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The City of Marshfield will accept sealed bids for the sale of ash tree logs until 4:00 PM, Monday, February 19, 2024, at City Hall, 207 West 6th Street, Marshfield, Wisconsin. The said bids will be opened immediately thereafter and publicly read in the Public Conference Room. The ash logs are located in the central part of Braem Park. The entrance will be marked on E. Grant St. following an access road to the north. Bids will be on a

“Farmers care about their land and keeping the soil healthy and the water clean,” Dairy farmers’ sustainable practices are coming into greater focus as consumers pay more attention to a product’s carbon footprint. Participants in a panel discussion at the 2024 Dairy Strong conference last month spoke about changesin customer expectations and how they’re driving dairy supply chain stakeholders to work more closelyalong the route from the farm to the fridge. Farmers are part of a large supply chain that

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) invites Wisconsin meat processors to apply for the Meat Processor Infrastructure Grant through 5 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2024. The 2023-25 budget signed by Gov. Evers provided a one-time increase of $1.6 million for the Meat Processor Infrastructure Program, bringing the total for this round of grants to $1.8 million. The program aims to grow Wisconsin’s meat industry and improve the long-term viability of the state’s livestock industry. “Wisconsin’s

The Chippewa Falls Police Department (CFPD) and Family Support Center (FSC) launched a Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) in the fall of 2020 and have recently released the results of that program as well as some feedback from those involved, saying 2023 was an incredibly successful year in helpingvictims who are at high risk of being killed by an intimate partner. “This program is truly preventing homicides.” -Geri Segal, Executive Director at FSC In 2023: Family Support Center empowers all individuals,

The lawyers for the teenage accused of assaulting and killing 10-year-old Lily Peters are continuing to fight to have him tried in juvenile court. The lawyers last week filed an appeal of the ruling from a Chippewa County judge to try the now 15-year-old suspect in adult court. They say a trial in juvenile court, and a sentence in the juvenile justice system, is best. The judge ruled about two weeks ago to move the case to adult court. Police

No one was hurt when a fire broke out in a barn in Fairchild over the weekend. Firefighters are calling it a wildfire. Crews from Fairchild and Augusta’s fire departments say the barn was completely on fire when they arrived. They had to stop the fire from spreading. Crews say they are looking for an exact cause, but say it will likely be chalked-up as a wildfire.

It was not how the Jorgenson family thought their trip to the local Kwik Trip would go. Adam Jorgenson says a pair of thieves stole his car yesterday from the Kwik Trip in Oak Creek, with his two daughters inside. Eight-year-old Charley says a man jumped into the driver’s seat and told her to get out. But, she said her two-year-old sister was in the back as well. Dad says the man was able to jump into the car because

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources says nothing will change in the state following the latest federal decision on wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week said it is going to focus on a national wolf strategy. The DNR says that means Wisconsin’s new wolf plan will stay the same, and wolves will remain protected on the federal endangered species list. The DNR just adopted a new wolf management plan for Wisconsin that eliminates a specific wolf population goal,

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to send more help to schools to try and get kids to read better. The Senate Committee on Education tomorrow is set to hold hearings on the plan to spend 50 million-dollars on childhood literacy. Specifically, Senators are being asked to approve a new Office of Literacy at the state’s Department of Public Instruction.

President Biden will have a challenger on the April ballot in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Supreme Court late Friday ordered that Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips be added to the primary ballot. Democrats in Wisconsin only nominated President Biden for the ballot back in early January, despite Phillips’ claim that he wanted to be named as well. The court unanimously ruled in favor of Phillips, and said Democrats in Wisconsin ‘erroneously exercised its discretion’ in keeping him off the ballot. Phillips got