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Eau Claire County’s health department says the Chippewa Valley will lose about a third of its healthcare capacity when Sacred Heart and St. Joe’s close in April. Public health managers yesterday shared the numbers of what the HSHS closings will mean. Sacred Heart and St. Joe’s handle anywhere from just under, to just over a third of hospitalizations, inpatient surgeries, and ER visits. Mayo Health in Eau Claire handles the majority of all care in the area, with the Marshfield

Prosecutors claim the last man to see three-year-old Elijah Vue was punishing him. Elijah Vue, 3, is still missing.(Two Rivers Police Department) The D.A. in Manitowoc yesterday said Vue’s mother’s boyfriend, Jesse Vang, told police that he was trying to ‘make a man’ out of Vue when the little boy disappeared a week ago. Vue said his house was like a boot camp for the boy, and said he made Vue stand for hours, and would punish him with cold

The redistricting experts brought-in by the Wisconsin Supreme Court are getting a six figure payday for not drawing the state’s new political maps. The experts submitted their 128 thousand-dollar bill on Sunday. About half of that will come from taxpayers, the other half will come from the people and groups involved in the state’s redistricting battle. The experts ruled that none of the seven proposals to replace Wisconsin’s old political maps were good enough. The experts offered to draw their

Chippewa County leaders are spelling-out why they no longer trust Sheriff Travis Hakes. County Administrator Randy Scholz and Board Chair Dean Gullickson issued a joint statement yesterday saying they have zero confidence in Hakes based on how he talked to a female 911 dispatcher, what he said about his outside jobs, the dim view that the county’s D.A. has of Hakes’ credibility, and his damaging the credibility of the sheriff’s department. The full county board took a no confidence vote

It is February and there’s already a wildfire warning across large parts of Wisconsin. The DNR yesterday warned people about the lack of snow cover, and the growing fire danger. The DNR says this year has seen an abnormally warm winter, and that is leaving a lot of dry brush across the state. High winds are not helping either. The DNR says it has already responded to over 50 fires that burned 160 acres. There are burn bans in place

Delta Airlines is offering an additional solar eclipse flight after the first one sold out in less than 24 hours.  The flight on April 8th will leave from Austin around 12:30 p.m. local time and will travel along the path of totality of the eclipse to arrive in Detroit at 4:20 p.m. eastern time. The second flight is scheduled to be a larger aircraft so more customers will be able to take part.

Residents interested in being aware of the various weather conditions throughout the county can get up-to-the-minute information through the new Eau Claire County Emergency Management Hazards Dashboard. Residents can view current weather alerts, flood outlooks and river levels, wildfire danger, and historicaldata, all on one website. The dashboard can be found WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE. In addition to the dashboard, Eau Claire County Emergency Management has several opportunities for the public to increase their resilience to natural disasters. The

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is denying accusations of discrimination in a federal lawsuit. The suit was filed by Rochelle Hoffman, a former employee, who says she was discriminated against because she’s white. Along with denying they discriminated against Hoffman, the University denies that she was working in a hostile work environment. The university’s chancellor, Affirmative Action director, and Universities of Wisconsin are also named in the lawsuit.

Hundreds of Wisconsin employers and students will participate in new youth apprenticeship programs this year.  Governor Tony Evers says more than 400 students signed up for the business administration and education programs. Both career fields were added to the Youth Apprenticeship Program last September. Participants take one or two years to take classes about their chosen field while working outside of the classroom. Evers says more than eight-thousand students signed up statewide last school year.

It’s been said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Good thing for Powerball players, that concept does not apply to the Kwik Trip on 1223 E. Wisconsin St. in Portage. A winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at the Wisconsin retailer location for the Saturday, February 24 drawing. It is the second time in 25 days a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold at the store. The winning ticket matched four of five numbers (3-8-40-53-58) plus the Powerball (3).