Feb. 18—CHIPPEWA FALLS — Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson announced last week he will be taking leave and hopes to be back in eight to 10 weeks. It means Chippewa County’s other two judges, Steve Gibbs and Benjamin Lane, will be left trying to fill in as much of Isaacson’s calendar as they can during his absence.

However, there are no active reserve judges in the county, as former judges Thomas Sazama, Roderick Cameron and Steve Cray are all retired and cannot fill in.

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