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The suspect in Saturday’s shooting in downtown Chippewa Falls is due in court later today. Prosecutors are not saying much about the case, including what led-up to the shooting. The victim called police Saturday Night and said she’d been shot. Investigators say the suspect and victim know each other, but they’re not offering any specifics either.

The sheriff in Kenosha County says deputies opened fire on a suspect who pointed a weapon at them. The suspect is now in the hospital, and the deputies are on leave as an investigation begins. It happened yesterday afternoon near Highway 45 in the Town of Paris. The sheriff says the suspect was speeding away from officers, then crashed in a field. That’s when the shooting started. The state Department of Justice is handling the investigation.

 Wisconsin’s bail reform amendment is taking another step toward the spring ballot today. The proposed constitutional amendment will be before the full State Senate later today. Lawmakers already approved the plan, which would allow judges in the state to consider how dangerous a suspect is while setting bail, once before. Republicans at the Capitol want to approve it a second time in enough time to get the amendment on the April ballot.

There could be a question on the April ballot asking about welfare and work. The Wisconsin Senate is set to vote today on a resolution that would place an advisory question on the spring ballot that would ask voters whether people on welfare should work in order to receive benefits. The vote wouldn’t change the law or the rules for welfare, it’s advisory only. Critics say the question is an attempt by Republicans to boost their voter turnout in the April election

The argument from locals in Richland Center is that their community needs a college campus. Dozens of people, including a few students at UW-Richland pressed lawmakers yesterday to keep the campus open. The university’s president announced in November that the campus would close, in part because there are just 60 students on campus. Community members said the decision is unfair. State Senator Howard Marklein says he wants to keep the campus open, but says the university’s president didn’t ask for

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 509, located at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, in conjunction with the Chippewa Valley Council Boy Scouts of America, will host Sun Country Airlines for its upcoming Aviation Explorer Post presentation on January 18, 2023. The Aviation Explorer Post is part of the Boy Scouts’ Learn for Life program. The program features a wide range of aviation activities, including tours, guest speakers and hands-on activities. Youth between the ages of 14 and 20 can

On Saturday. January 14, 2023. at 12:56 a.m., the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a snowmobile crash just off Hwy SS north of Rice Lake. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with LMC Ambulance, Rice Lake Fire and WI DNR all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a snowmobile was travelling on the Tuscobia Trail when the driver went off the trail and struck a tree. Eric Zimmerman, 45 from Eau Claire, was transported

From Chippewa there’s been an update on the trail status. The snowmobile trails closed Sunday 1/15/2023 and will remain that way until further notice.

After a string of tragedies in Chippewa Falls during recent years, numerous local organizations say they want to foster a sense of healing and hope among area residents. The result is Chippewa Strong – an effort to build community resiliency by bringing people together to learn, share and practice positive coping strategies. The two-part series kicks off on Jan. 30 at the Heyde Center in Chippewa Falls with a presentation by Denise Olson, who lost her firefighter husband during the

It was a sad goodbye for the Verona middle school principal killed while walking in her neighborhood earlier this month. Hundreds of people turned out yesterday to remember Badger Ridge Middle School principal Beth Steffen. She died after being hit by a car while walking. Fellow teachers and educators are remembering Steffen as a caring person and a dedicated principal. She leaves behind a husband and two children.