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Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress say it’s about time the president officially ended the coronavirus emergency. President Biden yesterday signed the law that Republicans passed that officially ends the virus emergency. Western Wisconsin Congressman Derrick Van Orden says it’s now time to get back to work. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany says the president said the pandemic was over last fall, he’s glad the president finally got around to ending the pandemic emergency. Congressman Mike Gallagher says the end of the emergency also

The theme of Wisconsin’s traveling budget hearings is clear: Local school leaders need more money. Members of the legislature’s budget-writing Joint Finance Committee yesterday listened as another cavalcade of local school leaders pressed them for higher wages. Neillsville School District Administrator John Gaier says schools used to have to ask taxpayers for more money only when they wanted to build new buildings, but now he says they have to go to taxpayers just to cover teacher pay raises. The JFC hearing

The political world is coming to the Midwest next summer. Democratic leaders yesterday announced Chicago will host the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The DNC will come one week after the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Democrats chose Milwaukee for their 2020 convention, but the coronavirus canceled it. There is some hope that a Chicago DNC will spill over into southern Wisconsin. Hotels and restaurants in and around Kenosha are the most excited.

Good things can come to those who wait. Just ask Scott Hoffland. He won $2 million last week playing a Tremendous Two Million scratch ticket, purchased at Main St. Mobil on 726 N. Main St. in Viroqua. Hoffland says he does not play the Lottery frequently, but when he does, he likes to “buy tickets locally.” A resident of Viroqua, population 4,419, Hoffland started to scratch the first few lines of his winning ticket at work. He stopped midway and decided to wait until

Above Photo: On April 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will begin a construction project replacing the clinic entrance on the Luther Campus at 1400 Bellinger Street in Eau Claire. From April 17 through May 1, patients and visitors to the clinic will be directed to enter through the adjacent Emergency Department entrance.  On April 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will begin a construction project replacing the clinic entrance on the Luther Campus at 1400 Bellinger Street in Eau Claire. “Once

The Green Waste Facility located at 5710 Jeffers Road will open for the season on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The facility will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00am-6:00pm, and on Saturdays from 8:00am-3:00pm. Due to street reconstruction on Jeffers Road in April through August 2023, the Green Waste Facility can only be accessed from the north. Please follow posted detour signs to access the site. The Green Waste Facility on Jeffers Road provides an environmentally friendly solution for residents

ABOVE PHOTO: Vince Mussehl, CVTC director of Library Services, is appointed to the national Open Educational Resources SPARC Committee to represent two-year colleges. When Vince Mussehl was a student at Chippewa Valley Technical College 15 years ago, he struggled to pay for textbooks. “I remember applying for an Amazon credit card just so I could save $50 off my first book purchase,” he said. “Of course, the $50 was no real savings after I finished paying off the interest.” One

ABOVE PHOTO: The animation and digital media program at UW-Stout is ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin among public universities. Three programs from University of Wisconsin-Stout’s School of Art and Design are the best in the state, according to new national rankings. Ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin are two Bachelor of Fine Arts programs: game design and development-art; and animation and digital media, along with the Master of Fine Arts in design. The rankings are by Princeton Review and Animation Career

Laquiesh Andrea Smith, 34 years of age, from Las Cruces, New Mexico has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with two children in the vehicle under the age of 16. On April 10, 2023, at approximately 7:56 pm a Wisconsin State Trooper stopped a westbound vehicle for speeding on I-94 near mile marker 31 in St. Croix County. Upon approach, the Trooper detected the odor of

The names of both of the police officers who were killed in the line of duty in Barron County over the weekend are being released.   Below is the release from Chetek and Cameron Departments: It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that Chief Ron Ambrozaitis of the Chetek Police Department, and Chief Adam Steffen of the Cameron Police Department inform you of the passing of Officer Hunter Scheel, age 23, of the Cameron Police Department and Emily Breidenbach,