Alma News

Independents and imports are the official theme cars at this year's Iola Old Car Show and Swap meet but the organizers of the Midwest's largest car show should have added one-of-a-kinds to the show's title.

A Buffalo River and Beef Slough dredging and boat landing project that cost more than $760,000 has become a letdown and a frustrating dilemma in Alma.

Utilities hoping to build three power lines through Minnesota are proposing a different route for the one that would run between the Twin Cities area and La Crosse, Wis.

Here are the latest road construction reports in the Chippewa Valley, according to the Eau Claire Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation: Eau Claire Under construction and closed to traffic - Alley east of Hobart Street from Oak Street to Elm Street and Madison Street to William Street.

The Buffalo County Historical Society is opening its Heritage Hall, 316 S. Main St., Alma, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Monday.

Both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature approved a public indoor smoking ban yesterday, and Gov.

Two west-central Wisconsin legislators are proposing a plan to address budget problems facing small, rural schools.

What kind of sparrow is that? Where did that wood duck go? Where are the great blue herons? Migratory Bird Day Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated along the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin Saturday with a variety of events, including a trip on a railroad line through the Tiffany Bottoms along the Chippewa River in Wisconsin, on boat trips ...

Whitey, a broad-winged raptor with rakish good looks and a large fan club, had everyone worried.

A lousy economy, widespread unemployment, public anger at financial institutions and headlines about John Dillinger.

A weekly live variety show presented Sunday nights in Alma, Wis., is about to get a trial run on the radio airwaves.

An item in the Permanent Spousal Record maintained by Jeanne in Cheeseland: "This past weekend, when my husband and I got up in the morning, we were teasing each other and he said to me: 'Hurry up and get out of bed and make me some pancakes.' "I replied: 'Don't tell me what to do!' "He came back with: 'I'm not.

Before he released the rehabilitated golden eagle back into the wild March 25, Scott Mehus looked into its hazel-brown eyes and thanked the bird for carrying a 2.5-ounce radio transmitter on its back.

Four area Democratic state lawmakers will hold a "roundtable discussion" on Monday, April 20, at the Eau Claire County Courthouse to discuss how the federal and state stimulus programs will affect the Chippewa Valley.

Alma a ' A golden eagle accidentally caught last fall in a coyote trap in Buffalo County will be outfitted with a satellite tracking radio Tuesday.

The first commercial towboat of the spring is on its way through Lake Pepin on its way to St.

The 1,370-ton dredge boat William A. Thompson no longer is being used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Fountain City.

Police are asking parents to keep an eye on their children. The Alma Police Department says at 7:30 Friday night a man in a small, dark green vehicle with tinted windows pulled up next to a juvenile walking on ...

Bernita Ness of Alma said that there is a general buzz in town when the first barge of the season heads north past the city.

Denis Kolpack of Mayville, 91, passed on to eternal life on Monday, March 2, 2009, at Cedar Lake Health and Rehabilitation Center in West Bend, where he spent the last five years battling Alzheimer's disease.