Augusta News

Retiree Janice Hoh says her old house in Augusta needed many critical upgrades. "These repairs I could not have taken care of myself, and I didn't want to ask my kids for help," she says.

The man police say stole a car from a hospital parking lot and then led officers on a high speed chase pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that a portion of the All-Terrain Vehicle state funded trail in the town of Bridge Creek north of Augusta will be closed beginning November 1, 2009.

Flipping through Pillsbury's "Best of the Bake-Off Collection," I was struck by how many recipes from the contest have become favorites.

A 41-year-old Augusta man is giving new meaning to the term skirt chaser. David Von Haden is accused of taking nearly five dozen photos up women's skirts.

COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Eau Claire, Wisconsin a ' October 20, 2009. Remaining seasonal flu shot clinics scheduled by the Eau Claire City-County Health Department are being postponed because the departmenta TMs entire first shipment of seasonal vaccine has been exhausted.

George W. Coffeen, 85, of New Holstein, died on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at the Willowdale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in New Holstein, surrounded by his children.

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.

A patient walks out of an Eau Claire hospital, steals a car, hits the owner of the car and leads law enforcement officers on a high speed chase.

Many in the Chippewa Valley took in the beauty of local artwork this weekend, while soaking in some of the area's natural beauty as well.

When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4. Where: Seventeen locations in Osseo, Fairchild, Humbird, Augusta and Fall Creek.

An Augusta man will receive a jail term and three years of probation for stealing 24 Holstein heifers from an Independence man.

Two men are charged after investigators say they faked an armed robbery. 23-year-old Mark Kuberra of Augusta and 19-year-old Cory Schenn are both charged with two counts of theft, among other charges.

Here are the newest additions to area street construction reports in the Chippewa Valley, according to the Eau Claire Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation: Eau Claire Scheduled to start construction - Gilbert Street from Seventh Street to 674 feet west of Seventh Street.

The Eau Claire Police Department has released the names of the two Eau Claire County Sheriff's Deputies involved in the shooting of a man late Wednesday evening.

Maybe it was instinct that made three witnesses to an accident jump in to help a stranger.

FOOTBALL autographed by Brett Favre, two iPods and two cameras were taken Tuesday from a residence in the 300 block of Sky Line Drive, town of Union.

The owners of vacant property on Eau Claire's south side where a storm water detention pond is planned are asking a judge to block the city from taking the land.

Osseo Police have arrested one man in connection with an armed robbery and they're still looking for another suspect.