mouth. Responders say the child was unconscious in her arms, and she was recording them on a Facebook live stream. The child was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and tested positive for cocaine. Three more kids out of the seven

ABOVE PHOTO: Students presented design solutions for roadways, renewable energy, clean food and water and more at Research Day. Cross-disciplinary students in the Impacts of Engineering course at University of Wisconsin-Stout this spring investigated ways to improve the quality of life for people in the remote forests of eastern Cambodia. Through the Engineers Without Borders’ Design for People Challenge, they worked in teams to engineer solutions for the Bunong people in the rural village of Pu Ngaol. Twenty teams of 86 engineering and several

The Altoona Public Library wants to hear from you! They have announced a Community Engagement  Session in support of the Flexible Facilities Program grant submission. This important meeting  will take place in the Community Room at 1303 Lynn Ave/City Hall-Library at 6:00 PM on  Thursday, June 20th.  “The Flexible Facilities Program grant offers us a  chance to reimagine our space, making it more adaptable, welcoming, and responsive to the  needs of Altoona residents. Your input is crucial in this process.”