Home

Local Ladysmith, WI physicians Joel DeKrey, DO, Samantha Runstrom, MD and Amanda Crabb, NP, and their medical staff have joined OakLeaf Clinics to create OakLeaf Clinics Ladysmith. Rusk County voted to purchase the Prevea Clinic building and land on March 12th and voted on March 19th to lease the facility to OakLeaf Clinics for five years. OakLeaf Clinics Ladysmith opens today, May 1, 2024, at 1101 Lake Ave, West, Ladysmith,Wisconsin 54848. OakLeaf Clinics Ladysmith offers the same primary, family medicine,

Sarah Martin and Skyler Ramsey stood in Chippewa Valley Technical College’s new dental simulation lab recently – overhearing the “oohs” and “ahhs” of the crowd that gathered. “Now when first-semester students come in, they’re more in a classroom setting where they can learn their hand skills before going into the clinic.” “This (simulation lab) will be really beneficial for the new first-year students coming in because that first semester is where you’re learning all your hand skills and instrumentation,” said

A judge is not allowing Elijah Vue’s mom out of jail. A judge in Manitowoc County yesterday refused to change Katrina Baur’s bond. She’s being held on a 15 thousand-dollar cash bond for neglect charges related to her son’s disappearance. He’s been missing since February 20th. The judge said there’s too much at stake in the case, and said he’s not comfortable in letting Bauer out of jail at this point. Her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, is also being held on

There’s another hospital name change in western Wisconsin. Gundersen Health is changing its name to Emplify Health. The new name comes about two years after Gundersen and Bellin Health finalized their merger. The new name will cover both hospital systems. The name is the only thing that is changing. Emplify says it’s not planning any closings as part of its now finalized merger.

Eau Claire is paying for a study to look at possible new uses for the Oakwood Mall. Community development director Aaron White says the plan is to look into the future, and see what can be done to keep the mall chugging along. White says the mall is doing fine right now, but he wants Eau Claire to be prepared. One of the ideas is to break the mall down into smaller retail centers, and allow for more walkability.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is reminding people that there is help available to try and prevent sextortion cases. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday said his Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force has a video that can help young people understand the dangers of online sextortion cases. Sextortion is when someone gets nude pictures or videos, and then threatens to release them if they don’t get more nude or money. Kaul says often times the extortionists are from Africa or the Philippines. Kaul

 Labor and delivery services at Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake will be temporarily paused beginning May 1 due to staffing limitations that supports the service. The pause is anticipated to last 30-60 days. “The reality is that two HSHS hospitals in western Wisconsin have closed causing undue stress on an already fragile healthcare market…” -Dr. Brandon Parkhurst, vice president of medical affairs Affected patients will be notified and staff will work closely with them to transition their labor and delivery care

On Thursday April 25thth, 2024 at 12:38pm the Barron County Drug Unit received a tip of a vehicle with drugs be transported in it. A traffic stop was conducted on this vehicle and the driver, Tomi Jo Quagon, 42, of Stone Lake was arrested on a probation warrant. A search of the vehicle was conducted and the driver attempted to dispose of meth into a liquid substance. Recovered in the vehicle were: 449 grams of liquid testing positive for meth

On Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 1:30 p.m., the Barron County 911 Center received several calls of a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lane of Hwy 53 from the Rice Lake exit. The vehicle traveled five miles in the wrong lane of traffic before being stopped by the Barron County Highway Department workers near Hwy W on Hwy 53. The driver was 16, had a learners permit and did not have another driver in the vehicle with her. Several

Today is the deadline for some student borrowers to get debt cancelled by consolidating their federal loans. The Department of Education is making this one-time payment adjustment. It’s part of the Biden administration’s effort to forgive nearly five-billion-dollars in student loans. Check for eligibility at StudentAid.gov WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.