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Wisconsin is adding two new specialty license plates.  One is a suicide prevention awareness license plate, featuring a green and blue gradient with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention logo.  The other plate features the phrase Spay, Neuter, Adopt, and images of a dog, cat, and bunny.  The proceeds from this plate will go toward a local nonprofit that helps pay for spaying and neutering services.  Both plates come with an extra 40-dollars in fees, including a tax-deductible donation to

The following message was released by the Menomonie Police Department: During the afternoon hours of Wednesday May 8, 2024, we received a report of a possible threat to one of the School District of the Menomonie Area schools. At this time, the investigation has shown that the threat is not credible, but will continue to be investigated.

President Biden is campaigning here in our state, as Wisconsin is considered a critical battleground state in this election year. The president highlighted his role in jump-starting a three-point-three billion dollar investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center in Racine. The project is expected to create more than four-thousand jobs. The data center will be built on the same land where electronics manufacturer Foxconn had planned to build a ten-billion dollar factory during the Trump administration,

A recent announcement gives patients in the Chippewa Valley some answers and options. To fill the large cancer care gap left by the HSHS/Prevea closures in Western Wisconsin, OakLeaf Clinics has opened Oncology Services at its Eau Claire Medical Clinic at 3802 W Oakwood Mall Drive in Eau Claire. Over 500 local area cancer survivor patients who require regular, and often frequent, surveillance care for the rest of their lives, now have a local, long-term care option and won’t have

The Eau Claire Downtown YMCA, in partnership with the Eau Claire Area School District, has announced an initiative to gather donations of clothing and hygiene items for students in need. “By collecting these essential items, we are not only supporting their health and hygiene but also bolstering their confidence and dignity. The Eau Claire Downtown YMCA is calling on the generosity of community members to contribute to the Eau Claire Area School District Closet and the Eau Claire Area School

The man arrested in Lake Hallie for running down the road with a machete last February is now a wanted man. Court records show Chad Nylen skipped his court date yesterday. Police say Nylen told them he was drunk and high on meth when he was arrested back in February. In addition to the machete, police say Nylen tried to crash into a squad car before he was arrested. Nylen has an active warrant out of Eau Claire County as

The sheriff in Chippewa Falls is reminding people that they don’t call people and threaten to arrest them. The sheriff’s office yesterday issued a warning about a phone scam that is making the rounds. The scammers call people and threaten to arrest them unless they pay a fine. The real sheriff says that’s not how it works. He says if you get a call, simply hang-up.

Lawmakers in Madison continue to say Governor Evers is to blame for the lack of hospital money in the Chippewa Valley. State Representative Mark Born yesterday said Governor Evers decided to change the specifics of the proposal that would have sent 15 million-dollars to the other hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. The legislature agreed on that money after HSHS closed Sacred Heart and St. Joe’s back in March. Born says the governor decided to expand the plan, and

Some wedding barn owners in Wisconsin are taking the state’s new liquor law to court. Two wedding barn owners, one from Berlin and the other from Blair, yesterday filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Revenue. The owners say Wisconsin’s new liquor law that requires wedding barn owners to either limit their offerings or get an expensive liquor license is unconstitutional. Wisconsin lawmakers overhauled the state’s liquor laws last year. In addition to sweeping changes for how beer, liquor,

The fight at the Wisconsin Capitol over 125 million-dollars for PFAS clean continues to be all about finger-pointing. Governor Tony Evers yesterday called for a special meeting of the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, then blasted Republican members for not giving him 125 million-dollars to spend on PFAS clean-up. Those Republicans, however, said Governor Evers is to blame. State Representative Mark Born said the governor vetoed the plan to spend that 125 million on clean-up because he didn’t like the clause