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Chippewa Valley advocates question the sheriff’s account of four people detained by ICE

Cs news7 days ago019 mins

Gerardo Licon (right) an immigrants’ rights advocate, translates for a man (center) who says his brother was arrested by ICE with help from the local law enforcement officers after being offered refuge in a woman’s home in the Town of Washington. Centro de Conexion de Chippewa Valley advocate Mireya Sigala is on the left. (Photo…

Eau Claire, Altoona talk about challenges from declining enrollment

Cs news5 months ago01 mins

CHIPPEWA VALLEY — Throughout Wisconsin’s 421 school districts, roughly 70% have seen enrollment decline over the past several years. This comes according to data from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty’s 2025 School Scorecard Dashboard. According to a Wisconsin Policy Forum report released in October 2023, enrollment counts back in the 2020-21 school year…