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The group looking for solutions to Wisconsin’s sandhill crane population is heading into the wild this week. The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will tour the Horicon Marsh on Thursday. The group is trying to come-up with recommendations about what to do with the birds. Farmers and some homeowners complain that the birds are a nuisance, but environmentalists don’t want to see Wisconsin add a hunting season. The tour is one of the group’s first acts. They’re not expected

The deadline to apply for bobcat and fisher hunting and trapper permits is this week. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the trapping and hunting permit applications are due on Thursday the first. People who are interested can apply through the Wisconsin Go Wild license portal or in person at any license sales location. A random drawing will decide who gets the permits in mid-August. More information is on the Wisconsin DNR website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

The Chippewa Valley Technical College wishes to announce that it will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its Associate Degree Nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The public is invited to meet with the site visit team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2024, in room 117 of the Health Education Center, 615 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701.

Eau Claire County Treasurer, Glenda Lyons, would like to remind all Eau Claire County property owners that the final installment (commonly known as the second half or postponed amount) of the 2023 real estate taxes are due to the Eau Claire County Treasurer by July 31, 2024.  Please include your payment stub(s) or indicate the parcel number(s) you are paying on your check, or in a separate memo, so we can apply your payment(s) correctly.       TAXES MAY BE PAID IN

ABOVE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Grand View Scenic Overlook and Park reveals the treetops of the forested land (center and left of the ponds) now under Land Trust protection . Photo by Dan Eggert The majestic, panoramic view from atop the hill of Grand View Scenic Overlook and Park in Ellison Bay takes in Washington Island, two county parks, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “We wanted to honor the original owner’s wishes to protect the land from development,” What

A Minnesota man is custody after a Trempealeau County Sheriff’s deputy found 30 pounds of marijuana in his car.  The sheriff’s office says a deputy stopped and arrested Danny Reynold of New Hope, Minnesota.  The traffic stop occurred at around 2 a.m. Saturday on I-94 in the Town of Sumner.   Officers also found a pound of meth and some other drug-related items. Reynold is now in jail, and looking at several felony drug charges.

Wisconsin’s governor has now pardoned more than 12-hundred people. Governor Evers added to that tally on Friday when he issued 153 new pardons. Most of the people on the list of new pardons were convicted of smaller or drug crimes decades ago, and the governor’s office says they have all proven that they learned the errors of their ways. Evers has pardoned the most people in Wisconsin history since he became governor six years ago.

Some libraries and public buildings in Wisconsin are bound to be left out. The state’s Department of Administration on Friday said it received 100 applications for some of the 300 million-dollars in Flexible Facility Program money. The cash is supposed to help local governments connect their libraries or other public buildings. The money is some of the last of Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus cash, and needs to be earmarked by October of this year. That’s when the DOA says local governments

A new sculpture on the Wisconsin Sate Capitol grounds was unveiled Saturday afternoon, honoring Vel Phillips, a civil rights trailblazer in Wisconsin, and the state’s first Black Secretary of State.  Nearly a thousand people gathered to listen to speakers share their memories of Phillips, and honor her dedication to her community and state.  Michael Phillips, Vel’s son, said the statue marks a historic moment for Wisconsin.  Governor Tony Evers said the statue will serve as a powerful lesson for those

A deadly crash remains under investigation in Douglas County. It was on Saturday, July 27th at approximately 8:28 PM, the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Douglas County  Sheriff’s Office responded to a one-vehicle crash in Douglas County on County Highway H near  Koho Road. The initial investigation indicates a car was traveling southbound when the driver lost  control, left the roadway, and struck a tree. Upon arrival, it was discovered the two occupants of the  car were deceased. Speed and