One way to get to know a city is through its attractions — the monuments, museums, biggest and best local marks of distinction.
GERMAN MEAL: A German meal will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 1915 Hogeboom Ave.
By The Rev. Rick Biedermann
CHURCH BAZAAR: Plymouth United Church of Christ, 2010 Moholt Drive, is holding its annual bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
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LOVE LIGHTS: This year, as in past years, thousands of loved ones will be represented as lights on the trees in front of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital.
Editor’s note: The Eau Claire City-County Health Department checks area licensed food establishments, including restaurants and food retailers. The Leader-Telegram details “priority” violations, defined as state code violations with potential to contribute to food contamination, illness or e…
Just a few miles outside of Detroit sits Cranbrook, a National Historical Landmark that critics have called “the most enchanting architectural setting in the United States.”
NORWEGIAN DINNER: A kaffee lag and Norwegian meatball dinner will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 201 S. Sixth St., Cornell.
CHICAGO — Not a day goes by that Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt doesn’t think about the magic and madness of last March.
MINNEAPOLIS — Jacque Foust remembers heading up the driveway, searching the landscape for the house his real estate agent had promised to show him.
At 11 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 21 — a day of prayer — Jeff Henry’s day was taken prey.
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NEW LOCATION: Prevea Health has opened its newest location in the Chippewa Valley, the Center for Health & Wellness, at 2449 Highway I, Chippewa Falls.
Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-its-kind study found.
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FISH FRY: The St. Olaf Men’s Club is having its all-you-can-eat fish fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday in the Father Agnew Parish Center, 2407 North Lane.
FALL BAZAAR: Holden Lutheran Church, four miles north of Colfax on Highway M,
The doctor didn’t hold any hope. Advanced breast cancer meant the young woman would need to say her final good-byes.
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WONDERLAND ON THE RIVER: The Partners of HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital will host the ninth annual Wonderland on the River fundraising event on Saturday, Nov. 3, at Lake Wissota Golf & Events, 16108 97th Ave., Chippewa Falls.
The following events have been scheduled:
Time for another ghoulishly good time as the approach of Halloween brings out goblins and gore galore. Haunted houses aren’t the only option for scaring yourself silly this month. Consider this range of terrifying settings. Several are all-volunteer efforts whose proceeds help local charities.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Breakfast will be served from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Lake Street United Methodist Church, 337 Lake St.
It is both a blessing and a curse to hang onto things. I moved down the block recently, and I have been feeling the curse rather than the blessing as I sort all my stuff and move it box by box to a new residence. I’m more than eight weeks into the process and still feel very unsettled becaus…
God has been at work here in Eau Claire, bringing churches and community people together with hands of blessing.
BAZAAR & BAKE SALE: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, German Valley, N40558 Highway O, Whitehall, is hosting its annual bazaar and bake sale from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28.
Man lauded for volunteer work
PEPIN — Approaching a familiar spot, Earl Black instinctively waved his right hand to signal an abrupt halt.
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Until this year, migraine sufferers had to make do with drugs originally developed for other medical conditions, such as high blood pressure or depression. Now, there are three new drugs that were developed just for preventing the horrible headaches.
MEDICARE SEMINARS: People are invited to learn about Medicare options at Security Health Plan of Wisconsin during the following free seminars:
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Crossing the bumpy prairies in covered wagons would have been so much nicer for the pioneers if those prairie schooners had air conditioning.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Visitors to the newly renovated American Airlines’ C.R. Smith Museum can sit at the controls of an MD-80 cockpit.
FILM SCREENING: People are invited to a free local screening of “This Day Forward” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Peace Church, 501 E. Fillmore Ave.
In the face of large issues like poverty, addiction, homelessness and environmental concerns, we can often feel paralyzed or hopeless in our ability to make a difference. The truth is that it takes more than just my efforts or my neighbor’s efforts; it takes us all working together.
What: “We All Do Better When We All Do Better,” a celebration of JONAH’s 11 years of activism and changing lives in the Chippewa Valley.
PIE, ICE CREAM & COFFEE: Come, enjoy a day in Fall Creek and have a piece of pie to help pay for kids’ school lunches.
Photographer to talk about bears
Twelve hours out of Eau Claire, I was pointed southeast in my Honda hybrid.
Want to make a toast to your health? Just stick to drinking three or fewer times a week. On the heels of a slew of studies suggesting that even moderate drinking may be hazardous to your health, there is new research that suggests that drinking three times a week may be the cutoff.
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FREE CLINIC: Landmark Christian Church, in cooperation with Touched Twice Ministries, is offering a free clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church, 4140 126th St., Chippewa Falls.
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