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The school board president in Chippewa Falls is defending the decision to not tell parents about a credible threat at the city’s middle school last fall. Board President David Czech sent a letter home to parents explaining that Chippewa Falls Schools didn’t tell parents about a student who was searching about pipe bombs and had a journal of detailed threats back in October because the police got involved. Czech says the student was a credible threat, but not an active

Chippewa Falls has a new police chief. Lieutenant Ryan Douglas took over as chief earlier this week. He’s spent his entire career here in Chippewa Falls, first with the county, then with the city starting back 2002. Douglas says he wants to continue building relationships in the community, and wants to get more training for his officers. He’ll be sworn-in as chief next week.

UW-Madison is looking to hire hundreds of new faculty members to drive new research at the school. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin told university regents yesterday that the first round of hiring will be focused on AI. Mnookin says the Madison campus is looking for ‘Audacious, interdisciplinary inquiry leading to groundbreaking discovery.’ The UW says it is looking to hire as many as 150 new faculty members over the next three to five years. That is in addition to the dozens of

Wisconsin’s governor isn’t saying what he will do with his political maps because he doesn’t really believe that Republicans will actually approve them. Governor Evers yesterday told reporters that he will believe it when he sees it. Top Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol say they approve the governor’s maps, without any changes, next week as a way to head-off potentially worse maps that could come from the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Republican lawmakers approved the governor’s maps with some tweaks last

Wisconsin Democrats aren’t sure if they will support a plan to cut taxes for middle class families in the state. Democratic state Representative Tip McGuire from Kenosha yesterday said the two-point one billion-dollar tax cut for middle class families could leave the state short. Wisconsin has a three billion-dollar budget surplus, and another billion-plus in its rainy day fund. Governor Evers said he hasn’t seen the specifics of the plan, and isn’t promising anything. The two-point-one billion-dollar tax cut is

There’s an increase in odometer rollbacks and title fraud cases in Wisconsin from out-of-state businesses advertising as wholesale dealers. The state Department of Motor Vehicles says 32 dealers have had their licenses taken away in the past two months for business facilities that hadn’t been maintained. Two of the dealers rolled back more than six-million miles between 64 cars, while others were giving out false titles. Wholesale licenses have increased nearly twelve-hundred-percent since 2018.

Eight Wisconsin harbor maintenance projects will be getting ten-million dollars from the state. Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation say the projects will help strengthen the state’s transportation network. Three-point-eight million will go to the City of Superior rebuild two dock walls, and Manitowoc will get more than 560-thousand to dredge the Manitowoc River. Other projects include adding cranes and stabilizing shorelines. Applications for the next round of Harbor Assistance Program grants are due on August 1st.

Wisconsin cities are getting more than 138-million dollars for state roadways from the state Department of Transportation. About 134-million will be shared between city, village, and town governments for transportation aids. Four-point-two million will go to 116 cities that qualify for addition funding to connect highways, and Milwaukee County will get the remainder of the money for expressway policing. This is the first quarterly payment local governments will get – this year they’ll get 536-million total.

Parks and Recreation is removing the playground structure in Marshfield’s Braem Park due to  deteriorating conditions. In 2023, we it was discovered a few major broken and  deteriorated pieces and have received citizens’ concerns about the poor condition.  Since the playground in the park will be replaced in 2025, officials have decided to remove it now and not spend money on fixing the current structure. The  cost estimates are at $10,000 to replace the broken pieces and it was determined

The Wisconsin-only lotto game, Megabucks, had a mega winner on Wednesday night. A winning $3.5 million ticket was sold by Discount Smokes and Spirits on 2111 E. Rawson Ave. in Oak Creek for the February 8 drawing. The winning numbers were 5-6-9-11-14-17. Discount Smokes and Spirits owner, Yash Patel was thrilled to learn of the win. “We’re so happy to sell a jackpot winner. Nothing like this has ever happened to us. We’ve never sold a winning ticket of more than $1,000,” said