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On January 14, 2024, the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Almost Home Again, a mental health and AODA facility located at N3531 Elder Dr. in the Town of Aurora, Taylor County. The caller reported that a resident of the facility was found unconscious and unresponsive. Taylor County Sheriff’s deputies along with EMS were dispatched. Upon arrival of EMS and Taylor County deputies it was determined that the unresponsive individual was deceased. The deceased individual was identified as

Work will begin soon on a one-half mile expansion of the pedestrian/recreation trail on Menomonie’s east side to connect the Dunn County Judicial Center and Government Center along Highways 12/29.  “This project will enhance safety in the area and will be an important addition to our local trail system.”  “The City of Menomonie is excited to partner with Dunn County to enhance the community’s trail system with the intention of improving the residents’ and visitors’ quality of life,” said Eric Atkinson, Menomonie city administrator.  Kris Korpela, Dunn County manager, said

The cows at a farm in the Town of Drammen are all okay after a fire at their barn yesterday. Fire crews from Mondovi got the call about 11 a.m. yesterday, Firefighters say the fire likely started in the milking parlor, but didn’t get far. No people were hurt in the fire. Investigators say they are looking for what may have started that fire.

There are four candidates to become Chippewa Falls’ next police chief. The city yesterday said John Beyer, who is a sergeant at the Bloomer Police Department, Colin Mumford, who is the current police chief in Fall Creek, and Chippewa Falls officers Ryan Douglas and Sheridan Pabst all made the short list. Current Chippewa Falls chief Matt Kelm announced his resignation back in November. His last day will be sometime next month.

It could soon be much easier to find an EV charger in Wisconsin. The State Senate yesterday overwhelmingly passed a plan that will allow gas stations and other businesses to build their own chargers. The proposed law changes Wisconsin’s utility regulations that currently stop anyone who isn’t a utility from selling electricity. The hope, lawmakers say, is to allow gas stations to add EV charges and build a network of chargers across the state. Senators also approved a nearly 80

The FBI has joined the investigation into the 2022 killing of a trans woman in Milwaukee. The FBI field office yesterday said it is asking anyone who may know anything about the June 2022 shooting death of Brazil Johnson to please step forward.  Milwaukee Police found Johnson’s body along Teutonia Avenue, near Garfield Avenue.  No one has ever said why she was shot, or provided any real details about the crime.  The FBI yesterday released some surveillance camera pictures of

Chances for medical marijuana are dimming in Wisconsin.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said he will not compromise on his plan to sell medical marijuana to very sick people in Wisconsin through state-owned dispensaries.  Senate Republicans, including the Senate Majority Leader, says the idea of state-owned pot-shops is a non-starter with him.  Vos says he has enough votes to get the plan through the Assembly, and says renegotiating the plan would likely cost it some votes.

No one is saying how long it will take to clean-up after the weekend fire at an agricultural building in southwest Iowa. Insight FS, which saw its building in Cobb burn to the ground on Sunday says teams from Iowa County’s emergency management services as well as crews from the state are working to clean-up the site. Firefighters backed away from the fire on Sunday out of fears that pouring water onto a chemical fire may make it worse. That

Four people were taken to a local hospital after an overnight house fire in Durand.  Sheriff’s dispatch audio reported the fire just after two A-M, with a deputy reporting heavy smoke and flames coming from a window.  Durand Emergency Medical Services requested a helicopter while ambulances responded from Eau Claire.   There’s been no update on the condition of the four people.

A Chippewa Falls man is sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend. Scott Vanigan pleaded no contest to a first-degree intentional homicide charge for the murder of Lynn Smith. As part of the plea deal, arson and corpse mutilation charges were dismissed. Prosecutors say firefighters responded to a 9-1-1 call reporting Vanigan’s home was on fire in July 2022. When they arrived, they say they found Smith’s body — and according to the autopsy, she was dead before