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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Lorenzo Cain homered before exiting with a sore ankle, Milwaukee pitchers combined to strike out 16 and the Brewers improved their playoff position by beating the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Thursday.
A 27-year-old Rice Lake man was killed Thursday in a one-vehicle crash in Rusk County.
MILWAUKEE — Dinelson Lamet struck out a career-high 14 and Kirby Yates fanned pinch-hitter Ryan Braun with a runner on second base to close out the San Diego Padres’ 2-1 win over the playoff-contending Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.
Blugolds soccer cruises
GREEN BAY — In a sport where it’s all about going as fast as possible as hard as possible and for as long as possible, first-year Packers coach Matt LaFleur on Wednesday elected instead to take things nice and slow.
MILWAUKEE — Mike Moustakas hit his 35th home run of the season, Lorenzo Cain also went deep and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 on Tuesday night to keep up their playoff push with their 11th win in 12 games.
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MADISON — The University of Wisconsin football team’s passing attack has been both efficient and explosive through the first two weeks of the 2019 season.
Cannon earns repeat WIAC honors
GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers offense flipped the script Sunday.
Vote for who you think will win each of the area's prep football matchups this week.
Lifetime's "Military Makeover" reality TV show is still seeking volunteers to help with an upcoming project in Strum.
MILWAUKEE — Cory Spangenberg drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking, two-run triple in the fourth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 Monday night to keep up a playoff push with their 10th win in 11 games.
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Memorial tennis tops SPASH
An employee of an Eau Claire convenience store is accused of stealing hundreds of packs of cigarettes over more than a year.
GREEN BAY — What Aaron Jones did on Sunday is exactly what coach Matt LaFleur envisioned for the running game when he took over the reins of the Packers in January.
GREEN BAY — All that mattered to Aaron Rodgers on Sunday was that the Packers won.
An 18-year-old Eau Claire woman is being charged with first-offense for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a child younger than 16 in the vehicle.
A 28-year-old St. Paul man is being charged with first-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a child younger than 16 in the vehicle.
Stout golf has historic round
ST. LOUIS — Ryan Braun still stands out at opportune times for the Milwaukee Brewers.
ST. LOUIS — Yasmani Grandal is making the most out of his consistent playing time.
CLEVELAND — Miguel Sanó's grand slam capped a five-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins grabbed firm control of the AL Central by beating the Cleveland Indians 9-5, completing a sweep of Saturday's day-night doubleheader.
GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers strolled into Chicago for the season opener boasting a revamped defense with several expensive additions, and suffocated quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and the Bears’ offense.
Intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin produces an estimated annual economic impact of $610 million for the state, a figure that has fallen by more than one-third compared to a similar study published eight years ago.
For 121½ years, a copper weathervane shaped like a quill has perched atop the Clock Tower at UW-Stout — 135 feet above campus and downtown Menomonie.
ST. LOUIS — Paul Goldschmidt hit a grand slam and a three-run homer to back Adam Wainwright, who pitched six innings of two-hit ball as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-0 on Friday night.
MENOMONIE — The Menomonie Police Department is investigating the possible discovery of human remains in the city.
Chippewa Falls 16, Rice Lake 12
Blugolds win ranked clash
The Chippewa River is rising due to heavy rains, but there is no flooding expected this weekend in Eau Claire.
A Marathon County deputy shot and killed a 77-year-old Loyal man during an extended standoff with police Friday morning.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls woman who was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme will remain in jail on a $250,000 cash bond.
The injuries that disrupted Zander Neuville’s football career ultimately ended it, according to a Twitter post from the University of Wisconsin tight end.
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Steel announce captains
MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Braun honored injured teammate Christian Yelich the past two days by wearing his No. 22 jersey underneath his own.
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa’s passing game last season was all about the tight ends.
Authorities are investigating a female's death from a stabbing incident in Cameron.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — When Colten R. Treu’s Chippewa County trial in the hit-and-run deaths of four people begins in January, the jury will be allowed to hear some details about a Rusk County crash involving Treu that occurred about a month before the fatalities.
CHIPPEWA FALLS -- Singing event "The Voice of the Future!" will be presented from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at McDonell Catholic Schools, 1316 Bel Air Blvd.
MIAMI — Mike Moustakas celebrated his 31st birthday in style.
Wilson named Cavs’ MVP
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A 22-year-old Eau Claire woman is accused of smuggling methamphetamine into a female cellblock in the Eau Claire County Jail.
The Eau Claire City Council voted 10-0 during its Tuesday afternoon meeting to hire Haas Sons of Thorp to pave a downtown recreational trail along the Chippewa River.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Paul Menard of Eau Claire will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and Wood Brothers Racing has hired Matt DiBenedetto to replace him in the iconic No. 21 Ford.
