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No one was home, and no one was hurt in a house fire in Chippewa Falls yesterday.  Firefighters got a call about a fire on Wheaton Street just before 12:45 p.m.  The woman who lives there says no one was home, though she says her cat died in the fire.  Investigators are not yet saying just what caused that fire.

Pink slips are coming for some people in Tomah.  Managers at the Transcontinental plant in Tomah notified the state that it is planning to close its facility just after the new year.  In all, just under 100 people will lose their jobs.  The closing will affect both union and non-union employees.  Transcontinental is not offering a reason as to why it is closing the plant.

Wisconsin’s proposal to allow out-of-state therapists take on mental health patients in the state is gaining steam.  A Senate panel yesterday seemed to support the plan that would open up more mental health services, particularly in rural parts of the state.  Senator Rachel Cabral-Guevara said the idea is to expand the COVID-era emergency rules that allowed therapists and doctors in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan to treat people in Wisconsin. Reform groups like the Institute for Reforming Government say breaking

The federal government is warning a Wisconsin company not to make hand sanitizer with the same equipment it uses to make brake cleaner.  The FDA last month sent a letter to Brenntag Great Lakes, informing the company that inspectors found “significant violations” during a tour of the company’s plant.  The letter made clear the company cannot make hand sanitizer and industrial solvents using the same production line.  Brenntag, however, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it never used the same

Microsoft’s next data center is a big step closer to being built.  Racine County’s board last night unanimously agreed to Microsoft’s plan to buy one thousand more acres of land at the Foxconn site.  Leaders in Mount Pleasant signed off on the deal on Monday.  Microsoft originally bought 315 acres in May, and recently said it wanted more.  The plan is to invest more than two-billion dollars in data centers at the Mount Pleasant site by 2026.

OSHA is fining two northeast Wisconsin construction companies after the death of a worker at Lambeau Field in June. The government this week announced the fines against Miron Construction and Mavid Construction.  Both companies will pay a combined 34-thousand dollars in fines.  The worker died after being trapped while working on repairs at Lambeau.  OSHA says the fines are ‘associated with pinch-point and electric dumbwaiter hazards.’

Get into the Holiday spirit and join in on some Chippewa County fun! The lights are shining bright and ready for you to soak up the annual display. With over 125,000 lights, you will be dazzled by this years park and you can CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

ABOVE PHOTO: Jonny Reiter, 19, a graduate of North High School in Eau Claire with AP credits under his belt, takes the path to becoming a licensed electrician.  “That’s where you learn most of the day-to-day skills. I’m working with professionals who have gone through it all. Class helps you understand the math and regulations.”  -Reiter Jonny Reiter didn’t dream of being an electrician. To be fair, the Eau Claire North High School graduate didn’t have any vivid visions of

UPDATE 11.302023: On Thursday November 30th 2023, Jose E Dominguez-Garcia was brought from Missouri to Jail in Chippewa County, Wisconsin where he is detained on First-Degree Intentional Homicide charges from an incident reported in 2020. This is all the information to be released at this time. A Reedsburg man accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in 2020, is now being held in a Missouri jail. Jose Dominguez-Garcia was charged in the death of Rosaly Chavarria Rodriguez in December 20-21, but

Wisconsin will be giving almost two-million dollars toward financial and legal advice for small businesses. Governor Tony Evers and US Senator Tammy Baldwin, both Democrats, say the one-point-nine-million is coming from the US Department of the Treasury. The money will go toward two UW entrepreneurship programs, which the state says will help more than eleven-thousand small businesses apply for financial support over five years.