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Wisconsin is getting another visit from First Lady Jill Biden today. She’ll be stopping at Fest Italiana to speak during the opening remarks of the festival. The White House says the First Lady will fly into the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport this evening, and will get to the festival shortly afterward. She’ll be speaking in the Aurora Pavilion in Maier Festival Park.

Local responders were awarded in Titletown! Chippewa County Sheriff Travis Hakes recently nominated Leah Berg for the selfless work she does for Jason’s Presents. Leah started Jason’s Presents in 2008 after Jason was killed in the line of Duty. Jason was working on the program, and after his passing, Leah started it in his honor. Jason’s Presents has grown from 25 children to around 150, some years exceeding 200! Over the years countless lives have been touched by the selfless

Nursing is more than recording blood pressure, starting an IV and giving medications. Jen Scheller, who is set to enter her last semester of the nursing program at Chippewa Valley Technical College, said nursing is about patients. Learning how to interact with the community, and in the end, being able to educate people on health care situations that could help those people throughout their lives is also a part of nursing. With that in mind, Scheller, Carmyn Hanson, Tony Bell,

Fifty dollars and a hog. That likely wouldn’t get you a truck off the lot today, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we put it in reverse, back to the 50’s when a man had a truck and one that he loved to drive.  A guy in Missouri surprised his grandpa by fixing up his old 1954 pickup and the two were soon driving it for the first time in four decades, no doubt talking about the original price tag,

The beloved fountain at the  Wenzel Family Plaza is currently out of service due to an unavoidable mechanical failure.  Maintenance crews are on the job and working to diagnose the issue and get the  fountain splashing again as soon as possible.  In the meantime, the plaza remains open for you to enjoy the sunshine, have a picnic lunch,  or relax.  We’ll keep you posted! As soon as we have more information, we’ll share an update on the  fountain’s repair. 

“When it comes to emergencies, every moment matters. I highly encourage everyone to utilize this tool so that we can unite with our families as quickly as possible.” -Senator James Sen. Jesse James (R-Altoona) and Rep. Loren Oldenburg (R-Viroqua) are celebrating a new soon-to-launch feature with the Department of Transportation that will tie Wisconsin drivers’ licenses to a loved one via an emergency contact. Legislation authored by Oldenburg and James (WI Act 57) creates an an opt-in feature to allow

People are gathered outside the courthouse where former President Donald Trump was found guilty in his New York criminal hush money case. NBC Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett said was a remarkable scene as the verdicts were read. Showing you different sides so you can decide, Trump reacted while leaving the courthouse saying it was a disgrace. Trump will be sentenced on July 11th. The reaction in Wisconsin to former President Trump’s conviction is exactly what you’d think. Republican leaders

City leaders in Eau Claire are jumping on-board with the plan to replace most gas-powered cars in the next decade. City Councilmembers Larry Mboga and Joshua Miller spoke yesterday in a local park to say they are committed to the Biden Administration’s goal of having 56 percent of cars be EVs by 2032. The two say moving away from gas-powered cars will improve the air quality throughout Wisconsin. They also hope that building the EV network to charge all of

There are now kayaks for rent at Half Moon Lake. The city this week debuted the new kayaks as a way for people without their own boat to get out and enjoy the water. The kayaks can be found at Braun’s Bay in Carson Park. A company called Surf Shack Rentals has them at a kiosk. A single kayak will cost you 12-dollars for the first hour, and nine-dollars after that. Tandem kayaks will cost 17-dollars for the first hour,

Things are not yet back to normal at Ascension in Wisconsin. The hospital suffered a ransomware attack back on May 8th, and has been locked out of parts of its network ever since. Ascension says doctors and nurses at its 140 hospitals and clinics have been affected. The hospital even called-in the FBI. Ascension this week said some doctors at some hospitals have some access to their electronic medical records. The system hack has forced doctors and nurses to go