Holcombe News

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation plans to replace the Birch Street overpass over North Hastings Way with an at-grade intersection.

A 61-year-old bicycle rider from Holcombe was injured Monday afternoon when he turned in front of a passenger car on Wis.

Lori Crabb watched her 15-year-old son put a milker on a Holstein and expressed disbelief that he was milking the cows.

Deputies with the Chippewa County Boat Patrol rescued 28 people from the rapidly flowing Chippewa River during the Frenchtown Annual Tube Float and Regatta Sunday.

After close to three decades as a teacher, William Lane Harrison has retired. His last day working full time for the Zion school district was June 6. He said now he will be devoted even more to his job as mayor ...

Good compliance slows spread of zebra mussels Increasing awareness of, and compliance with, state laws to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species appears to be slowing the advance of some of Wisconsin's ...

Morgan Bann, of Chetek, and Jacob Ebner, of Cameron, have announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Updated: 5/25/2008 11:32:02 PM PRINT COMMENT Ralph Norquist joined the Marines in 1942 and earned two Purple Hearts for his service during World War II.

A 39-year-old Holcombe man died earlier today in a motorcycle crash. Scott Cummings was thrown from his motorcycle as he was traveling north on Highway CC in the town of Cleveland, west of Cornell.

Mitch Bocik waddles to the putting green, his legs bent and unsteady, his putter doubling as a cane.

State conservation wardens on Tuesday entered the fenced property of Roger E. Hattamer, 51, 30759 260th Ave., Holcombe, in northern Chippewa County with search warrants and seized 19 illegally possessed ...

Holcombe native hired as The Country Today intern Danielle Begalke, a Holcombe native, will serve as the editorial intern this summer for The Country Today.

Updated: 5/17/2008 2:37:01 PM PRINT COMMENT CWD Threat Chronic wasting disease has been detected among deer in seven deer farms in Wisconsin, said Donna Gilson of the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and ...

The Chippewa County District Attorney is considering charges against a man accused of illegally capturing deer. via Channel3000

“There's no room to expand. It's an unsafe working place for firemen. There's just no room for equipment. It's inadequate.”

Dennis Klass has been on the Cornell Fire Department for 37 years, including the past 21 as chief. via Leader-Telegram

The Lady Trojans played their second softball game of the season at Lake Holcombe on Monday, April 21. via Http

“I wouldn't say that there's anybody out there that's gung-ho about the idea, but we have to talk about what are we going to do.”

Financial problems and declining enrollments have a number of Wisconsin school districts looking at dissolving or consolidating. via Leader-Telegram

“This is the biggest change in human services in 30 years for long-term care”

Updated: 4/26/2008 11:32:02 PM PRINT Jason Tessling, who has Down syndrome, watched a video Thursday afternoon in a back room at his parents' wellness store in Chippewa Falls. via Leader-Telegram

“We are where we are supposed to be.”

For about an hour Monday, Tim Bays slipped off his hospital bracelets, and although he didn't leave his room at Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital, it felt more like home. via Post-Bulletin

“That's almost unheard of for a sewer project in Wisconsin”

Sue Larson, a rural development specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, told a group of 15 Holcombe students Tuesday about the importance of upgrading the aging wastewater treatment plant in the ... via Leader-Telegram