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ABOVE PHOTO: Brianna Crotteau, project coordinator at the Wuethrich Family/Grassland Dairy Center of Excellence at UW-River Falls, hands Sam Galgowski, a cheesemaker at the dairy plant, a plastic container that Galgowski filled with cheese during production on Tuesday. The cheddar cheese produced was the first produced at the dairy plant that will serve as a production site and a training location for students and dairy industry employees. UWRF/Pat Deninger photo. With one slice, then another and another, Sam Galgowski cut

The Wisconsin State Patrol, Barron County Sheriff’s Office, and Rusk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a semi-tractor-trailer vs SUV crash with injuries on Highway 8 near CTH M. Preliminary evidence from the crash scene indicates the tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on Highway 8. An oncoming SUV was traveling westbound when it lost control and crossed the centerline. The vehicles collided. The SUV traveled into the ditch after impact and the tractor-trailer came to rest across both highway lanes. Life-saving measures

Gov. Tony Evers today approved Senate Bill (SB) 1015, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 97, securing $15 million in crisis response resources to support healthcare access in Western Wisconsin in the wake of the recent announcement of HSHS and Prevea Health’s decision to close several locations. In addition to severely impacting healthcare access in the area, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the closures have been estimated to impact approximately 1,400 workers, among others, in the surrounding region. Gov. Evers

If you are a Veteran or know one, there is a new health care option. Beginning March 5, 2024, all veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazardous materials while serving in the military will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care – years earlier than called for by the PACT Act. This means all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Global War on Terror, or any other combat zone after

 Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act to crack down on corporations that deceive consumers by selling smaller sizes of their products without lowering the prices. “Whether it’s a bag of chips, paper towels, or coffee, we are seeing the same disturbing trend: big corporations are shrinking the size of their product but continuing to charge Wisconsin families the same price. Wisconsin families work hard, but when they check out at the grocery store, they are being ripped

A judge is not going to stop the Chippewa Valley’s hospitals from closing in April. Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine asked the judge to stop Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, and St. Joe’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls from closing until at least July. The judge dismissed that request yesterday. HSHS announced back in January that it will be closing its hospitals because of costs and other ‘industry trends.’ Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine  says they filed the

The FBI is now offering a reward for information about that missing Manitowoc County boy. Elijah Vue, 3, is still missing.(Two Rivers Police Department) The FBI yesterday announced a 15 thousand-dollar reward for any information about Elijah Vue’s whereabouts. He’s been missing since last Tuesday. His mom and her boyfriend are facing child neglect charges, but they have not said anything about where the little boy is. Manitowoc County’s Crime Stoppers is offering a thousand-dollar reward in the case as

Parents in Chippewa falls continue to be upset that they weren’t told about a school threat last fall. Dozens of parents turned-out at last night’s school board meeting to demand answers. They want to know what no one told them about a student who, in October of last year, was allegedly looking-up how to make bombs and had what authorities have called a journal with specific threats. Parents didn’t find out about the threat until earlier this month. Many parents

One of the bridges that connects western Wisconsin with Iowa is closed til further notice after transportation officials say it moved. Wis-DOT yesterday said the historic Black Hawk Bridge in Crawford County is no longer safe for drivers. The bridge is the only way for people between La Crosse and Prairie du Chien to cross the Mississippi River into Iowa. Local leaders say closing the bridge cuts-off people who work on one side of the bridge, and live on the

Wisconsin’s governor wants 125 million-dollars to deal with PFAS contamination across the state, even though he doesn’t want the new law that goes along with the money. Governor Evers yesterday promised to veto the PFAS plan from Republican lawmakers. That plan would spend 125 million-dollars on grants to local communities so they can clean-up their drinking water. The governor likes that part of the law, but doesn’t like the piece that would hold landowners harmless if PFAS chemicals simply pass