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Fans of country music are in for a treat as the Northern Wisconsin State Fair announces that country superstar Lee Brice will perform on the Leinenkugel’s Main Stage. Brice, not just a country music powerhouse but also a devoted family man, is set to take the stage at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds on Thursday, July 11th starting at 8 PM. Beyond his streaming success, Lee Brice is a celebrated songwriter whose tracks have been covered by legends like Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean,

In this, the month of love, we celebrate those who mean the most to us and regardless of whether or not you do anything special for Valentines Day, this is a story sure to warm your heart.  90-year-old twins Maurilia Chavez and Andrea Lopez were recently reunited after 81 years apart. They were separated at the age of five when their parents died and all their siblings were split up. A DNA test brought them together. To reconnect, Lopez flew from

A Minnesota man out on bond for allegedly threatening to shoot up the Chippewa County Courthouse is accused of making more threats.  Prosecutors this week filed new charges against Harley Alcala, saying he threatened to kill the lawyer working on his case.  He was arrested last year after police said he made threats on social media the night before a hearing.  He was released on 20 thousand-dollars bond and now lives in Texas.  It’s unclear when he will be brought

American Girl is closing its headquarters in Middleton. The company yesterday said about 30 people will lose their jobs in the move. Some of those people will be working their last day today, while others will stay on the job til September. Mattel, which owns American Girl, says the decision to close the Middleton office is part of a move to centralize their operations in their new California headquarters. American Girl was founded in Middleton in 1986. Mattel bought American

A pair of officials who oversaw the Didion Milling plant are heading to prison for covering-up after their plant blew-up back in 2017. A judge yesterday sentenced Didion’s VP of Operations Derrick Clark, and  the company’s former food safety superintendent Shawn Mesner to two years in prison. Both men were found guilty of falsifying records and lying to investigators about the explosion that killed five people at the mill in Cambria. The company itself pleaded guilty back in September to

The plan to send reckless drivers who kill someone to prison in Wisconsin is a big step closer to becoming law.  The Wisconsin Assembly approved it from state Rep. Bob Donovan yesterday.  The plan would create a mandatory minimum sentence for certain drivers in deadly crashes.  Donovan says reckless driving has become a problem that can no longer be ignored in Wisconsin, but especially in and around Milwaukee.

The Salvation Army didn’t hit the mark with its Red Kettles in the Chippewa Valley last year.  The Salvation Army yesterday said it fell 15-thousand-dollars short of its 90-thousand-dollar goal.  The Salvation Army’s Karen Frederick says this is the sixth year they’ve fallen short.  She says this means less help for the 400 families that rely on the Salvation Army each month.

Three more healthcare providers in western Wisconsin are expanding their operations. Pivotal Health, the NorthLakes Community Clinics, and Remedy Mental Health yesterday all announced that they will expand their services once HSHS and Prevea close their doors later this spring. All three have been planning to move into the Chippewa Valley for a while, and say they sped-up those expansion plans once the two hospitals announced their closing. Remedy says it’s already hired 95 percent of the people who work

Wisconsin’s race for the U.S. Senate is about to get more crowded and competitive. Republican Eric Hovde is reportedly going to announce his campaign next week. Hovde has been on the short list of possible candidates, and has been rumored for months to be getting in. Baldwin is looking for her third term in office. Hovde ran for U.S. Senate back in 2012, and finished second in the Republican primary.

Authorities in Florida say they arrested a Mukwonago man for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl from South Carolina. Monroe County deputies arrested 35-year-old Tyler Berlick about 3:30 Tuesday morning in a parking lot in Key Largo. Investigators say the girl disappeared from her home in Simponville, South Carolina Sunday night. The sheriff’s office claims Berlick has known the girl for about a year, but no one is saying how the two ended-up together in Florida. Berlick will likely end-up facing federal