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Friday Feel Good: Big Heart in a Small Package

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Mindset can be your best friend and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet mans best friend in the form of a little dog with a big spirit.  A bear got into a woman’s home near Vancouver last Monday, but her tiny Pomeranian chased it off.  There’s security footage of the whole thing. Her dog Scout is only six pounds, but it’s a vicious six pounds.    Kayla Kleine talks about her fearless pup. Scout acts as a reminder that no matter your

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Deadly Crash Under Investigation in Price Co.

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt reports on August 14, 2025 at approximately 2:27  p.m. a 9-1-1 call was received, reporting a single motor vehicle accident on State  Highway 182 at the intersection of Cedar Rapids Road in the Township of Eisenstein.   The lone occupant, a 29-year-old female, was found deceased after being ejected from  the vehicle. The name of the decedent is being withheld at this time. The cause of the  crash is being investigated.   The Price County Sheriff’s Office

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Dunn County ADRC Has Critical Need for Volunteer Drivers 

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

The Dunn County Aging and Disability Resource Center has a critical need for drivers to transport eligible residents to mainly medical appointments.   The ADRC Transportation Program is available for residents who are either over 60 years old or have a disability, and officials said many local veterans rely on this service to access essential healthcare and other critical appointments.  The program usually had enough drivers before the pandemic hit, said ADRC Manager Tracy Fischer, adding, “Now, we are down to one driver.”  Volunteers use their own vehicles and receive

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Looking Local: Fall Sports Report Back to Campus Early

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

University of Wisconsin-Stout is gearing up for the start of the 2025-26 academic year and is already welcoming some student groups to campus. Blue Devil fall athletes are reporting to their sports camps, including more than 300 soccer, volleyball, cross country, tennis, golf, dance, and cheer athletes, as well as the 152-player-strong football team that reported to camp on Aug. 13. Season tickets for the 2025 Blue Devils fall sports seasons are on sale. “This is my favorite time of the

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Trial Date Set for Deadly Nelson Crash

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

The criminal case against an Alma man faces charges in relation to a deadly vehicle crash in Buffalo County is moving forward.  Thirty-five-year-old Luke Larson is charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and second-degree recklessly endangering safety.  Prosecutors say on September 27th of last year, Larson was driving his pickup truck along State Highway 35 near Markey Bluff Road in Nelson when he allegedly crossed the centerline, hitting two motorcyclists.  Both victims were pronounced dead at the

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Bond Set in EC Homicide Case

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Bond is being set at ten thousand dollars for a man charged in an Eau Claire homicide.  Nineteen-year-old Du’Marion Stogner is accused in the January 25th shooting death of 21-year-old Andre Simmons.  New charges were filed against Stogner in recent days after a review of his phone videos and social media accounts.  One video reportedly showed him and another man involved in an attack on a homeless man on a bridge.  Stogner pleaded not guilty yesterday to the new charge

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Not Guilty Plea in Holmen Homicide

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Not guilty is the plea of a man charged in connection with a Holmen homicide.  Jacob Klaver is accused of killing Josh Pigney in June of 2024.  Pigney was found dead inside a Granum Street home of what was later determined to be strangulation and blunt force trauma.  Klaver’s plea came yesterday on a charge of first degree intentional homicide.

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Additional Charges Filed in Sexual Assault Case, More Victims Come Forward

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

One additional charge is filed against a man accused of sexually assaulting children in Barron County.  Prosecutors say five victims have reported abuse at the hands of 82-year-old Robert Karstensen.  He was initially charged in Eau Claire County in June, but an additional charge of repeated sexual assault of the same child was filed in Barron County yesterday.  The new charge comes after a now-36-year-old victim described abuse be Karstensen at the Chetek River Campground when she was six or

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Local Sandbags Offered Ahead of Predicted Rain

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Officials in Chippewa County want residents and business owners to be prepared for the possibility of heavy rainfall tonight and tomorrow.  BELOW IS ADDTIONAL INFORMATION FROM Sheriff Travis Hakes: The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Chippewa County Highway Department want to inform Chippewa County Residents that with the possibility of heavy rainfall late Friday August 15, and Saturday August 16 2025; we are making sand bags available. The Emergency Management Division of the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office

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Another Democrat Announces Run for WI Governor

By Morgan McCarthy | August 15, 2025

Another Democrat is announcing his run for Wisconsin Governor in 2026.  Ryan Strnad is a union member and longtime vendor at American Family Field.  He’s expected to officially announce his run next Wednesday.  Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, who was elected in 2022 was the first person to announce her campaign after incumbent Governor Tony Evers said he will not run again.

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