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A new factory will bring jobs to about 200 people in Portage. The Wisconsin Battery Company started construction at a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. The company says the plant will start with 75 openings when the plant opens next year but will hire dozens more each quarter until it gets to full staffing capacity. WBC says it focuses on technologies that replace typical battery chemicals with more sustainable options.

The winner of Wisconsin’s first Best Burger contest will be chosen one week from today.  Eligible burgers for the Wisconsin Beef Council Title must be made with 100-percent beef and be on the menu year-round. Nominations were taken from the public through March 24, and the top eight were chosen as finalists. Six of them are in Southern Wisconsin, and the other two are in central and northern counties. A full list of contestants is available WITH AN EASY CLICK

Wisconsin is distributing 75-thousand dollars in youth firefighting training grants. The Madison Area, Fox Valley, and Northcentral Technical Colleges will get part of the money, along with the Kewaunee County Junior College. The Youth Volunteer Firefighter Training Program says it’s looking to boost recruitment by pairing students to local fire service opportunities. It says rural, volunteer stations are having an especially hard time with retaining firefighters.

On April 23, 2024, at approximately 10:15 PM, a Lake Hallie Police Officer observed a red Chevy S10 Pickup truck parked near the front of Aldi Grocery Store, 3064 Commercial Blvd, in the Village of Lake Hallie after store hours. A check of the registration showed the license plate expired in 2011 and had an expired registration associated with it. The officer activated her emergency lights and siren to stop the vehicle, at Highway 124 and Highway 53 but the

American families struggling with food insecurities, may not know a program created to help them has just updated its food offerings. Katie Gray Reports. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

Stressing the importance of offering nutritious meals to children during the summer months, the UW-Eau Claire Upward Bound announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, provides nutritious meals to children during the summer, when free and reduced-price school meals are typically unavailable. Free meals will be made

The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley and Triangle2 Solutions will perform a community interest assessment to test demand for a YMCA in Menomonie, WI. Our goal is to understand the needs of the communities within our area and determine how our organization can help answer the call…” -Derek White, President & CEO, YMCA of the Chippewa Valley. Over 400 homes throughout the Menomonie service area will be called in the coming weeks. Residents will be randomly selected to participate in

The woman who police say drove her car through the Christmas decorations in Chippewa Falls last winter is headed to a mental hospital for treatment.  A judge yesterday found Ebony Hudson unfit for trial. Police say she sped through the decorations at Irvine Park last December.  She’s also accused of ramming a city truck that tried to block her.  Hudson maintained that she is competent, and asked to go to trial.  The judge says she’s a threat to herself.  She’ll

There’s been a guilty plea in the drunk driving crash that killed an Eau Claire man and his baby.  Former Superior police officer Gregory Swanson pleaded guilty to two charges of homicide by drunk driving yesterday.  He resigned as an officer about a month after the crash back in 2021 that killed 23-year-old Michael Evans of Eau Claire. Evans’ baby died a few days later.  Swanson is looking at 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in July.

A former teachers aide in Polk County is looking at charges after investigators say she sent topless photos to a student.  Prosecutors this week filed charges against Sarah Monson.  Investigators say she sent topless pictures to a student SnapChat, and even suggested that they have sex.  Monson told police that the student threatened to kill her if she didn’t send the pictures, but other students sat Monson often flirted with the student.  Monsoon is a special education para-professional at the