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The City of Janesville may be purchasing the old General Motors plant. City Council is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss a relocation order that would give the city ownership. City Manager Kevin Lahner says there will have to be cleanup efforts before any work happens, since the site is contaminated. It would be months before the plant became city property and years before construction begins.

Visit Eau Claire announced today that after four years of service, Benny Anderson has resigned from his position as executive director with the organization. Visit Eau Claire then announced that Deputy Director Kenzi Havlicek will serve as the interim executive director while a search begins to fill the position. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM VISIT EAU CLAIRE.

Spirit week at school can often mean dress up days for students and staff. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we see a day inside the classroom that begins outside on the bus, and celebrates the spirit of generosity. A Kentucky bus driver is getting major praise for buying a student pajamas.   It was Pajama Day at school and 6-year-old Levi Carrier didn’t have any . . . so bus driver Larry Farrish took time out of his day to buy Levi pajamas and

As a business with a longstanding history of caring for not only communities in west-central Wisconsin, but for students of health care programs as well, Mayo Clinic Health System has been named Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Proven Business Partner for 2024. The award was presented Thursday, Feb. 22, at CVTC’s annual Gala. Also honored were Dustin Goodman, CVTC Respiratory Therapy instructor, as the Outstanding Recent Alumni; and Kelly Bakken, Altoona Police Department chief of police, as the Distinguished Alumni. Mayo

Governor Evers will now decide if emergency rooms in the Chippewa Valley will get 15 million-dollars in state aid. The State Assembly approved the plan yesterday. The idea is to repurpose money that was earmarked for Eau Claire’s HSHS hospital. That hospital, along with the hospital in Chippewa Falls, and several other clinics throughout the area are set to close in April. Lawmakers say the 15 million will be sent to the remaining emergency rooms in and around Eau Claire

The teenager who killed two people and hurt a third in a crash near Rice Lake two years ago will spend eight months in jail. A judge in Barron County yesterday sentenced Troy Huehn Jr. to 12 years probation, which includes an eight month jail stint. Huehn was 16-years-old and didn’t have a driver’s license at the time of the wreck. He pleaded guilty to homicide by negligent driving. Prosecutors dismissed more serious reckless homicide charges. The parents of the

A Forest County woman has pleaded not guilty to drunkenly running her husband down last fall. Mary Terry was in court yesterday for her arraignment. A judge ordered her held on 50 thousand-dollars cash bail, and ordered her fitted with an ankle bracelet. Prosecutors claim she was drunk when she ran her husband over with his pickup truck back in October. She’s facing first-degree intentional homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle charges. She’s also facing 25

The people who represent local government in Wisconsin are on-board with the plan from lawmakers to clean-up PFAS contamination from local water supplies. Lawmakers this week approved a plan that would help local communities pay to test their water for PFAS chemicals, and help pay for projects to clean their water if PFAS is found. Governor Evers doesn’t like the plan because he says it limits the power of the DNR to sue over PFAS pollution. The e League of

The plan to protect the deer population in northern Wisconsin by pausing the doe hunt is on its way at the State Capitol. The Assembly yesterday approved a four-year pause on antlerless deer hunting in the Northern Forest Zone. Supporters say Wisconsin needs to do something to help the deer herd grow. Doe hunt numbers from last fall show a 15 percent drop. Hunters say they’ve seen fewer and fewer deer over the past several years. The plan now heads

Students will learn more about marijuana at UW-Platteville starting next month. The school is enrolling students for its Cannabis Product Development & Design Certificate. Platteville says students will learn how to make cannabis-infused gummies, chocolates, oils, tinctures, and more. The program promises a focus on ‘branding and package design, this program enables you to develop materials that adhere to regulatory standards while also standing out in the market through their creative flair.’ Marijuana remains illegal in Wisconsin, but many hemp