Chippewa County News

Public comment at Monday's well-attended County Board meeting overwhelmingly supported the rezoning of property in the Town of Clinton that paves the way for Superior Silica Sands to build its frac sand drying plant.

Railroad Ordered to Pay Penalties of $49,000 for Violations of State Storm Water Management and Wetland Protection Laws at Rail Expansion Project in Chippewa County Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that Progressive Rail Incorporated and its division Wisconsin Northern Railroad have been ordered to pay $49,000 in forfeitures, ... (more)

1884 - Alexander Wiley Born On this date Alexander Wiley was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Public comment at Monday's well-attended County Board meeting overwhelmingly supported the rezoning of property in the Town of Clinton that paves the way for Superior Silica Sands to build its frac sand drying plant.

Now through June 3rd, more than 400 law enforecement agencies across the state are stepping up enforcement of Wisconsin's mandatory safety belt law.

The caller, Benjamin Plummer, and only person home at the time, said he woke up to something being thrown through a bedroom window.

On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at approximately 2:35 PM, the Stanley Police Department responded to the Stanley Correctional Institution for an assault by an inmate.

The Chippewa County Historical Society is holding its 9th annual The Past Passed Here event at Allen Park in Chippewa Falls.

Jeffery Radle of Chippewa Falls, WI, wasA hospitalized with head, neck and back injuries after his estranged wife hit him with her SUV on Tuesday.

Modern American politics is divisive, sure, but who knew it could be this bad? Chippewa Falls resident Jeffrey Radle, 36, found himself in the hospital yesterday after a political argument with his wife, Amanda Radle, 30.

A Boyd man who planned to go fishing with his dog has been found dead in a Chippewa County pond.

Three people were found dead at the scene of a crash at the intersection of STH 66 and Birchwood Lane in the Town of Linwood around two this morning, according to authorities from the Portage County Sheriff's Office.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low: 34. Wind: East 5-10 Sunday: Partly cloudy to partly sunny.