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Taxpayers are going to have to pick-up the legal bill for the liberal group that sued over the Gabelman investigation. An appeals court on Friday upheld a Dane County judge’s order that the state pay the legal costs for American Oversight. That’s the group that sued former judge Michael Gableman over public information involved in his investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin. Gableman lost the case, and in addition to providing his documents, the judge said he had

Once again a slow start cost the Packers at the end of the game. Green Bay went down 13-3 at halftime before roaring back in the fourth quarter. But they fell just short, losing 25-27. The win means Minnesota has a chance to win the NFC North next week. The loss drops Green Bay to 10-5, but the Packers have already locked-up a playoff spot. The Packers take on the Bears next week at Lambeau. Packers quarterback Jordan Love says

The Eau Claire Fire Department (ECFD) responded to a rescue call for a person who fell through the ice on Half Moon Lake near Braun’s Bay. When crews arrived, one person was found in the water with their head and shoulders above the ice in a shallow area of the lake. Dressed in cold water suits and using water rescue equipment, crews proceeded onto the ice and brought to the person to the shoreline where they were evaluated by an

The Menomonie Police Department is mourning the death of an off-duty officer.  The department announced on its Facebook page on Friday the “unexpected” death of Officer Sam Miller.  Menomonie Police are asking neighboring law enforcement agencies to assist with “public safety needs” and asking for patience from the community.  The department did not provide any word on the cause of Miller’s death, but you can learn more about what you can do to help Officer Miller’s family with a click

Locally, Sheriff Travis Hakes is offering an update to a new Emergency Response tool. Below you will find the information: The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office has been in the research and devolvement stage of new mass notification software. Starting in 2026 we plan to eliminate some unnecessary spending by solelydepending on our Sheriff’s Office Mobile App as our host for IPAWS. Our interactive mobile app is a host to many features, including our IPAWS through FEMA. TheChippewa County Sheriff’s Office

Hello. Welcome to your last weekend in 2024! Wow. This time of year can be busy and your days can be full, so we just want to say thanks for making us part of it. We know time goes fast, but does it somehow seem like it’s faster all the time?! Yeah, we get it. Shall we try to slow down for at least a little bit? That’s what we set aside Saturday mornings for. A small, but intentional, slow

Damian Lillard is back in the lineup, but the Bucks were without Giannis for the fourth-straight game Saturday as Milwaukee fell to Chicago 116-111. Lillard, who had been out since Milwaukee won the NBA Cup on December 17th, led the Bucks against the Bulls with 29 points and a dozen assists. Milwaukee trailed by as many as 13 in the first quarter and never led until midway through the third quarter. The Bucks return to action Tuesday afternoon at Indiana.

The Badgers women’s basketball team resumes Big Ten action on the road today.  Wisconsin travels to Bloomington, Indiana to take on the Hoosiers.  Both teams are one-and-oh in the conference and take five-game winning streaks into today’s contest.  The Badgers are ten-and-two overall, while the Hoosiers are nine-and-three.  The game tips off at 1 p.m. and airs live on Big Ten Network. Watch the action then be part of the game recap with our sports guru, Dan Kasper every weekday

Two teenagers are under arrest in Western Wisconsin, accused of lighting multiple mailboxes on fire. The Barron County Sheriff’s Office says complaints about damaged mailboxes started coming in yesterday afternoon and the details from Sheriff Fitzgerald are below: Thursday, December 26, 2024, just after 3:00 p.m., the Barron County 911 center started to  receive calls of mailboxes being damaged, burned and destroyed at several locations in the  northern part of the county.  Deputies from the Sheriff’s Department along with the

On the other side of the holiday, you might be facing some returns for those gifts that just didn’t fit. But for this week’s Friday Feel Good it’s not a gift that we look to return, it’s a book and it leads to a plot twist and a storyline we can all celebrate! A guy in Detroit found an old library book he forgot to return over 50 years ago.  They waived the fine.  But he calculated that at 25 cents