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To accommodate traffic control for the Blue Ox Music Festival, Crescent Avenue between North Town Hall Road and Eagle Lane will be closed beginning at 6:00 A.M. on Thursday, June 22nd. The road will reopen at 10:00 P.M. Heavy traffic for the music festival is expected on Crescent Avenue. Commuters who usually use Crescent Avenue may prefer to use an alternate route. The Blue Ox Music Festival runs from Thursday, June 22nd through Saturday, June 24th.

“Tourism is essential to the economy of Dunn County. Visitorssteward our small businesses, provide tax dollars for community improvement, and support economic development.” -Tourism Manager Tammy Simon The Wisconsin Department of Tourism released 2022 economic impact data, showing the tourism industry generated a record-breaking $23.7 billion in total economic impact. The highest-ever overnight visitation helped fuel the growth, with Dunn County playing a contributing $96 million in total economic impact. The 2022 total economic impact surpassed the previous statewide record

An additional 500 residences and businesses in northern Dunn County will have access to high-speed broadband services from Nextgen Broadband next year after the company’s grant application was approved recently by the state Public Service Commission.  The PSC’s Wisconsin Broadband Office announced that Nextgen Broadband, a subsidiary of Clear Lake Telephone Co., will receive $1.33 million to bring fiber broadband access to 557 residences and seven businesses in the towns of New Haven and Tiffany in Dunn County.  The company

Governor Evers made a stop in Chippewa Falls after signing the new law to share millions of dollars with local governments across Wisconsin.  The governor made an appearance at the city’s fire station to talk up the new plan that will send money to cities, counties, and towns for things like police, fire, and EMS.  The governor did not say just how much the new shared revenue law will send to Chippewa Falls specifically, but looking closer at the plan we

 Attorneys hired by Eau Claire County spent last night’s county board meeting trying to explain the damning investigation into the county’s Department of Human Services. The lawyers downplayed the three-million dollars in extra spending the investigation uncovered, and tried to explain away some of the extravagant expenditures in the report.  But by and large, those explanations didn’t satisfy the crowd that turned out to get answers about the DHS investigation. The attorneys suggest a new learning session to bring the

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to okay a sweeping change to how kids in the state are taught how to read.  The State Assembly is set to vote today on a proposal that would go back to teaching phonics as the basis for reading.  The plan would spend 50-million dollars to re-teach teachers in the state, and focus on making sure kids can read at grade level by the end of the third grade.  Governor Evers has promised a veto based on

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to take their pollinator protections beyond No Mow May.  A handful of Democrats yesterday introduced what they are calling the Pollinator Protection Package.  State Senator Melissa Agard said the idea is to make sure the state isn’t harming bees and butterflies, and other pollinators.  The package would create rules for state agencies on the use of certain insecticides.  As well as rules for certain native prairie and forage plants, allow local governments to limit or prohibit the

It’s not the kind of animal control call police in northwestern Wisconsin expect to get everyday.  Deputies in Barron County took to Facebook yesterday to share their story of pulling a huge snake off of a home in Chetek.  The snake, either a boa constrictor or python, escaped at the house and made its way to the roof.  That’s when officers got the call.  The sheriff’s office shared pictures of the snake, which they call a ‘nope rope,’ and said the call

The Farmer Appreciation Dinner is Wednesday, June 21 at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.  “Each year it is the Chamber’s goal to have farmers and the business community sit down together for a meal…” The Chippewa Falls business community wants to thank farmers, past and present, for their hard work and dedication to get food to our tables and for their contribution to the Chippewa Falls economy.  The dinner committee is working hard to organize a chicken dinner with all the sides

The Red Flint Firecracker Mountain Bike and Trail Run Races are being held this Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Lowes Creek County Park from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The racecourse will be set up from 9 a.m. to Dusk on Friday June 23. All Lowes Creek County Park trails will be closed to non-racers from Noon to Dusk on Friday, June 23, and from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, as approved by the Eau Claire