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The Dunn County Sherriff’s office is letting folks in the Colfax know about a string of early morning crime in the area. Between the hours of 3a-4am on Thursday, September 5th, there were multiple vehicle break ins. They are asking that you check your vehicles and notify law enforcement if you are missing items. Also, you are asked to check your security systems for any suspicious vehicles or individuals.

 Xcel Energy has filed an application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) for a new high-voltage transmission line that will bring renewable energy to customers in Wisconsin. Other goals of the project include improving long-term reliability, and helping manage the energy grid as it evolves.  Project Details and Benefits  The Western Wisconsin Transmission Connection is a proposed new 345-kilovolt transmission line that, if approved by the PSCW, will begin near Blair,

1600 Penslyvania Avenue will be in the Dairyland today. President Biden visits the Westby area and the White House confirmed that the president will be making a campaign stop in Westby, near La Crosse on Thursday. It is Biden’s first Wisconsin visit since he dropped out of the race about a month ago. The White House says the president will speak about prescription drug costs, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing. Continuing on the political stage, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is

Police in Chippewa Falls says a middle schooler grabbed the wrong backpack, and accidentally brought a gun to school yesterday. The gun was unloaded, in a case, and no one was hurt. Officers at Chippewa Falls Middle School say the student accidentally grabbed their parents’ backpack yesterday morning. Superintendent Jeff Holmes says the mistake is a good reminder for parents to be extra vigilant with their guns, and with their kids’ things.

Former UW-La Crosse chancellor Joe Gow will have one more chance to keep his job later this month. Gow will speak to UW regents on Friday the 20th in an attempt to keep his tenure. He was fired as chancellor late last year when the university discovered that he was making porn movies with his wife and sharing them online. A UW-La Crosse panel suggested he also be fired from his teaching position as well. Gow has argued that his

There’s a new option for internet in Chippewa Falls. TDS yesterday said it has finished installing fiber optic cables in town, and is now ready to start providing service. The company says it laid over 91 miles of cable, and will be able to connect up to five thousand homes and businesses. TDS says it is still working on its fiber networks for Eau Claire and Altoona.

The Princeton Valley Park is open for kids. Eau Claire’s parks managers say there are still some finishing touches to be taken care of before the park officially opens, but kids are more than welcome to go to the playground. Eau Claire spent 200-thousand-dollars upgrading the park, and it even has a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round. The parks department says the finishing touches should be finished soon.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking people to report several kinds of species if they’re seen on roadways. The DNR says it wants reports of frogs, salamanders, lizards, or snakes that are crossing Wisconsin roads during the late summer and early fall. The species, collectively known as herptiles, are more likely to migrate between breeding areas and hibernation areas this time of year. Reports of these sightings will help researchers and conservationists understand where populations are living.

Wisconsinites with a lot of pine cones on their land may be in luck. The DNR says it wants help collecting red and white pine cones for its reforestation program. A DNR official says early September is the prime time to collect pine cones. Nurseries will pay 125-dollars per bushel of red pine cones and sixty dollars for white pine cones. A bushel is about eight pounds, and the department says an experienced collector can pick a bushel in about

A winning lottery ticket worth four-million dollars was sold in Eastern Wisconsin. The ticket was sold at a Kwik Trip on Meadow Lane in Manitowoc, and matched five of six Powerball numbers during last Friday’s drawing. Another winning ticket from the drawing was sold at a Kwik Trip in Janesville, and won that buyer ten-thousand dollars.