Cadott News

Four lawyers put their hat in the ring for a district attorney job. Gov. Doyle's office has been seeking applications for the Rusk County District Attorney seat vacated by District Attorney Kathy Pakes, who is resigning.

Lola Jane Jahnke, on angel's wings went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, after a brief illness.

On Nov. 15, five cadets from the Stevens Point Composite Squadron watched their helium-filled weather balloon called 'Project Hyperion,' float up into the cirrus streaked sky.

A man poses as a firefighter and asks to inspect a home. Now investigators are looking for the impostor and warning homeowners.

Jennifer Kowalczyk has joined Golden LivingCenter-Three Oaks as executive director.

Dick Leinenkugel pours a pint of beer in the Leinie's Lodge in Chippewa Falls. The Leinenkugel brewery offers daily tours.

On Oct. 31, James Orlowski of Greenfield, a soldier who received extensive injuries in Iraq, got a chance of a lifetime -- to hunt a bull elk.

Across the country and around the state, many mourn the loss of life at fort hood through prayers and vigils this Sunday.

A man accused of stabbing three people Sept. 15 in the town of Sigel, south of Cadott, has been found competent to stand trial.

A local county hopes to get a jump on the future and you can help. Chippewa County recently completed a report to identify the challenges the county will face in the future.

Pheasants Forever is donating even more land to the Chippewa Valley. The conservation group has purchased and donated 200 acres of land in the Town of Arthur in Chippewa County; that's about 12 miles north of Cadott.

A major medical problem is to blame for a man dying after he drove off the road and landed upside down in a river Friday.

Officials say the Eau Claire man whose pickup truck drove across a field and overturned into the Yellow River near Cadott had suffered a severe diabetic reaction before the crash.

A 58-year-old man is dead after his pest control truck ends up upside down in a river.

A truck plunges into a local river and ends up on its top. The driver died. It happened Friday afternoon in Cadott.

Four men have been arrested in connection with an attempted armed robbery that occurred in the City of Chippewa Falls on the evening of Oct.

For the past 11 years, Tom Leuck has led the way while organizing Special Kids Day, an event for developmentally disabled children in the Chippewa Valley.

If you'll be among the thousands of Wisconsinites headed north and west to watch the Badgers play the Gophers on Saturday or the Packers play the Vikings Monday or to search out peak fall colors in northern Wisconsin, be prepared for heavy traffic, especially around work zones.

Several months after an area highway was fixed, work is starting all over again.

When Bruce Roth entered his rural Cadott bar Sunday morning, he discovered it had been broken into sometime during the night.