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There will be a D.C. connection to the Dairyland. On Friday, February 16th, First Lady Jill Biden will travel to Green Bay, Wisconsin.  At 2:30 PM, the First Lady will arrive at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay.

Today in the capitol, State Senator Jesse James (R-Altoona) and others testified in the Senate Committee on Health and Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care on the recently introduced legislation that would re-allocate $15 million to ensure continued funding for essential healthcare services in the Chippewa Valley. “I’m grateful and pleased to see that my senate and assembly colleagues are aware of the urgency in moving this money through the legislative process as quickly as possible,” Senator James

WNB Financial announced four $500 donations to food pantries in the communities it serves. These donations were made possible from “Jeans Day” funds. On Jeans Days, employees choose to pay $2 each Friday to wear casual jeans during the work day, with the proceeds benefitting non-profit organizations.Jeans Day donations will benefit:

Gretchen Marie Hakime, 38 years of age, from Minong has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 2nd offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. On 02/13/23 at approximately 2:15 pm, the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a two-vehicle crash on US-53 at Snowberry Lane. During the investigation of the crash and interaction with the at fault driver, the Trooper observed signs of impairment and

It’s probation for the two people who faked an armed robbery at the Ace Hardware in Rice Lake. A judge yesterday sentenced Jesus Miera from Chippewa Falls, and Krista Buckwalter from Rice Lake for the robbery at Jacobson’s Ace Hardware  back in 2022. Buckwalter worked at the store, and police say she and Miera cooked-up a scheme where he would come in and rob her. Investigators say they found a flurry of phone calls between the two just before the

Aspirus Health says it’s adding hospital beds to make-up for some of what western Wisconsin is losing with HSHS and Prevea. Aspirus yesterday said it is adding six beds at its hospital in Stanley, adding eight beds in Medford, working to expand its services in Wausau, and looking to hire more people. Aspirus also says it’s working on an affiliation with St. Luke’s hospital in Duluth. Aspirus CEO Matthew Heywood says they understand the need in the Chippewa Valley, and

Chippewa County leaders are officially on the record against the move to resettle refugee families in the Chippewa Valley. The county board last night approved a resolution that asks for an immediate pause in World Relief’s plans to move the refugees to Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls sometime this year. County leaders say they want to see the proof that the refugees have been vetted, and are cleared to come to this country. World Relief has never said just where

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have signed-off on the Democratic governor’s proposed political maps, but it remains to be seen if he will sign them. Both the State Assembly and State Senate yesterday approved the maps that the governor drew. Those maps could give Democrats control of the legislature for the first time in more than a decade. Republican Senator Duey Stroebel said Republicans have a ‘gun to their head,’ and are approving the maps to try and head-off a worse

Wisconsin lawmakers have signed-off on a plan to guarantee admission to the UW for top students in the state. Both the State Assembly and the State Senate approved the plan yesterday. It guarantees students in the top five percent of their class a spot at UW-Madison, and guarantees students in the top 10 percent of their class a spot at any other UW campus. Supporters say the idea is to keep Wisconsin’s best and brightest in Wisconsin. The plan is

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are once again sending a multi-billion-dollar tax cut to Governor Evers’ desk. The State Assembly yesterday approved a two-point-one billion-dollar tax cut package that would lower income taxes for families making under 150 thousand-dollars a year, would make retirement tax free for most people in the state, and expand both Wisconsin’s child care and marriage tax credit. Republican Majority Leader Tyler August said it’s a middle class tax cut. But, he’s also not confident that