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The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley Barracudas Swim Team took 1st place in Overall Team and 1st place in Overall Female Team at the Wisconsin/Upper Michigan YMCA State Swim Meet this past weekend atSchroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, Wisconsin. The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley Barracudas Swim Team program focuses on the development of swimmers of all ages and abilities. ​Advancing past the state meet, 5 individuals will be heading to the 2023 YMCA National Swimming Championship Meet in Greensboro,

On Saturday, April 1, 2023, Volume One will revive its citywide April Fools’ Day Pillow Fight in downtown Eau Claire, WI after a short hiatus. It’s “Five Minutes of Feathery Fury” – a short but lively celebration of foolishness where the feathers fly in a five-minute pillow fight with the entire city invited. Pillow Fight Details CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

A suspect in the cold case murder of a man from Cypress is in custody.  Sixty-three-year-old Kelvin Keith Emmons from De Pere, Wisconsin, was arrested earlier this month, charged with murder in the 1988 death of Angel Martinez.  Martinez’s body was discovered in Arizona on June 20th, 1988, two weeks after his wife had reported him missing.  Emmons is now awaiting extradition to San Bernardino County where he will be tried for Martinez’s death.  

A house fire in the Town of Washington has left the home and its attached garage a complete loss, but no one was hurt. The fire happened Saturday night in the six-thousand block of Hillside Park Road and it took firefighters around four hours to put out the flames. They returned just before 9 a.m. after the fire rekindled. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A Black River Falls woman is being held on a cash bond of a million-dollars in a Jackson County murder case. Forty-nine-year-old Star Myers is accused of killing a man after he told her he had slept with other women and police say she and four others are charged with hiding his body. Myers appeared in court via Zoom Friday, as she is currently serving a sentence for meth distribution.

Dairyland Power CEO Brent Ridge has been appointed to the policy advising task force at the Nuclear Energy Institute. The task force is charged with guiding the institute on policy related to spent nuclear fuel. Ridge says nuclear energy has to be part of the discussion on climate change, noting it needs to be part of the equation for carbon-free or low-carbon emission power along with being reliable and affordable. Dairyland powers around 600-thousand homes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois.

The Stanley Business Expo has returned for the first time since 2017. Businesses were on hand at Stanley-Boyd High School over the weekend for the event. The Stanley Area Chamber of Commerce says it’s an important event for businesses. The event traditionally was held every other year, and the plan is to bring it back next year.

Altoona’s Frosty Toona Fat Tire bike race was held Saturday. The event is in its third year at River Prairie Park. Ruben Dayton-Brantmayer won the men’s race, which was very competitive with him finishing less than four seconds ahead of the top four men. Rachael Jenson won the women’s race.

The Wisconsin Badgers football are back on the practice field for the first time since the hiring of Head coach Luke Fickell in November.  Spring practice began Saturday indoors due to the weather.  Wisconsin will host “The Launch” on April 22nd at Camp Randall Stadium, which is an open practice event.

 Representative Mike Gallagher says last week’s testimony from TikTok’s CEO has “increased the likelihood that Congress will take some action. Appearing on ABC’s This Week alongside Illinois Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Wisconsin Republican said national security concerns surrounding the widely popular Chinese-owned video app have united Democrats and Republicans.  Krishnamoorthi said the hearing didn’t do TikTok any favors and didn’t seemed fazed when asked about potential political fallout from a ban given its popularity among young people.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy also