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The Village of Cadott (Cadott) announced today that its  board will vote at its regularly scheduled Monday, June 3, 2024, meeting on a preliminary agreement for  the sale of Cadott’s electric utility to Chippewa Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC). The meeting is open to the public.  The Cadott board commissioned an engineering study of its electric system last year and the June 2023  report from EPS Engineering indicated it would cost $7.45 million to bring Cadott electric system’s power  capacity to

ABOVE PHOTO: Eli Staudinger of Valders High School  Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative is investing in the future of the next generation through its annual scholarship program. Five young adults will receive $2,000 scholarship awards to pursue higher education. Two scholarships will be awarded to students currently enrolled in college or university, and three scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors. This year’s recipients include high school seniors Olivia Killian of Whitehall Memorial High School, Eli Staudinger of Valders

The Parks and Recreation Department asks patrons to avoid Hillside Cemetery today (Wednesday, May 22, 2024) due to multiple trees and branches down from the storm Tuesday night. If you have any cemetery concerns, you can contact Technical Services Coordinator, Amy Beauchamp, at 715-486-2045 or by e-mail at Amy.beauchamp@ci.marshfield.wi.us.

You likely heard some rumbles of thunder last night, maybe lost power for a bit and collected some rain. Mother Nature brought some severe weather to our area some places were hit harder than others. We’re waiting to see just what kind of storm hit in Buffalo and Trempealeau counties last night. The two counties look to be the hardest hit after last night’s round of severe weather in western Wisconsin. There were tornado warnings for both counties, but it’s

Someone mailed something to the NBC affiliate in Eau Claire. Station managers at WEAU yesterday said someone mailed a suspicious substance to the station. That forced an evacuation, and brought Eau Claire firefighters rushing to the station. The substance turned out to be what firefighters are calling a ‘non-hazardous food substance.’ No one was hurt, and everything then returned to normal.

It’s a guilty verdict in a cold case from the Fox Valley. A jury in Appleton yesterday convicted 68-year-old Gene Meyer of raping and killing a woman in Grand Chute back in 1988. Prosecutors used DNA to tie Meyer back to the crime, they told the jury that science shows the chances that someone else killed Betty Rolf are 25-octillion-to-one. Meyer did not speak at his trial. He’s likely facing a life sentence when he’s sentenced in July.

China has banned one of Wisconsin’s former congressman. China yesterday said former Green Bay Congressman Mike Gallagher is not welcome. The move is not a surprise. Gallagher has long been a sharp critic of China, and led a special subcommittee that looked into the Chinese Communist Party. Gallagher said the move shows just how paranoid China is. Gallagher left Congress last month to take a job in the private sector.

Get ready for the noise, the DNR says the cicadas have started to come out in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources says it has confirmed the emergence of cicadas in southern Wisconsin. The DNR says the 17-year Brood 13 cicadas are the only one known to emerge in Wisconsin, and those only appear in the state’s southern counties. Other parts of the Midwest will see both the Brood 13 cicadas and Brood 19 cicadas this year. Conservation managers say

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking into a manure spill in Monroe County that killed dozens of fish. The fish were found Saturday in Moore Creek in Monroe County. The DNR says the manure transfer system at a nearby farm failed, and caused the spill. No one is saying just how much waste spilled into the creek, or just which farm is responsible. The DNR said the more immediate need is to avoid more manure spilling into the

Wisconsin could be getting 15-million dollars for child care providers. Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is requesting the funding from the Joint Finance Committee. The money would help child care providers keep their businesses open. The funding was approved as part of the 2024-2025 budget.