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  • New Bill Addressing Overdose Prevention Has Local Connections

    New Bill Addressing Overdose Prevention Has Local Connections

  • Looking Local: CVTC Alumna Overcomes Setbacks to Realize Her Dreams

    Looking Local: CVTC Alumna Overcomes Setbacks to Realize Her Dreams

  • Love is In the Air with Banbury Art Crawl

    Love is In the Air with Banbury Art Crawl

Looking Local: UW-Stout Computer Science Senior Hired as IBM Hardware Developer

Looking Local: UW-Stout Computer Science Senior Hired as IBM Hardware Developer

Barron Co. Sheriff’s Department Investigates Trail Damage

Barron Co. Sheriff’s Department Investigates Trail Damage

UWEC Swatting Incident Under Investigation

UWEC Swatting Incident Under Investigation

Taylor Drift? Name that Plow!

Taylor Drift? Name that Plow!

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
Voting is open to the public for the names of six Madison snow plows. The City says more than 13-hundred…
Meet the Finalists

Meet the Finalists

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
Chippewa County Board Chair Chuck Hull has announced the names of the final candidates for the position of County Administrator.…
Driver Arrested After Hitting School Bus, Crash Under Investigation

Driver Arrested After Hitting School Bus, Crash Under Investigation

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
On February 5th, 2025, shortly after 7 am, the Dunn County Communication Center received a call of a  SUV that…
L.E. Phillips Senior Center Receives $2.4 Million Donation

L.E. Phillips Senior Center Receives $2.4 Million Donation

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
The L.E. Phillips Senior Center Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has received its largest donation ever:…
Looking Local: Law Student Credits Time at CVTC with Learning to Appreciate Education

Looking Local: Law Student Credits Time at CVTC with Learning to Appreciate Education

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
“I don’t know if it was just the way social media portrays attorneys wearing the nice suits or having a…
Local Voting, Primary Updates

Local Voting, Primary Updates

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
There will be a Spring Primary Election on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. In  Eau Claire County there will be one…
DATCP’s Tribal Elder Community Food Box Grants Support Thousands

DATCP’s Tribal Elder Community Food Box Grants Support Thousands

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
 In its inaugural year, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP’s) Tribal Elder Community Food Box Program…
Fire Leaves Many Displaced, Cause Under Investigation

Fire Leaves Many Displaced, Cause Under Investigation

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
Nearly a dozen people are displaced after a fire in Chippewa County. The details, as released by Sheriff Hakes, are…
Stabbing Suspect Ordered to Get Evaluation

Stabbing Suspect Ordered to Get Evaluation

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
The suspect in the homicide at Eau Claire’s Do Dodge Inn is being sent to an inpatient treatment facility.  On…
WI Man Facing Federal Firearms, Conspiracy Charges

WI Man Facing Federal Firearms, Conspiracy Charges

News | February 5, 2025 | by Morgan McCarthy
A Viroqua man is accused of illegally shipping guns to buyers in Saudi Arabia.  Sixty-year-old Mark Buschman is facing several…
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