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ABOVE PHOTO: Clinical Simulation Center staff at Chippewa Valley Technical College put together an emergency scenario for Eau Claire Fire and Rescue firefighter-paramedics at the College’s Electrical Power Distribution hot lab. A state-of-the-art medical manikin was used to simulate an electrocution and 20-foot fall. Five Eau Claire Fire and Rescue firefighter-paramedics rushed into the electrical hot lab at Chippewa Valley Technical College to find a man with burn marks on their hands lying on the ground, unresponsive. They asked questions,

ABOVE PHOTO: General Services Building solar panel array, looking east toward campus. University of Wisconsin-Stout’s largest solar photovoltaic array to date has been installed at Jarvis Hall Technology Wing, part of a multibuilding solar and energy efficiency upgrades project.  Contracted under Trane Inc., Eagle Point Solar of Dubuque, Iowa, recently installed 560 VSUN solar panels mounted on individually ballasted racking on the roof of the Technology Wing, which has a 24,160-square-foot high roof and a 14,801-square-foot low roof.  The panels will supply

With the average conventional birth costing over $2,600 for mothers with insurance and nearly $15,000 for mothers without insurance, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2023’s Best & Worst States to Have a Baby, as well as expert commentary. To determine the most ideal places in the U.S. for parents and their newborns, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key measures of cost, health care accessibility and baby-friendliness. The data set ranges

One person is dead after being hit by a train in Rusk County. It happened Saturday evening on the trestle near Capener Road in the Town of Hubbard. Rusk County Sheriff Jeffery Wallace says the victim was pinned underneath the train. Rescue crews tried to pull them out, but the person died on the scene. No one is saying why the person was on the tracks. The sheriff’s office says it will likely have some more details about the case

A judge in western Wisconsin will begin the process to decide if the now-15-year-old boy accused of killing then assaulting a 10-year-old girl last year will be tried as an adult. There is a hearing today in Chippewa County in the case. The teen is already charged as an adult, the hearing is on a request to move the case back to juvenile court. Prosecutors say the teen followed Peters home, attacked her, strangled her, then sexually assaulted her along

Wisconsin’s governor has vetoed a handful of plans that would have limited unemployment benefits in order to get people back to work. Governor Tony Evers on Friday vetoed five pieces of legislation that would have required people on unemployment to go on job interviews, look for more work, and pass more drug tests. The Republican lawmakers who approved the legislation said the idea was to get people off of the sidelines, and back into the workforce. The governor says he

Wisconsin’s governor has vetoed Wisconsin’s proposed ban on gas-powered-stove bans. Governor Evers scuttled the legislation on Friday. The governor says the ban would have stopped local governments from making their own decisions about regulating things like gas stoves and gas-powered cars. Republican lawmakers approved the ban and bans back in the spring, they said as a way to cut-off any new local bans. The governor says Wisconsin lawmakers should not be micromanaging cities or counties in the state.

Those who were there say the crash and fire at the Ozaukee County Fair’s demolition derby could have been worse. Cedarburg Police say a car caught fire during Saturday’s derby, and the 22-year-old driver was seriously burned on his arm. The driver’s friend says they were trying to get the car started when the fire started. It spread quickly. The young man is now in the hospital, his friends have set-up a GoFundMe to help pay his medical bills.

The Big Ten continues to get bigger. Big Ten universities on Friday voted to accept Washington and Oregon into the conference next year. The move comes after the Big Ten accepted USC and UCLA last year. Both Washington and Oregon are fleeing the Pac-12, which has all but dissolved as a conference. The decision now means the Big Ten will have 18 schools, including four on the west coast.

Justin Micheal Ausman, 43 years of age, from Barron has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense. On Sunday, August 6, 2023, at approximately 7:45 pm a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on County W for a speed violation and unsafe lane deviation. The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety tests, showed the driver, Justin Micheal Ausman from Barron,