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We’re going to have to wait to see what happens to the woman who drove through the Irvine Park Christmas display last December. A judge was supposed to decide on Ebony Hudson’s competency yesterday, but she objected to the report before the judge had a chance to rule on it. Police claim Hudson intentionally drove through the Christmas lights in Chippewa Falls last year. Hudson is due back in court in mid-April for another hearing.

Firefighters in Tomah have called-in an outside expert to look at the explosion involved in last Friday’s fire downtown. The city’s fire chief, Tim Adler, says the explosion came before the first that burned the Sassy Girl Aroma shop to the ground. No one was hurt in the explosion or the fire, though two firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting the fire. The chief says they’ve ruled-out a natural gas leak, but he’s not saying what else may have caused

Packer fans are going to get to hear a bit more about their former quarterback. Author Ian O’Connor yesterday said his biography on Aaron Rodgers, called ‘Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,’ will come out on August 13th. The blurb for the book says Rodgers is ‘among the most mysterious and polarizing figures’ in the modern NFL. You can pre-order the Rodgers biography on Amazon right now.

There is now a Wisconsin voice on American Idol. CJ Rislove got his start while singing and playing piano at Chippewa Falls High School. He says the encouragement he received there pushed him into a career in music. Since graduation, he’s been traveling around the country in a converted school bus and singing. His talent and his story landed him a spot on American Idol.

There’s a new call for the University of Wisconsin to end race-based programs on campus. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked the UW to end its race-based awards and fellowships. Specifically, WILL says the Board of Regents 2024 Diversity Awards are unconstitutional because they leave-out some students who don’t meet the racial criteria. That’s the argument that WILL uses against a handful of UW fellowships, including the BIPOC Fellows Program, which is currently at the center of

A woman in St. Croix County is sentenced to twelve years in prison for stabbing and killing her fiancé. Marian Kathryn Smith pleaded guilty for the 2022 murder of Shaun Lewis. Detectives say she told them they were fighting over a knife while she was washing the dishes and he was insulting her. He was stabbed in the stomach. After she serves her sentence, Smith will have ten years of supervision.

ABOVE PHOTO: Brianna Crotteau, project coordinator at the Wuethrich Family/Grassland Dairy Center of Excellence at UW-River Falls, hands Sam Galgowski, a cheesemaker at the dairy plant, a plastic container that Galgowski filled with cheese during production on Tuesday. The cheddar cheese produced was the first produced at the dairy plant that will serve as a production site and a training location for students and dairy industry employees. UWRF/Pat Deninger photo. With one slice, then another and another, Sam Galgowski cut

The Wisconsin State Patrol, Barron County Sheriff’s Office, and Rusk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a semi-tractor-trailer vs SUV crash with injuries on Highway 8 near CTH M. Preliminary evidence from the crash scene indicates the tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound on Highway 8. An oncoming SUV was traveling westbound when it lost control and crossed the centerline. The vehicles collided. The SUV traveled into the ditch after impact and the tractor-trailer came to rest across both highway lanes. Life-saving measures

Gov. Tony Evers today approved Senate Bill (SB) 1015, now 2023 Wisconsin Act 97, securing $15 million in crisis response resources to support healthcare access in Western Wisconsin in the wake of the recent announcement of HSHS and Prevea Health’s decision to close several locations. In addition to severely impacting healthcare access in the area, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the closures have been estimated to impact approximately 1,400 workers, among others, in the surrounding region. Gov. Evers

If you are a Veteran or know one, there is a new health care option. Beginning March 5, 2024, all veterans who were exposed to toxins and other hazardous materials while serving in the military will be eligible to enroll directly in VA health care – years earlier than called for by the PACT Act. This means all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Global War on Terror, or any other combat zone after