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CHIPPEWA FALLS — When Mike Cohoon began working on plans for tiny homes — portable homeless shelters — he envisioned a long-term plan of creating the “Hope Village,” bringing the tiny homes into one central location, which would also include a permanent building that features showers and bathrooms. That plan is moving closer to reality. Cohoon, a pastor at Landmark Christian Church in Lake Hallie, said his group is planning to purchase a former dental office at 1825 Ken...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — To ensure members of the base community are staying resilient during the holidays and beyond, Hill’s community action team has developed an Integrated Resilience Channel. The IRC, found at www.hill.af.mil/integrated-resilience, delivers education and information through various formats, such as videos and virtual live sessions. “This past year we have faced many adversities, both as individuals and as a community,” said Col. Jenise Carroll, 75th Air Bas...

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Homeowners in Chippewa and Jackson counties have filed new lawsuits against sand mines, claiming the mines are causing negative health impacts and loss of property value. Kevin and Donna Zwiefelhofer, 14746 Highway DD, Bloomer, filed the lawsuit Friday in Chippewa County Court against EOG Resources of Chippewa Falls, Kraemer Mining & Materials Inc., of Burnsville, Minn., and those companies’ insurance providers. Also, nine residents from Hixton or Taylor filed a claim...

Regular visitors to Old Town have likely noticed that something is missing along the waterfront. Last month, Robinson Terminal North, a massive waterfront warehouse located at 501 N. Union St., was demolished. The demolition was part of RiverRenew, a half-billion-dollar project that involves building a tunnel system under the city to prevent combined sewage from overflowing into the Potomac River. The former location of Robinson Terminal North as seen from Oronoco Street in early December (Phot...

They are not giving you amnesty. if you come forward, we will allow you to stay here while this takes its course. add that on to the retracting of the self-petitioning. you are making latinas or all immigrant women in extremely vulnerable positions. >> theres a coalition i can see beginning to emerge here. for native american women, greg hoffman, my colleague at the nation wrote this. if the final bill isnt approved, native american groups who pushed for this for ten years and worked on this rea...

service. this is a community continuing to come together in its devastation. local church services have been overflowing. in some cases, people having to stands outside or within the churches and synagogues in places of worship. we are learning more about the shooter, adam, lanzas. a loner, intelligent, played a lot of computer games, in many reports, violent computer games. we heard from the reporting, citing several sources, there was a definite method how he went into sandy hook ele...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester holt. >> and im jenna wolfe. a lot of chatter from across the pond this morning. todays day two of the queens diamond jubilee, and princes charles and william will be rolling down the river thames this morning. >> seems like all of londons taking part or watching todays jubilee celebration. thqueen and members of her family, including prince william and kate, are leading th...

3rd, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. im lester holt. >> and im jenna wolfe. a lot of chatter from across the pond this morning. todays day two of the queens diamond jubilee, and princes charles and william will be rolling down the river thames this morning. >> seems like all of londons taking part or watching todays jubilee celebration. the queen and members of her family, including prince william and kate, a...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. im matt lauer. >> and im ann curry. mitt romney is honored and humbled to be the gop. an accomplishment in five years in the making. >> he has a right to celebrate. even as he basks in the glow of securing the nomination, donald trump who hosted a closed door fund-raiser for romney in las vegas last night managed to once again grab headlines by reigniting the debate over president o...

complex. they were all eventually reunited with their parents. authorities saying all three children were found in dangerous areas. this taco bell sits right next to a four-lane highway. the two younger boys were found in a grassy area right next to a water retention pond. harmon has been charged with three counts of felony child neglect. >> it is about responsibility and being responsible for your kids and other peoples kids as well when you have them in your custody or care. >> rep...