Cornell News

A fatal fish virus has been detected in Lake Superior for the first time, meaning it has spread to all the Great Lakes, researchers said Wednesday.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials announced Wednesday that the virus that can be lethal to at least 25 fish species was found in organ samples taken from seemingly healthy fish in four sites on Lake Superior.

Mark Kellaher New Richmond was announced Friday as Gov. Doyle's choice for Rusk County District Attorney, Kellaher, who will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Kathleen Pakes, will begin serving in February.

Kenosha Unified's Brompton School is among elementary schools in Wisconsin nominated Thursday for a national Blue Ribbon Schools award, according the state's Department of Public Instruction.

Sheriffs investigators hope an autopsy today will shed some light on the death of a Wisconsin National Guard soldier from Cornell.

Russell Plummer, a 20-year-old Cornell, Wis., soldier who was missing for a week, apparently died of hypothermia brought on by exposure.

Authorities have a preliminary cause of death for the soldier found dead in the Chippewa County Forest -- hypothermia due to exposure.

The body of a 20-year-old soldier who failed to show up for National Guard duty over the weekend has been found in the Chippewa County Forest.

The family of a rural Cornell man is worried about his whereabouts. 20-year old Russell Plummer recently returned from basic training and schooling for the Army National Guard.

ITHACA -- The Johnny's Big Red Grill sign -- an icon of Collegetown for more than 50 years -- has found a new home in an Ohio sign museum.

Monday, October 26, 2009 12:29 a.m. Vote 0 Votes The last of five town hall meetings for the proposed restructuring of the graduate school brought hundreds of faculty and community members to the Humanities building Friday.

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Kudos! That should be fun next year Let's see if they can match their success of 2002! October 11, 2009, 10:05 am PeteP says: In more great news, the 2009 - 2010 hockey season has been cancelled.

Here are the newest additions to area street construction reports in the Chippewa Valley, according to the Eau Claire Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation: Eau Claire Construction completed; road reopened n Birch Street from Bergen Avenue to North Hastings Way.

Summer wasn't kind to part of Highway 27 in Chippewa County. In the spring, a nine-mile stretch of the road between Cadott and Cornell was repaired at a cost of $231,000. On Monday, one day prior to the official start of fall, the state Department of Transportation will begin fixing it again.

Road repairs to Highway 27 between Cadott and Cornell will begin on Monday, according to information released by the Eau Claire office of the state Department of Transportation.

A Cornell-area man is in custody after allegedly stabbing 3-people near Cadott. It happened around 3:30 this morning at the Pecha Trailer Court.

Less than two months after his wife's death, a Cornell man is determined to move forward with the fundraising event the two of them had planned to put on this year in Marshfield.

Sept. 3, 2009 10:38 a.m. Authorities have identified an Oak Creek motorcyclist who died and his passenger who was injured Wednesday when the bike collided with a car in Kenosha County.

Sept. 3, 2009 10:36 a.m. Muskego a ' Police officers armed with rifles set up a perimeter Thursday morning around a house after a woman returned home about 9 a.m. and thought someone was in her residence.