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AI data centers in Wisconsin are expected to use more energy than all homes in the state combined. A new report by Clean Wisconsin says two approved data centers in Wisconsin — the Microsoft center in Mt. Pleasant and the Vantage center in Port Washington — report they could use three-point-nine gigawatts of energy. That’s enough to power four-point-three million homes, while US Census data shows Wisconsin has less than three million. There are three other proposed or approved data

Fall is here, and the Chippewa Valley Museum has some scary good programs for you. Monster Monday, Monday, October 13, 4-7pm Join us October 13 for some monstrously good family time. Bat Ambassador Heather Mishefske, a Wisconsin Master Naturalist, is swooping in to take us to the Bat Cave for a special presentation at 4:30pm or 6pm. Fuel up with complimentary pizza and then head to the ice cream parlor to purchase some sweet treats. Keep the fun going with

A man who prosecutors say fatally shot his stepfather is learning his fate.  Reports say that on January 18th of 2024, Alan Fry went to his mother’s Farnam Street home in La Crosse and shot 61-year-old Brady Fredrickson multiple times.  Fredrickson died at the scene.  Fry pleaded no contest by reason of mental disease or defect to second-degree intentional homicide charges back in July, and has now been remanded to a state mental health facility for a term of 35

Bond is being set at ten-thousand dollars for a man accused of recording a woman in the shower on the campus of the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.  The incident happened this past Saturday at Towers Hall South with the victim saying the suspect — since identified as 26-year-old Deshaun Barkus — fled the scene after being spotted.  Barkus was later arrested on a charge of capturing an intimate representation without consent and invasion of privacy with a surveillance

Sentencing is being ordered for a Chippewa Falls man convicted on federal drug charges.  Leroy McNamara was busted after prosecutors say he sold methamphetamine twice to a confidential informant.  He later pleaded guilty to a distribution charge and has now been ordered to serve seven years in prison.

A Wisconsin supermarket chain is getting new ownership.  St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets announced a plan to buy one-hundred percent of Skogen’s Festival Foods and its Hometown Grocers.  The deal is expected to close in October.  Festival Foods owns 51 stores in Wisconsin currently. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is promoting the state’s clean energy efforts.  Evers was in La Crosse on Tuesday, visiting a residence that has seen multiple improvements through the Badger State’s Energy Innovation Grant Program.  The governor says it is important for folks to seek out credits available through that program and others like the HOMES program so that they can make similar improvements to their residence when possible.

The Eau Claire Police Department is planning an event aimed at helping families to recognize and deal with sextortion.  The event, called Protecting Our Youth: Understanding Sextortion, will take place October 1st at the Eau Claire Event District and will include comments from members of law enforcement and from families who have experienced sextortion.  The event will run from 4:30 to 8 p.m. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

On September 16, 2025 Abrham Lee Boebel m/u 7/13/04 attempted to cash a fraudulent check at Westconsin Credit Union. Boebel was in possession of a counterfeit check made out to him. Boebel advised he was picked up at a Salvation Army in La Crosse by three unknown black males where he was propositioned to cash checks that were made out to him. A white, 2025 Toyota RAV4 with MN plates SJJ-913 was identified as the suspect’s vehicle. Rental information returns

The Local Store in downtown Eau Claire (205 N. Dewey St.) held a School Lunch Drive fundraiser during the first week of September in support of the Eau Claire Area School District’s “School Meal Help Fund.”  Throughout the first week of September (Sept. 1-7), customers – and any community members – could donate the average price of a school meal ($2.75) at the register, or online. Some individuals donated as many as 100 meals ($275) in a single transaction. The