Oct. 26—CHIPPEWA FALLS — Chippewa County Board Chairman Dean Gullickson issued a press release Thursday, defending the county's investigation into Sheriff Travis Hakes.
Gullickson wrote that the county "followed the appropriate legal process" in investigating an elected official.
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