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Wisconsin health system opens direct-pay ASC, bypasses need for payers
Manitowoc, Wis.-based Renovo Health opened the door to a new direct-pay ASC that aims to cut out the need for payers, WeAreGreenBay.com, the website for WFRV Local 5, reported July 16. The facility will offer surgery, endoscopy and infusion specialties. The center is led by Steve Borene, MD, and Josh...
Three Wisconsin Residents Report Strange Object In The Sky
Things sure are getting spooky out there! Over the past few years, talk of UFO sightings has amped up. No one gets a strange look anymore when they mention they may have seen one floating about in the sky. In fact, in Minnesota last year alone, there were nearly fifty...
Despite a recent rebound, Minnesota bee farmers are facing a year of hardship
According to new state data, the number of bee colonies in Minnesota grew nearly 32% in the last five years. But Ames Bee Farm owner Brian Fredrickson says that’s mostly due to a new homesteading trend.
Ashland County Sheriff’s report
7/1 Caller requests to speak to law enforcement because she believes her sister is in her basement on North Third Street in Butternut. Caller at a gas station on Highway 2 in Odanah reports a gas drive off worth about $35. Caller reports there’s an injured fawn at the bottom of Hidgbridge Hill. ...
Some Feeding Our Future defendants had ties to autism centers
MINNEAPOLIS (Minnesota Reformer) – Five of the 70 defendants in the massive federal Feeding Our Future fraud case had ties to Medicaid-funded autism centers, at least two of which continue to operate today, state records show. The FBI is investigating possible Medicaid fraud in Minnesota’s autism program, the Reformer...
Chippewa Valley Officials Share Project 2025 Warning
Chippewa Valley officials gathered at the Democratic Resource Center in Eau Claire on Wednesday to share their warnings on Project 2025. State Representative Jodi Emerson, Nick Brenner of Roofers and Waterproofers Union Local 96, Chippewa Falls Alderman Heather Martell, and Eau Claire City Council Member Dr. Emily Anderson spoke at the Democratic Resource Center press conference.
ECASD students spend summer training for football at youth camp
EAU CLAIRE — In the midst of summer, Sebastian Westerberg said they like to show area students how they do Old Abe football at Memorial High School. Throughout the week, students up to eighth grade have been taking part in a summer camp, called Old Abe Football Youth Camp, that is teaching them all things football. Westerberg said they are running through all of the different aspects over a three day period, tackling offense, defense, special teams and a dance party at the end for...
Former officer sentenced in death of Eau Claire man
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A former Superior police was sentenced today following a drunk driving incident that killed an Eau Claire man and his baby in 2022. Court documents show that on July 17, 44-year-old Gregory Swanson was sentenced to five years in prison and five years extended supervision for each of two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. These sentences are to be served concurrently.
Salyers talents on diamond prove he's got game
So many baseball players across the country go straight from the “Rites of Spring” to becoming one of the “Boys of Summer” and Drew Salyers is certainly no exception to that rule. Fresh off his junior season as a vital contributor to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire baseball team, Salyers dusted off his glove and bat to be one of the key cogs on the Eau Claire Bears Chippewa River Baseball League (CRBL) squad. ...
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