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“It is a symbol of appreciation for the incredible work they do, day in and day out, which often goes unnoticed.” It has been 15 years since Chippewa County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Zunker died in the line of duty. This year, Chippewa Valley Technical College will continue to honor him and invite others to do so by becoming a part of the College’s memorial Tribute Circle. While renovating CVTC’s Emergency Service Education Center through the referendum projects last fall, the

On July 4, 2023 at 9:57 a.m., the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office received a call of a motorcycle crash on STH 27/70, less than a mile east of Weirgor Road. Sawyer County Sheriff’s Deputies responded, assisted by the Sawyer County Ambulance Service, the Couderay and Radisson Fire Departments and Life Link helicopter.  Further investigation indicated that a 2012 Triumph motorcycle operated by Roger A. Mulroy, 63, from Siren, WI was traveling east bound on STH 27/70 east of the intersection

The case against the teenager accused of killing Lily Peters in Chippewa County continues to move forward, but slowly.   A judge will decide later this month whether the suspect can stay at the local juvenile detention center for his hearing next month.  That hearing will help decide if the case is kept in juvenile court or moved to adult court.  The suspect, who turned 15 in March, is accused of beating, raping, then killing Peters in April of 2022. 

It was a very violent Fourth of July weekend in Milwaukee.  Police in the city say 22 people were shot between Saturday and yesterday.  Two of those people, both teenagers, died. One of the deadly shootings came just after Milwaukee’s fireworks show Monday night.  Milwaukee Police say five people were shot on the Fourth itself, that includes a 25-year-old woman who was wounded and taken to the hospital.

There are no reports of any injuries or any spills after a Canadian Pacific train derailed in Dodge County yesterday.  The sheriff’s office says 29 cars jumped the tracks just outside of Reeseville.  Canadian Pacific says the cars were carrying wheat, seed, and bentonite clay.  Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the scene is a mess, but he said it could have been a lot worse.  No one is saying just how long it will take to figure out what

 There are plans in the works to bring more bus stops to Altoona. Eau Claire transit managers say they want to expand the schedule in Altoona. Currently the 17 bus goes from the downtown transfer station, to Woodman’s, to downtown Altoona, and back . The plan, according to transit officials, is to add a stop at the Hillcrest Estates mobile home park, and another at River Prairie Park. The hope is to add the stops in January.

One of the Democratic members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission is calling a possible Senate vote on the state’s election administrator a ‘sideshow.’ Ann Jacobs was on UPFRONT over the weekend, and said there’s no reason for the Senate to vote on Meagan Wolfe’s job with the Commission. Jacobs said the law is clear, and that there isn’t a vacancy at the Elections Commission, so there’s no need for a Senate vote. Senate Republicans are looking to vote Wolfe out at the

“O say can you see by the dawn’s early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleamingWhose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight…” -The Star-Spangled Banner; National anthem Happy 4th of July! So what is this day all about? Scroll below as we take a snapshot of what Independence Day is and what it looks like around our great country. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved.  The occasion is now used by Americans to mark

There is a push for a new trial in a Chippewa Valley murder case. Ezra McCandless was back in court yesterday, fighting to get her life sentence overturned. McCandless stabbed her ex-boyfriend Alex Woodworth 16 times back in 2019. She was convicted in 2020, and sentenced to life behind bars. McCandless’ attorneys now say there is evidence that she was sexually abused, and that evidence was never admitted at trial. The judge in the case isn’t expected to rule on

Add another half-dozen shootings to Milwaukee’s Fourth of July weekend tally. Police say six people were shot, and one of them died. Four of the shootings came within an hour and a half of each other. Police say two 15-year-old boys were wounded in separate shootings, a 40-year-old man is the one who died. Milwaukee Police say 11 people had been shot between Saturday and early yesterday morning, bringing the weekend tally to 17 shot, two killed so far.