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On December 29, 2023, at approximately 2:40pm, a Lake Hallie Police Officer conducted a traffic stop of a black colored SUV at 40th Avenue and Highway 124 in the Village of Lake Hallie because the registered owner was showing a revoked driver’s license. The officer spoke with the driver, identified as Shane Donaldson (age 51) of Chippewa Falls, detected the odor of intoxicants coming from the driver’s breath, had an open intoxicant inside the vehicle, and his speech was slightly

Hello. We are glad you are here! As we soak up the last days of 2023 and usher in the new energy of 2024 it can be a time to reflect, resolve, and reset. Today, we take our final “scroll down memory lane” for the year! As we do every Saturday, this is a simple look back at events that happened on this weekend in history before we head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin

Times Square is expected to be packed this weekend as people from all over the world come to celebrate the New Year in New York City. Organizer Joe Papa says this is a bucket list event. There will be hours of entertainment on New Year’s Eve including Flo Rida, Megan Thee Stallion, Tyla and many others performing. There will be designated view areas for revelers to arrive to in the afternoon. Mayor Eric Adams will be on hand to send

“It is so joyful and rewarding to welcome these little ones into the world and be part of their first hours and days,” As the year comes to a close, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital has gathered the top three most popular baby boy and baby girl names of 2023. Boys:                                                                      Girls:  1.  Henry                                                                1. Zoe/Zoey 2.  Mateo                                                               2. Willow 3.  Liam                                                                   3. Nora These names are among the 817 babies delivered at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital Women and Infants Center since

Six solar energy projects are now complete in Wisconsin. Alliant Energy says their capacity for solar energy has tripled now that they’re finished. The sites are in Green, Grant, Sheboygan, Rock, Dodge, and Waushara counties, with the Onion River project in Sheboygan producing the most solar energy. The utility says the panels will be able to handle severe weather and track the movements of the sun to make the most energy. There are still three more panel projects being built,

An Eau Claire County town is calling for public support of a state bill that would provide more protections for Wisconsin towns facing annexation. Earlier this week, the Town of Washington published the call to action on its website urging people to contact their legislators in support of the law, which would allow certain towns to identify as urban towns. This would limit the zoning authority of more populated cities over smaller villages or towns within three miles. The bill

With New Years around the corner many contemplate resolutions that involve eating habits, since the holidays usually include a menu of extra treats and helpings. This week’s Friday feel good as us lending a helping hand and dishing up kindness. Whether you are the one who has fallen on hard times and someone lends one, or you see someone in need and reach out to lift them up.  This week we have a story about a restaurant owner who is going

We’re getting some more information about that police chase last week that left a Dane County deputy seriously injured. Prosecutors yesterday told a judge that the deputy was thrown up to 200 feet after the suspects in that chase hit the gas while the deputy was hanging on to their car door. That left the deputy with nerve damage in his arm. Dane County’s sheriff says the suspects in that chase, Terrence Moore and Cornelius Stewart, were wanted for allegedly

Authorities in Eau Claire are blaming yesterday’s interstate closure on a carjacking in the Twin Cities. The Highway Patrol closed parts of I-94 yesterday morning to chase and arrest a suspect who took a car in St. Paul. Troopers had to spring the car out to make the arrest. The chase and crash closed the interstate for about a half hour around 9:30 yesterday morning. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE.

President Biden is among those remembering Herb Kohl. The White House yesterday issued a statement that called Kohl one of Wisconsin’s greatest-ever advocates. The president said Kohl was ‘a kind and principled man of integrity and character.’ Kohl served alongside President Biden in the U.S. Senate for 24 years. Kohl died Wednesday after a brief illness. Here in our state, flags across Wisconsin are flying lower this week to remember Herb Kohl. Governor Tony Evers yesterday ordered flags lowered to