Feb. 27—EAU CLAIRE — High schoolers got down to business in the Ojibwe Grand Ballroom at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, as seven Chippewa Valley schools competed in the Junior Achievement Titan Business Challenge.

With the annual event starting on Tuesday morning, Susan Peterson, regional director in the Northwest and Coulee Regions of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, said this event has been going on for over 20 years.

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