New Auburn News

Charges of strangling his elderly mother are filed against a Chippewa Falls man.

As part of national efforts to create jobs and provide immediate economic benefits to Wisconsin and the country, Governor Jim Doyle has signed a $17 million contract to improve 12 miles of US 53 between New Auburn and Spooner.

A Chippewa Falls man is charged after investigators say he strangled his mother.

Final autopsy results show a baby in Chippewa County died from natural causes. Coroner Kay Gerrits says the results show the child died from Broncho-Pneumonia. The four month old was found cold and unresponsive the morning of November 27 in a mobile home park in New Auburn.

Charges have been filed against one of the two people arrested for robbing a convenience store.

A New Auburn man who led police on a high-speed chase is going to prison for 6-years. Ryan Hansen was sentenced in Barron County.

More tests will be done to try to determine the cause of death of a 4-month old infant at a New Auburn trailer park.

Chippewa County authorities are investigating the death of a 4-month-old infant in New Auburn.

The death of a four-month-old is being investigated in Chippewa County. The Chippewa County Sheriff's Office says the infant was found unresponsive around 7:00 a.m. Friday at 322 S. East St.

If you haven't received your seasonal flu shot yet this year, health officials say it's not too late.

Jail time is ordered for a convenience store robbery in Chippewa County. James Flach was sentenced to six months in jail, most of which he has already served.

Electric service to 540 Xcel Energy customers will be temporarily interrupted from approximately 5 to 5:15 a.m. Monday, Nov.

A local county hopes to get a jump on the future and you can help. Chippewa County recently completed a report to identify the challenges the county will face in the future.

There's speculation that pilots were asleep when a northwest airlines flight overshot the Minneapolis - St.

The Chippewa County Department of Public Health has canceled some seasonal flu clinics because it has run out of the vaccine.

The FDIC orders two western Wisconsin banks to improve their finances. The agency says that Citizens State Bank of Hudson and Security Bank of New Auburn had "unsafe and unsound banking practices." According to the FDIC, the Hudson chain lost $4.6-million in the second quarter of this year.

Eau Claire United PTA/PTO has launched a campaign to raise $70,000 to cover the cost of field trips for Eau Claire school district students for the 2009-10 academic year.

Here are everyday actions from the state's pandemic flu resource Web site - www.pandemic.wisconsin.gov - that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses such as swine flu.