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Important changes were required to be made to this fall event! The Chippewa County Recycling Program is unable to accept any clean sweep hazardous waste items on October 23rd due to a temporary backlog of containerized hazardous waste destined for incineration. This includes paints, stains, poisons, fertilizers, antifreeze, gas, oil, batteries, or fluorescent bulbs. Please hold your hazardous waste in a safe location until the next event. The Environmental Protection Agency explained the situation in an August 10 memo. “In

The UW Extension of Eau Claire County says corn and soybean production are on track for the year. The agricultural educator for Eau Claire says Chippewa Valley had inconsistent and frequent dry spells at the start of the summer so they were worried about production. They say regardless of the dry spells, rain came at just the right time. They anticipate corn and soybean harvest to wrap up in November.

The father of one of the people found dead in rural Dunn County on Sunday wants justice. Damone Presley led a small vigil yesterday near where his daughter Nitosha and three others were found shot to death on Sunday. Presley said his daughter didn’t deserve to die. Dunn County’s sheriff says the victims are all from Minneapolis. There’s no word on who killed them or why.

Two Democratic congresswomen are calling for a full investigation into how the Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy are being treated. Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Minneapolis Congresswoman Ilhan Omar yesterday demanded answers. The call for an investigation comes after a slow trickle of stories about shortages and poor conditions at Fort McCoy. Some of the 13-thousand refugees at the fort say there’s not enough to eat, and they don’t have any new or clean clothes to wear. As we are

Wisconsin lawmakers want to make sure parents know exactly where their kids’ schools are spending their money. Lawmakers held a hearing yesterday on a plan to create a statewide school spending transparency website. Senator Mary Felzkowski says the idea is to take all of the state and local numbers and put them in one, easy to use location. She says local schools and the state’s Department of Public Instruction already have the spending numbers, it’s just a matter of putting them

The spike in new coronavirus cases has a lot of kids in Chippewa Valley schools learning from home. You may have seen this in theThe Leader Telegram. They reported that than 15-hundred students have been quarantined in the past few weeks because of close contact with some who tested positive. Just over 400 students are in quarantine in Eau Claire, another 200 or so are quarantined in Chippewa Falls, and about 130 students in Altoona schools are out as well.

A pair of La Crosse-area brothers are now world famous for building with Legos. Hundreds of people turned out for a watch party last night to see Caleb and Jacob Schilling come in third in Fox’s TV show Lego Masters. The brothers are from Holmen. They say the journey was amazing, and they are glad they got to share it with everyone back home.

They’re getting ready for the Ryder Cup in Sheboygan. The golf tournament doesn’t officially begin until next week, but you can already find excitement and opportunities in the area. The Ryder Cup pro shop opens in Sheboygan tomorrow, and they continue to make preparations at Whistling Straits. Local leaders are expecting thousands of fans from around the globe to flock to the area for the tournament next weekend.

Visit Eau Claire is proud to announce the launch of ‘The Eau Claire Brew Pass’, a free and mobile-exclusive pass that features eight local breweries. This is the second mobile pass that Visit Eau Claire has launched through Bandwango, a technology company designed to support experiences created by destinations and marketed to visitors and locals. CLICK HERE TO TAP INTO THE DETAILS.

The Milwaukee Bucks are making history.  The team announced Wednesday they hired Lisa Byington as the play-by-play announcer for their TV broadcasts on Bally Sports Wisconsin.  Per the Bucks, this makes Byington the first full-time female play-by-play announcer for a major American men’s sports team.  Byington has worked as a reporter and announcer for multiple major sports broadcasts, including Fox Sports, ESPN, CBS, Turner Sports and the Big Ten and SEC Networks.  And the Bucks say she’s broken barriers before.  The