This is your WCFW Daily News Roundup for 105-7 CFW in Chippewa Falls and 93-5 The Tap in Eau Claire.
For 105-7 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
Chippewa Valley residents gathered at the new Aspirus Health Hospital site on Thursday for a long-awaited ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Construction work on the new facility officially broke ground a little over a year ago as local residents struggled with inadequate access to health care services as a result of the HSHS closures.
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aspirus Wisconsin Northwest Region President Jason Troxel celebrated the return of many of those services in the community.
We have listened to the community and this project is a direct response to what you've told us.
The community has told us that we want local options for healthcare.
And you deserve the absolute best in those local options, which is why we are here today.
This project is a major step forward for the Chippewa Valley.
The now completed 35,000 sq.
ft.
facility sits on a 22-acre site on Chippewa Crossing Boulevard and includes an emergency department, 10 treatment rooms, 10 inpatient beds, and an on-site clinic with 12 treatment rooms.
Troxel added that construction speed was a significant part of their development plan because Chippewa Falls residents were left without a hospital at all following the St.
Joseph's closure, with about half of the new facility being constructed elsewhere and shipped to the site for installation.
The closure of those two hospitals is kind of like a huge loss in your gut, knowing that your health care is closing and you don't have access.
So for us, we knew that we had to do it fast.
So that was the reason of we don't want this to be this longstanding lack of access to care.
We know we couldn't replace the entire loss, but we know we could provide great quality care to the community.
We knew we could do it quickly.
The new Aspirous Health Hospital will officially begin seeing patients on Tuesday.
For 1057 CFW News, I'm James Kelly.
For Civic Media News, I'm Connie Feldman.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin praised the U.S.
Supreme Court for its decision to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots this week.
Civic Media's James Kelly has the story.
In an interview on Wednesday, Senator Baldwin said the court was right to reject the Trump administration's unconstitutional attempt to change the rules and stop Americans from voting by mail.
She also called the administration's focus on mail ballots a misplaced priority, highlighting the issues she's been hearing most from constituents across the state.
I've had the opportunity over these past few weeks to
be traveling the state of Wisconsin.
And everywhere I went, I heard the same thing.
Families and shop owners and businesses concerned about the cost of health care and housing and groceries and fuel.
And instead of tackling these issues head on, Trump is trying to tip the scales in the midterm elections.
While the decision will protect current mail-in voting access, advocacy groups have also expressed concerns about potential voter intimidation efforts if federal agents are deployed to polling sites in
November.
abide by voter intimidation, by federal agents looking around for no reason at all.
Senator Baldwin noted that it is already illegal to send federal agents to election sites and that she's also been in contact with election officials and state attorneys general to protect against that potential voter intimidation.
I'm James Kelly for Civic Media News.
Justice Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas released a public dissent in the wake of the decision this week.
Metallica is coming to Madison and tickets go on sale a week from today.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers announced dates for their world tour with 12 shows planned.
The group is set to play at Camp Randall Stadium on June 12th, 2027.
Tickets go on sale to the general public September 25th.
Construction is set to begin this month on a $700 million soybean processing plant in Evansville.
CHS Incorporated says the facility on 300 acres of farmland will be capable of processing 80 million bushels of soybeans a year into livestock feed and oil for products like biodiesel.
Project leaders had briefly paused development in 2024 to wait for federal policies to be more clear, but recent EPA announcements convinced the company to press forward.
The plant marks the most expensive single development project in Evansville's history and is expected to open in the fall of 2028.
Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis is facing an uncertain future after his license to practice law was suspended.
The State Office of Lawyer Regulations said the action stems from his failure to cooperate with one or more ongoing misconduct investigations.
Solis could see his suspension lifted if he fully cooperates within 18 months.
The city and town of Beloit are ending fire and EMS agreements with some communities after finding those jurisdictions were paying less than the actual cost of providing the services.
Officials say the disparity came to light during the consolidation of the city and towns fire and EMS departments with Beloit taxpayers covering much of the difference.
Beloit leaders say future agreements must fairly cover costs and avoid putting financial burden on local taxpayers.
And the horse collars back at Lambeau.
The stadium recently unveiled their lineup of Game Day foods for this season, bringing back a fan favorite called the horse collar.
The equivalent of four or five brats on a horseshoe-shaped Kaiser bun topped with beer cheese sauce, beer mustard, and sauerkraut.
It's one of 15 items added to the Lambo menu for the season.
Others include the Brotzilla grilled cheese, onion trio burgers, fried brownie bites, gelato in a chocolate chip cookie cup, fried pickles, and more.
And that's your state news update.
I'm Connie Feldman for Civic Media News.
The Packers head to New York.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports NFL.
The Packers play the New York Jets Sunday at noon quarterback Geno Smith in his 13th season and back with the team that originally drafted him Packers safety Evan Williams.
Really savvy.
He knows what we're looking at from the back end perspective.
You know, we're trying to read his eyes and he does a good job of hiding his intentions and stuff like that.
We know that he's going to put the ball in there, which is what we like as a back end.
So, you know, we're looking forward to some of those opportunities coming on the outside.
Williams facing a fine of nearly $18,000 for unnecessary roughness last week against the Vikings.
College football Wisconsin host Eastern Michigan tomorrow morning at 1130 in Madison baseball.
The Brewers losing to the Pirates 7 of 4.
Another bad performance by pitcher Kyle Harrison.
I'll be straight up.
It's just it's been tough.
You know, first time I've kind of really gone through this like consecutive starts not really going my way.
The Brewers in Baltimore tonight against the Orioles with sports.
I'm Mike Clemens.
We have some heavy rain on the way later today and tonight into tomorrow morning we can get one to three or more inches by the time it's all over and done with high today 62 tonight down to the mid to upper fifties tomorrow highs will reach the mid sixties I meteorologist Sean Cable outside now it's 58
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