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Veterans Tribute Foundation Plans Event, Expansion of River Prairie Memorial
The Chippewa Valley Veterans’ Tribute Foundation recently announced a special Motorcycle and Classic Car Run on September 22nd to support the expansion of the Veterans’ Tribute at River Prairie. This event will be a fundraiser to finish the Global War on Terrorism Memorial and begin construction on the WWII Veterans Memorial.
City by City: Minnesota, Meadowlands, Wisconsin
MINNESOTA - United Way of Northeastern Minnesota is looking for mentors to match with local elementary students for this coming school year’s Lunch Buddies mentoring program. The program matches first through fourth-grade students with screened, trained volunteer mentors to share one lunch break each week during the school year. Lunch Buddies has improved participating students’ self-esteem, attitude, and school attendance.
Wisconsinites join March on DNC in Chicago
CHICAGO – Thousands of protesters, including a contingent of Wisconsin residents and organizations, rallied at Union Park and marched to the United Center today in Chicago as part of the pro-Palestinian March on DNC Coalition. Among other demands, the coalition is calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war...
Coulee Health moves to new, larger location
WEST SALEM – For the past 10-plus years, husband and wife team Kyle and Erica Boland said they have been gradually growing their business, Coulee Health – with the most recent growth being a move to a new location (N4622 County Road M). Kyle said the new 6,000-square-foot...
Menomonie Workshop on Bird Habitats Wins National Award
The garden clubs of the St. Croix District of the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation – which includes clubs across the Chippewa Falls, Baldwin, and New Richmond areas – received the National Garden Clubs Award of Excellence for the 2023 day-long symposium, “Your Garden – A Bird’s Paradise.”
WisDOT’s Interstate 94 expansion plan faces federal lawsuit
A coalition of activist groups filed a federal lawsuit Monday against multiple state and federal highway agencies over their plans to expand a portion of Interstate 94 in Milwaukee from six to eight lanes. The coalition consists of Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope, or MICAH, Milwaukee Riverkeeper, the Sierra...
WATCH: Wisconsin Couple Gets Engaged at Hozier Concert, Fans Confused by Song Choice
Hozier was performing in our neck of the woods over the weekend. He did a show in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday, August 17th, and the day before that he performed in Madison, Wisconsin. Hozier has an amazing voice and I love his music. Some of his music can have...
Kids help update downtown garden
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The downtown North River Front Kids’ Garden in Eau Claire got a makeover today, with the gardeners becoming builders. Kids with the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Chippewa Valley helped take down the old garden beds and put in six brand-new ones this afternoon.
Spooner Woman Dies In UTV Crash, Driver Arrested For Negligent Manslaughter
BURNETT COUNTY — A tragic UTV crash on Shrider Road in Lafollette Township claimed the life of a Spooner woman Saturday night, according to a press release from the Burnett County Sheriff’s Office. PRESS RELEASE. On August 17, 2024 at 11:45 p.m. Burnett County Dispatch received a call...
1 person dead, others hurt following structure fire near Ladysmith
LADYSMITH, Wis. (WEAU) - One person is dead and others are hurt following a structure fire near Ladysmith. According to a press release from the Ladysmith Fire Department, on Aug. 18, 2024, at 6:48 a.m. the Ladysmith Fire Department responded to a structure fire at N3568 East Grow Road southeast of Ladysmith.
Mariachi Loco RF reopens after extensive remodel
RIVER FALLS – Nineteen years without any upgrades or updates was long enough for Mariachi Loco RF, Co-owner Chava Duran said. “We opened the restaurant (at 456 S. Spruce St.) in 2005,” he said. “It has been quite a while since we’ve done any work to the inside of the restaurant, so it was time for that.”
XeteX breaks ground on new manufacturing facility in Holmen
HOLMEN – XeteX (pronounced x-E-tex) is setting up shop in one of Wisconsin’s fastest-growing communities. “You look at the Holmen community, and it’s growing,” XeteX CEO Andrew Wilcox said. “If you stand on our factory site, and look in one direction, there’s new apartments that have been built. If you look in the other direction, there’s new family housing going up. It’s a rapidly growing community that offers a lot to our employees.”
Spring Grove Unites To Tackle Daycare Challenge With Optimism and Teamwork
Following the sudden closure of Spring Grove’s Little Gnome Daycare and Preschool, on the morning of August 10, social media was quickly abuzz with the news. The center shut its doors without any prior notice. Owner Quentin Thorson shared the following statement with the Fillmore County Journal, “Thank you...
Car driven by missing Wisconsin man found at Sleeping Bear Dune
A search for a missing Wisconsin man is underway in Leelanau County. Steven Lisowski was last seen in Milwaukee on Saturday night. The National Park Service got a call Sunday night from Milwaukee Police about a stolen car driven by Lisowski that pinged at Sleeping Bear Dunes. Park rangers were able to find the car, but there was no one inside. Right now, Lisowski’s connection to the park is unknown. You should call police if you spot him or see anything suspicious in the area.
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