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  • State Officials Announce Water Infrastructure Investments

    State Officials Announce Water Infrastructure Investments

  • WI Teen Pleads Guilty to Killing Parents

    WI Teen Pleads Guilty to Killing Parents

  • Black River Falls Man Facing Pornography Charges

    Black River Falls Man Facing Pornography Charges

Cause of Fire Under Investigation

Cause of Fire Under Investigation

Sparta Man Picks Up 7th OWI

Sparta Man Picks Up 7th OWI

Warming Shelters, Ice Rinks Closed

Warming Shelters, Ice Rinks Closed

CHIPPEWA FALLS PRIEST OUT ON BOND

CHIPPEWA FALLS PRIEST OUT ON BOND

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
 A priest and former chaplain in Chippewa Falls is out on bond after being accused of inappropriately touching a student…
POWER OUTAGE AFFECTS EC RESIDENTS

POWER OUTAGE AFFECTS EC RESIDENTS

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
Power is nearly restored for almost 280 people in Eau Claire this morning. The Xcel Energy Outage Map showed 277…
SCULPTURE TOUR RETURNS

SCULPTURE TOUR RETURNS

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
Twelve new sculptures are added to the Sculpture Tour Eau Claire. Executive Director Julie Pangallo said the work is designed…
SUSPECT CONFESSES TO MURDER

SUSPECT CONFESSES TO MURDER

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
Investigators in Rusk County say the suspect in a double murder there confessed to shooting his grandparents. Court documents say…
MN ARRESTED IN DEATH OF BUFFALO CO. WOMAN

MN ARRESTED IN DEATH OF BUFFALO CO. WOMAN

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
A Minnesota man is facing a return to Wisconsin for the 2016 disappearance of a Buffalo County woman. Police in Minnesota arrested…
SUSPECT STILL ON LOOSE

SUSPECT STILL ON LOOSE

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
The man suspected of killing two people, shooting at a County deputy, then starting a massive house fire is still…
WI CORONAVIRUS CURVE REMAINS STEADY

WI CORONAVIRUS CURVE REMAINS STEADY

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
The coronavirus curve in Wisconsin is largely unchanged. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the latest daily positive-test-rate was just…
BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS

BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
It’s not normally the kind of thing that would make the news, but this year hasn’t been normal, and so…
PROPOSAL PUSHES FOR RETURN TO CLASSROOM

PROPOSAL PUSHES FOR RETURN TO CLASSROOM

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
Schools in Wisconsin, and across the country, could face an ‘or-else’ over federal education money this fall. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany…
LETTER ABOUT VOTING HEADED TO WI MAILBOXES

LETTER ABOUT VOTING HEADED TO WI MAILBOXES

News | June 18, 2020 | by Morgan McCarthy
You’re going to get a letter about absentee voting this fall. The Wisconsin Election Commission yesterday finally agreed on what to say…
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