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News In Your Area
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Chippewa County services search for alternatives ahead of hospital, clinic closures
County coroner, children’s services and transportation assistance are all facing increased costs with coming HSHS and Prevea closures.
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Federal appeals court dismisses Eau Claire schools transgender policy lawsuit
A lawsuit attempting to overturn transgender student support guidelines at Eau Claire schools has been dismissed by a federal appeals court. It’s the second loss for a Wisconsin conservative law firm and a national firm headed by an advisor to former President Donald Trump.Â
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City of Chetek recovers $2.6M stolen in phishing scam
The western Wisconsin City of Chetek has recovered more than $2 million from scammers who posed as a contractor building a new wastewater treatment plant. The city’s treasurer says it was a “shock” when they learned the full amount had been returned.
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Keene State Provost named chancellor of UW-La Crosse
James Beeby, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Keene State College in New Hampshire, has been named chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.
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March 15, Project Blue Book UFOs
In the 1950s and 60s, a unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio collected and investigated UFO sightings – including quite a few in Wisconsin communities. The Air Force concluded that most of the reports were due to easily explainable phenomena, but other cases aren’t so easily explained. Shereen Siewert welcomes author and podcaster…
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After 4 student deaths last semester, UW-River Falls campus seeks ways to heal
In the fall, four UW-River Falls students died by suicide in less than two months. Since then, students and campus leaders have taken steps to try to keep any more students from dying. But they have sometimes disagreed on how best to move forward.
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Less than 2 weeks until 2 western Wisconsin hospitals close their doors
Hospital Sisters Health System announced Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals will both permanently close on March 22.
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Farm groups appeal ruling that required wastewater permits for CAFOs
Farm groups are appealing a ruling earlier this year that found state environmental regulators can require large livestock farms to obtain wastewater discharge permits prior to any potential pollution of state waters.
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March 8, Hospital Closures
Shereen Siewert welcomes Dr. Jennifer Johs-Artisensi, director of UW-Eau Claire’s Health Care Administration program, Dr. Thomas Kemp, department chair of the UW Eau Claire Department of Economics and Wisconsin Senator Jesse James for a look at those closures and what hospital closures will mean for the people and communities of western Wisconsin.
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Push to open new Chippewa Valley hospital continues ahead of HSHS closures
Leaders of a physician network in the Chippewa Valley region say their efforts to open an independent hospital will continue, despite failed attempts to acquire two facilities slated to close this spring.