CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) - An empty portion of land in Chippewa Falls now belongs to the Wisconsin National Guard after a state agency land swap.

On Wednesday, Governor Tony Evers' Office announced the State Building Commission had approved more than $110 million in projects across the state. Part of that funding included a land swap of nearly 80 acres from the state Department of Human Services and the Department of Military Affairs.

Colonel G. David Brown is the Wisconsin National Guard director of construction and facilities maintenance office, and he shared the value of the land received.

"It is a substantial parcel of land, we will definitely maximize our opportunities on that land," Col. Brown said. "We would anticipate some of the initial projections would be approximately an 80,0

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