Eau Claire County News

A man who suffered a heart attack in Eau Claire County and was saved by a first responder got to meet his hero today.

An Eau Claire man who damaged city property has a couple options for making amends.

A teen accused of driving drunk in a high speed crash that killed a passenger and injured another faces criminal charges in Eau Claire County.

No one was home when the fire started, but Chad and Vicki Boettcher say their cats Callie and Sassy and their Black Lab Max never made it out.

The driver involved in a one-vehicle crash Monday night that killed one of his passengers and critically injured another told authorities he believed he was traveling faster than 100 mph just before the ...

A total of 13.2 percent of Eau Claire County residents lived in poverty last year, up more than 2 percent from 2000, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday.

A hornet sting caused a fatal allergic reaction for a rural Eau Claire man. Tom Ertz was on his porch when he was stung Saturday.

Up to 5 percent of Americans are at risk for a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction from insect stings, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Invitation-only campaign parties are nothing new to the political scene, but for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, limiting crowd size is usually a matter of how many people a venue can ...

Everyday, police and sheriff's deputies deal with dangerous situations. On Thursday two different departments had to call in bomb squads to make sure everyone was safe.

An Eau Claire man has been arrested in connection with a weapons raid in Fairchild.

While former longtime Eau Claire County Clerk Joanne Lester was a private person, those who knew her feel it's important to recognize her public service.

A letter sent by County Board Chairman Gregg Moore to all households in Eau Claire County had fellow supervisors asking for a policy to prevent any board member from unilaterally sending a letter to ...

The La Crosse County Board will decide tonight whether to join other Wisconsin counties in placing a health care referendum on the November ballot.

An Eau Claire man accused of secretly videotaping a sexual encounter with his girlfriend before they broke up will spend a year on probation.

An Altoona woman faces criminal charges after police say she stabbed and cut her male roommate with a knife Tuesday night during an argument.

Pulling a rezoning request and reconsidering plans for the new jail and courthouse remodeling project got more support from the Eau Claire County Board than any vote that pushed the $59.1 million construction ...

Eau Claire Plan Commission postpones rezoning land for the jail project. The Eau Claire Plan Commission says it won't decide on whether or not it will recommend to rezone the area along First Avenue for the Eau ...

Three Minnesota men face criminal charges after police say they tried to overcharge a vulnerable elderly Eau Claire man for yardwork.

A $10,000 signature bond has been set for an Eau Claire man facing a criminal charge for a July 19 crash in Carson Park that killed a passenger in his vehicle.