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No one was hurt, but a house on Shellamie Drive is considered a total loss after a fire yesterday evening. Firefighters say the fire started in the garage and quickly spread. No one is saying exactly what caused that fire to start.

Robert Francis Brodersen, 83 years of age, from Spring Valley has been arrested by the WisconsinState Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense. On Sunday, August 21, 2022, at approximately 3:21 pm a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper responded to the El Paso Parade in Pierce County for a report of an individual who drove through a road-closed barricade. The trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety tests,

The Chippewa Valley is starting the week with medium coronavirus activity. The CDC updated its coronavirus numbers last Thursday, and said Eau Claire and Chippewa counties have dropped out of high coronavirus levels. Many other western and northern Wisconsin counties, however, continue to see high levels. That includes Barron County and Rusk county. There are once again fewer than 500 people in the hospital with the coronavirus in Wisconsin. The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said 461 people are hospitalized across the state,

People in Wisconsin continue to wait to get their permission slip from the state to get to work. State Rep. Shae Sortwell, a Republican from Two Rivers, on Friday blasted Governor Evers for the delays and backlogs at the state’s licensing agency. Sortwell says the state blacked-out two weeks in April and May to update its computer system to more easily be able to handle licensing requests, but he says things haven’t improved since then. Sortwell says the governor created nine new

Emmitt Bailey has the best mullet in the land. The eight-year-old from Menomonie won the children’s division in the US Mullet Championships over the weekend. Bailey rocks a blonde mullet that curls as it gets longer. He beat out 24 other kids, including another boy from Wisconsin. A second Wisconsinite, Kayden Kershaw from Wausau, won the teen’s division. CLICK HERE FOR MORE AND TO SEE EMMITT!

Lizards, turtles, snakes, and even a salamander are part of the haul of Wisconsin’s latest exotic pet surrender. It happened Saturday in Bristol, in Kenosha County. The folks at J&R Aquatic Animal Rescue accepted exotic pets, no questions asked. They took-in 37 new animals that people no longer wanted or could care for. The animals are now all headed for new homes or J&R’s rescue operation.

Two new polls give Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes an advantage over incumbent Ron Johnson for U.S. Senate.  A Marquette University poll puts Barnes who is a Democrat ahead by seven points while a Fox News poll has Barnes with a four-point advantage over his Republican rival.  The percentages from both polls are from registered voters in Wisconsin who were surveyed.  The results of both polls were published this past week.

A more than century old manufacturing company in Janesville is in bankruptcy proceedings.  Yesterday the GazetteXtra reported that a bankruptcy court has placed Hufcor into receivership.  The report says Hufcor has been in business since 1900 making it the oldest continuously operated manufacturer in the country of accordion style space partitions. The family owned enterprise was sold in 2017 to L.A. based private equity firm, OpenGate Capital which has since farmed out all of Hufcor’s manufacturing to Monterrey in northern

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thanks for making us a part of it! We know that sometimes the week can feel long, stressful, or seem like a struggle. This is why we like to slow things down a bit on Saturday mornings. This is a chance to take a look back on events that happened on this day before we head out to make memories on this new day. It’s a lighter, simple “scroll down memory lane.” So, grab

Baraboo’s Circus World Museum will soon be looking for a new ringmaster.  Dave Saloutos is retiring after a 39-year career as Circus World ringmaster.  Saloutos’ last presentation in the center ring is the last show of the summer season, Sunday, August 28th at Circus World Museum on Water Street.