Fall Creek News

SUNDAY, 11:52 a.m., Highway JJ, 1/4 mile west of North Rodell Road. A vehicle driven by James R. Bluem, 17, 142 E. Jackson Ave., Fall Creek, was eastbound on Highway JJ when it lost control, entered the ditch and overturned.

The following students from west-central Wisconsin have earned advanced degrees: UW-Stout Fall Creek: Denise Amrhein-Sprunk, master of mental health counseling.

An open house was Thursday to show a home built by participants of the Western Dairyland Community Action Agency Fresh Start program.

Introducing Volcano Choir The Collaboration Between COLLECTION OF COLONIES OF BEES and Justin Vernon of BON IVER Volcano Choir Volcano Choir is the assembly of Wisconsinites Jon Mueller , Chris Rosenau , Jim Schoenecker , Daniel Spack , Justin Vernon , and Thomas Wincek .

She was a wholesome young woman at UW-Stout. A member of the pom squad, dancing her heart out for the boys on the football and basketball teams.

Chicago comedian Tim Cavanagh will perform Saturday during the Fall Creek Lions Fun Fest.

FRIDAY, 11:52 p.m., 3900 block of Mitchell Road. A vehicle driven by Robert G. Crusing, 31, 3940 Mitchell Road, was eastbound on Mitchell Road when his vehicle left the road, collided with a tree and then struck an adjacent trailer home.

The State Agriculture Department plans to spray for gypsy moths today near Cadott, Fairchild, Humbird, Fall Creek, and in Jackson County.

There's big talk of changing the way Eau Claire handles public transportation. The city council is exploring options to form a regional transit authority.

Fall Creek native Rebekah Gundry got her first taste of scientific research collecting fireflies as a child.

Brothers Larry and the Rev. John Heagle, who grew up near Menomonie, will take to the stage this weekend to tell funny stories about their lives.

"These Troubled Times seem to have precipitated a fowl renaissance," says Michael Perry in his new book, "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting." "The online world is alive with Subaru-driving National Public Radio supporters trading tips on eco-friendly coop construction and the pros and cons of laying mash." Are you one of them? If so, ...

The three teenagers arrested in connection with last summer's arson of a house owned by the Altoona school district must divide a $131,000 restitution bill.

A Fall Creek man will spend 30 days in jail for choking his girlfriend at his home on New Year's Day.

A man in Eau Claire County comes home to a black bear in his house. Deputies say a homeowner on 140th Avenue near Fall Creek, came home around 1:00 a.m. Monday morning, to find his house in disarray.

An uninvited guest made a bear of a mess early Monday morning at a rural Fall Creek home.

WEDNESDAY, 6:30 p.m., 300 block of McGraw St. Eau Claire police arrested a 20-year-old man at his home after youths playing at nearby Boyd Park reported he was outside on his porch working the action on a long gun.

Fall Creek Superintendent Gary Frankiewicz was reprimanded last month for using vulgar, profane and obscene language in a document created on his school computer in November, according to Frankiewicz and the letter of reprimand.

Two Fall Creek sisters won $10,000 Sunday night on a nationally broadcast TV show for a home video depicting them rescuing a squirrel.

Sixteen area lakes are being targeted this year to improve watercraft inspections and help prevent aquatic invasive species from spreading.