Thu. Jan. 12th, 2017 | Pan Thao, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Word on the street: Tucked inside the Cobblestone Hotel & Suites in downtown Chippewa Falls is a new restaurant that will have you licking your chops – literally! The Wissota Chophouse ...
Tue. Dec. 13th, 2016 | Tom Giffey, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Irvine Park isn’t the only place in Chippewa Falls ablaze with light this holiday season. Xcel Energy recently refurbished and relit the iconic NSP sign that has been atop the hydroelectric plant ...
Wed. Nov. 16th, 2016 | Thom Fountain, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Chippewa River Distillery – The new distillery and brewery in Chippewa Falls creates mid-range spirits perfect for any occasion. They also have a small tasting room to give you some inspiration.
Fri. Oct. 21st, 2016 | Haley Wright
The tiger exhibit at the Irvine Park Zoo in Chippewa Falls, which was built in 2008 in plain concrete and remains in plain concrete, is about to get a makeover courtesy of some Chippewa Falls Middle School students ...
Tue. Sep. 6th, 2016 | Hailey Novak, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Fri. Aug. 26th, 2016 | Katie Vagnino, photos by Andrea Paulseth
I’ll never forget the moment I first stumbled upon the oddball frequency – I had just moved to Eau Claire and was in my car scanning through local stations when I landed on a Rosemary Clooney ballad ...
Mon. Aug. 22nd, 2016 | Hailey Novak
If a considerable part of your childhood involved watching Land Before Time videos on your VCR and referring to leaves as “tree stars” just like Spike and Littlefoot, or even if you’re simply an avid Jurassic Park fan, get ready to experience ...
Wed. Aug. 10th, 2016 | V1 Staff
Looking to go somewhere with “natural beauty and local charm” – not to mention quaint shops, brewery tours, and a zoo? How about Chippewa Falls? That’s the theme of the new “GO Chippewa Falls” tourism ...
Tue. Jul. 26th, 2016 | Sammy Gibbons, photos by Andrea Paulseth
Despite the warmth of these summer months, a house of ice was brought back to life in Chippewa Falls. Artist Alexandra Moehagen decided to conceal the spray-painted profanities on the walls of what is referred to by locals ...
Wed. Jun. 29th, 2016 | photos by Michael Lundebrek
RAFT CRAFT AIN’T DAFT. The Chippewa River set the stage for another legendary FATFAR (Frenchtown Annual Tube Float and Regatta) on June 26, starting in Chippewa Falls and ending ...
Mon. May. 9th, 2016 | Katy Macek
Students in a Chippewa Falls High School class are giving families an opportunity to enjoy each other’s company and get out of the house by attending the Chippewa Falls Outdoor Movie ...
Mon. May. 9th, 2016 | V1 Staff
The Chippewa County Historical Society took the first step toward building a new museum with the April 25 demolition of a former Dairy Queen near the entrance to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls ...
Fri. May. 6th, 2016 | Tom Giffey, photos by Travis Dewitz
Later this year, movie patrons in Chippewa Falls will be able to enjoy a cold one while they enjoy hot big-screen releases. On April 19, the Chippewa Falls City Council ....
Wed. Apr. 20th, 2016 | Amelia Kimball
Standing outside on a gorgeous sunny day, gazing out at the vineyards and sipping a quality glass of wine is an experience. An experience River Bend Vineyard & Winery in Chippewa Falls is committed to ...
Thu. Feb. 11th, 2016 | Barbara Arnold
With the warm-up in weather experienced recently, don’t your thoughts just turn to … golf? Well, now you can cure the cabin fever that starts to set in about the third weekend in February. FORE! Grab your chip and wedge, and maybe an iron or two, and head over to the Chippewa Falls Public Library, 105 W. Central St., for its first-ever CHIP-Shot Mini Golf fundraiser ...
Wed. Feb. 10th, 2016 | Katie Robertson, photos by Andrea Paulseth
For the last three years, Chris Spiegel of Chippewa Falls has worked to make his passion for art and comics into something tangible: A comic book series ...
Wed. Dec. 23rd, 2015 | Gigi Roelant
On the first day of Christmas MTC offered me ... vinyl cutters, machine metal fabrication, a seriously loaded woodshop, welding and soldering set ups, computers teeming with design software, a laser engraving station … and a nested CNC Machine. That truncated little jingle doesn’t do justice to the sheer amount ...
Wed. Nov. 11th, 2015 | V1 Staff
Eau Claire isn’t the only city in the Chippewa Valley that will soon have new downtown lodging options: The Chippewa Falls City Council voted in late October to sell a vacant lot at the entrance to downtown to a Neenah-based firm, WHG Companies, which plans to build a Cobblestone Hotel and Suites there ...
Tue. Sep. 1st, 2015 | Mckenna Heintz, photos by Mariah Hamm
From clothing store to candy shop, 322 N. Bridge St. in Chippewa Falls has completely transformed into something unique. Chippewa’s one and only candy store, appropriately named the Chippewa Candy Shop, was opened by owner and first-time business proprietor Dan Sweeney in early August ...
Thu. Aug. 6th, 2015 | Tom Giffey, photos by Kelsey Smith
Dick Leinenkugel may be president of the legendary brewery that bears his great-great-grandfather’s name – a brewery that now sells its products in all 50 states, a brewery that’s part of the second-largest beer maker in the nation, MillerCoors – but he’s not isolated in a corporate office far from Chippewa Falls...
Thu. Jul. 23rd, 2015 | Tom Giffey
It’s got a zoo, a cave, a splash pad, and the most amazing Christmas light display this side of the North Poll, but somehow Chippewa Falls’ Irvine Park just managed to get even more fun: Earlier this summer, a huge new set of playground equipment was installed just across from the park’s duck pond ...
Wed. Jun. 10th, 2015 | Katy Macek, photos by Andrea Paulseth
The View will be sporting a new and even more impressive view over Lake Wissota when it reopens (tentatively sometime this month). Ower Rob Brown said his original plan was to redo just the roof of the rural Chippewa Falls bar and grill when he closed temporarily in March ...
Wed. Jun. 10th, 2015 | V1 Staff
hippewa Falls Middle School Principal Heidi Taylor-Eliopoulos has a new title: superintendent. The Chippewa Falls school board voted to hire Taylor-Eliopoulos, a Chippewa Falls native, to fill the district’s top spot, which was left vacant by the April resignation of Superintendent Brad Saron. “I decided in second grade that I wanted to be a teacher,” Taylor-Eliopoulos told the Chippewa Herald. “I couldn’t ask for a better next step in my career.” She’s been middle school principal for ...
Tue. Jun. 9th, 2015 | Eric Christenson, photos by Andrea Paulseth
The murals that run along River Street and the Wagner Street hill on Chippewa Falls’ west side – a landmark to some – could get a new paint job this summer or early next fall. The existing paint on the walls is chipping and peeling – it’s in pretty rough shape. “It looks like it has a disease,” Mayor Greg Hoffman told the Leader-Telegram recently ...
Thu. May. 14th, 2015 | James Johonnott
Roll out the red carpet in Chippewa Falls. Michelle Lang, star of the indie romantic comedy Strangely In Love and a Chippewa Falls native, will be attending a premier screening of the film at the Chippewa Falls Micon Cinemas. Strangely In Love tells the story of Fyo, a man-child ...
