Altoona News

As deer get ready for mating season, mechanics and body shops are getting ready for their most active season as well.

31. In some campus halls - Bridgman, Sutherland, Oak Ridge, Governors, Chancellors, Putnam and Towers Halls - trick-or-treaters can go door-to-door throughout the buildings.

Walgreens is bringing its nationwide plan to sell beer and wine, to the Chippewa Valley.

When it comes to gifting ideas, people out there will be looking for unique items.

Deputies and police say a hospital patient stole a car Tuesday afternoon, and led them on a high speed chase on Highway 12 in Eau Claire reaching speeds between 65 and 85-miles per hour.

Bringing the beauties of nature into the homes is the current trend in interior design.

Contributed photos The first Bikers for Babies event Sept. 27 started in Wausau at Bull Falls Brewery.

The mother of the man investigators say led them on a high speed chase says her son needs help, not prison time.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department as a series of seasonal flu shot clinics scheduled for later this month.

Table top fountains have become indispensable objects for interior design. This factor has made the table top fountains as the great gifting items for house warming ceremonies and other occasions.

A jail term is necessary for the Altoona woman accused of bilking Wisconsin's child care subsidy program, an Eau Claire County judge said Friday.

The first case of late blight has been confirmed in Eau Claire County. Erin Lafaive with the UW-Extension office says a tomato plant tested positive from a neighborhood in Altoona.

An Eau Claire child care provider received $2,178 in state child care subsidy payments in August despite the fact the state had revoked her child care license the previous month.

Other area governments are looking to staff cuts or other ways to slash expenses, but Altoona is expecting little change in next year's budget.

As a fan of "Seinfeld" I can't get over the similarities between the show's "soup Nazi" character and the author of a recent letter complaining about "young," "overweight" people's shopping: "No soda, chips, candy, gum or ice for you!" Apparently the writer considers it a violation of her taxpaying rights that these items were purchased by people ...

Put a number up or pay up In an emergency, when every second counts, rescuers have to be able to find you.

Vietnam veterans gathered Saturday to talk about their experiences and to help one another heal.

A second man has been arrested in connection with the Sept. 7 armed robbery at an Eau Claire residence.

Concerns about the payday lending industry are among the issues scheduled for increased attention in Wisconsin's Capitol, according to state legislators from the Chippewa Valley.

The State Office of Justice Assistance said the Wisconsin crime rate fell in 2008, with the murder rate making the biggest drop, 20 percent.