Eau Claire News Archives

An Eau Claire school district panel is recommending a set of feasibility and impact studies regarding use of buildings, including possible options of consolidating the three middle schools into two and adding fifth grade to middle school.

A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.

The Eau Claire Express are heading back to the postseason. Matt Fritz drove in three runs, and Trent Blank threw seven solid innings in a 10-2 victory over the Green Bay Bullfrogs that clinched the Northwoods League South Division first-half championship for Eau Claire, which last made the playoffs in 2007.

An Eau Claire man died at the Country Fest grounds north of Cadott, the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department said.

An Eau Claire man's legal issues can be oddly linked to the president and World War II collectibles passed down from his father, a defense attorney said Thursday.

The government unemployment checks keeping Candy Czernicki afloat are fast running out and her prospects of getting a new job appear remote.

A local group that wants to pay for student field trips, after they were cut by the district now knows how much money it needs to raise.

A fire early Sunday morning caused $45,000 damage to an Eau Claire home, but the home's occupants were able to escape unharmed.

Dozens came out to Carson Park in Eau Claire Friday night to celebrate a oeJuneteenth". The event is part of the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery.

Three U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters took soldiers for a ride Friday in the name of training.

A committee plans to draft a recommendation that the Eau Claire City Council should borrow money to build two new parks and improve existing ones.

Coila Ziebarth was visibly shaken as she talked about being awakened Monday night by a dump truck ramming into the side of her duplex in Lake Hallie.

A window washer fell six stories from an Eau Claire bank building and survived. Authorities said equipment apparently helped break the man's fall as he worked at the U.S. Bank building just after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The co-owner of the Stones Throw says he and his partners are selling the business.

Several area residents received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at its spring commencement May 16.

Weau 13 News anchors Judy Clark and Andrew Fefer were the "chef refs" for the best of Taste of Eau Claire contest, in the appetizer category.

The scrambled eggs at the 13th annual Breakfast in the Valley on Friday morning at the Eau Claire County Exposition Center weren't your typical recipe.

A convicted sex offender will spend 15 years on probation for re-offending. Court records show 20-year-old Justin Culbert of Chippewa Falls pleaded guilty to child enticement on Tuesday.

Flower lovers fear not, your boulevards are now clear for planting. The Eau Claire City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday that allows home-owners to plant flowers in the area between the sidewalk and the street.

Cynder Schoff doesn't know the woman's name, but she credits her for coming to her aid and putting a would-be robber behind bars.

Graduates who plan to go from Tuesday's D.C. Everest High School commencement straight into the work force face tough odds in the economic recession, advisers say.

Almost two years after a woman's overdose death in Chippewa Falls, a judge has found it probable that the man accused of supplying the cocaine committed a felony.

Eau Claire police are looking for a man and a woman who robbed a pharmacy of prescription drugs and money Monday night.

MADISON - Amid pay cuts, furloughs and larger class sizes, University of Wisconsin System officials see one silver lining in the otherwise harsh state budget: a big investment in new buildings.

Despite the chilly temperatures Sunday, many in the area still came out for some tasty treats at the third annual Taste of Eau Claire.

Wisconsin-La Crosse will eliminate its baseball and men's tennis teams. The cuts will be official when Chancellor Joe Gow notifies the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference at a meeting Wednesday.

The rain didn't stop us! Recently, 52 Seniors on the Move! members from the Marshfield Area YMCA ventured out to tackle the Chippewa River State Park Trail despite the rainy weather forecast.

The former Eau Claire County district attorney facing multiple felony forgery and identity theft charges was found guilty Thursday by an Eau Claire County jury.

An Eau Claire native who spent years with the CIA has died in Virginia. 89-year old Robert Singel was born in Eau Claire.

A high-tech company is expanding its presence at the NanoRite Center for Innovation in Eau Claire.

Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday appointed UW-Eau Claire student Aaron Wingad to the University of Wisconsin System's Board of Regents.

Adam Bassak, 30, of Woodville was revived by registered nurses John and Julie Folstad, with the help of others, at a sectional tennis meet Thursday in Marshfield.

Kessea Reitzner noticed something moving in her wooded backyard when she looked out her kitchen window Monday morning.