Joyce Ripley
Joyce Ripley, of Spooner, passed away on July 17. The Mass of Christian burial for Joyce Ripley will be held at St. Francis de Sales, in Spooner, on Saturday at…
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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SPORTSCAST – Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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SPORTS HEADLINES – Wednesday, July 23, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 39th home run of the season, Logan Gilbert tossed 6 1/3 shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners snapped the Milwaukee Brewers’…
Eau Claire man charged for child sex crimes may have victimized others in Barron County
BARRON, Wis. (WJMC) — An Eau Claire man charged with nearly a dozen child sex crimes, may have committed similar crimes at a Chetek campground, says the Barron County Sheriff’s…
Names released in two fatal crashes in Dunn County on Saturday night
MENOMONIE, Wis. (WJMC) — Names have been released from two separate fatal crashes in Dunn County on Saturday. Sheriff Kevin Bygd said 36-year-old Jake Wagner, of Durand, was killed when…
Bashaw Township washouts repaired, roads open
SHELL LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — All culvert washouts have been repaired and roads are open in Bashaw Township, says the Washburn County Highway Department. County Highway B near Sawyer Creek…
At AirVenture, Duffy says air traffic control will get modernized or ‘the president will fire me.’
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WRN) — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh on Tuesday. Duffy says the recently passed “big beautiful bill” includes $12.5 billion for modernization of…
Wisconsin joins new lawsuit against Trump administration over safety net program funding
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin joins another lawsuit against the Trump administration. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and twenty other attorneys general are suing the administration in an effort to…
Hanson resigns, applicants sought for Supervisor District 21
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Barron County Supervisor Burnell “Bun” Hanson has resigned from the board of supervisors and applicants are sought to fill the remainder of his term on…
AM NEWSCAST – Wednesday, July 23, 2025
From the NorthwestNow.Net News Center … — Investigators say an Eau Claire man may have committed child sex crimes at a Chetek campground in the 1990s; — Names released from…
Karen (Kohn) Zappa
Karen (Kohn) Zappa, 84, of Comstock, passed away on May 28. She is survived by her children, Brian Zappa and Sandra Pizzuti; sister, Doris Fisher and Carole Stokes; and brother,…