Staff NotesJuly 10, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Our Stories from Second-Hand Finds & My Case for the Denim Chair who would have thought 'the jair' would be so comfortable and enduring?
Staff NotesJune 27, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Let's Talk About 'The Meat Of The Matter' 'our look, from a Chippewa Valley lens, into the struggles and hopes shared by the local livestock industry'
Staff NotesJune 13, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Surround Yourself With People Who Give a Damn '20-something years since that first issue, Volume One looks a lot different, does a wider variety of things – and yet – still shares local voices and artwork'
Visual Art Outdoors Staff NotesMay 29, 2025 STAFF NOTE: My Grandfather's Garden and Volume One's Ode to Summer in the Valley how a shared book of sketches, photographs captures art in bloom
Community Orgs Staff NotesMay 15, 2025 STAFF NOTE: I Am A Firm Believer In Community and ScrabbleBee 'our local organizations need a big community hug – and lift – right now, and frankly, they deserve it'
Staff Notes Music StageMay 1, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Live Music, Is It Just Me or Are You Crying Too? step into the room and let yourself be moved, you never know when a night will stay with you forever
Staff NotesApril 16, 2025 EDITORS NOTE: The Issue With The Issue the April 17 issue is hitting the streets – and we made some mistakes
Staff NotesApril 3, 2025 STAFF NOTE: What Are You Reading These Days? 'Make your return to physical media and pick up a local publication ASAP, folks. It just feels right.'
Thoughts Staff NotesMarch 20, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Intrigue, Impulse, and Volume One 'I act on impulse to connect and create, to share someone's truth – or my own. The results are often found in the pages of Volume One.'
Staff NotesFebruary 20, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Rocketing Through the Humdrum of Winter playing video games with friends can brighten cold, dark days
Staff Notes STAFF NOTE: ‘Best Of’ Is Something to Crow About this year, we’re handing out more blue ribbons than ever before February 6, 2025
Staff NotesJanuary 23, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Getting Married? Congrats! We’ve Got a List or Two to Help thoughts and advice from our newlywed listings editor on getting hitched in the Valley
Staff Notes V1 EventsJanuary 9, 2025 STAFF NOTE: Let the Countdown Begin for Volume One’s Best Night 2025! Feb. 8 will bring brand-new entertainment and returning favorites
Staff Notes Holidays STAFF NOTE: In 1903, St. Nick Told All to Eau Claire Newspaper Talk about a journalistic scoop! December 20, 2024
Staff Notes NewsDecember 1, 2024 Attention Readers: Next V1 Issue Is In Three Weeks don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere
Staff NotesNovember 28, 2024 STAFF NOTE: You’ve Still Got Time to Vote in Our Biggest ‘Best Of’ Poll Ever Best of the Chippewa Valley voting runs through Friday, Dec. 6
Staff Notes HolidaysNovember 14, 2024 STAFF NOTE: It's Holidays In a Handbasket Here at The Local Store charging into the holiday season in all-wheel drive
Visual Art Staff NotesOctober 31, 2024 STAFF NOTE: Art Inspires Questions, Like ‘Who Let a Goose Drive the Trolley?’ new column explores Valley artists and their techniques
Staff NotesOctober 17, 2024 STAFF NOTE: Painting Pumpkins & Playing Paintball I wait all year for autumnal activities, some more traditional than others
Staff NotesOctober 4, 2024 STAFF NOTE: Grave Musings on an Autumn Afternoon an unexpected reminder of a little-known local tragedy
Best of Menomonie Volume One's guide to the gem on the Red Cedar. Presented by Westconsin Credit Union, Explore Menomonie and UW-Stout.
Best of Chippewa Falls Volume One's guide to the riverside city. Presented by Mason Companies and Northwestern Bank