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Smart home seminar is Thursday
A Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance event will begin at 6 p.m. Monday at St. James the Greater Catholic Church, 2502 11th St.
Sex offender to live in Eau Claire
All eight Shopko stores in west-central Wisconsin were spared from a new round of store closings the company announced Wednesday in conjunction with a bankruptcy filing in a Nebraska federal court.
Altoona Middle School Principal Daniel Peggs will be joined by Menomonie High School Principal David Munoz and Wayne Whitwam, an elementary school principal in the Centennial school district in the suburban Twin Cities as finalists for the Altoona school district superintendent job.
A 911 dispatcher got the call authorities had been awaiting for nearly three months on Thursday, when Kristin Kasinskas reported having a missing girl at her house near Gordon.
Menomonie Middle School went into a lockdown just after 10 a.m. Friday after police received a report of an armed intruder there.
MADISON — A coalition of liberal-leaning groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to void laws passed by Wisconsin Republicans that reduced the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.
MCALLEN, Texas — President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress if he can’t reach a deal with Democrats to fund his promised border wall. He spent most of the day in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border to draw further attention to his case …
MADISON — Wisconsin Assembly Republicans delivered what they called a “gesture of our goodwill” to the newly installed Democratic governor on Thursday, outlining some areas where they think they might find common ground.
Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson had a message Thursday for a 23-year-old defendant sentenced to 20 years in prison.
One year after announcing plans to relocate to Water Street, the list of possible future locations for Just Local Food Cooperative has expanded.
Once listed on the state federal endangered species lists, bald eagles continue a strong comeback as the bird’s population numbers in Wisconsin are soaring.
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers campaigned on the promise to increase funding for public schools by $1.4 billion, and now a bipartisan legislative task force that heard from parents, teachers and others across Wisconsin is also calling for significant increases in state spending and local property taxes.
The Eau Claire Children's Theatre will be hosting auditions for two upcoming spring productions of "The Cat in the Hat" and "Beauty and the Beast."
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump walked out of his negotiating meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday — “I said bye-bye,” he tweeted— as efforts to end the 19-day partial government shutdown fell into deeper disarray over his demand for billions of dollars to build a wall on the U.S…
MARSHFIELD — A company with deep roots in central Wisconsin is closing most of its operations.
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WASHINGTON — In a somber televised plea, President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night, blaming illegal immigration for the scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S. and framing the debate over the partial government shutdown in star…
A high-speed chase late Tuesday afternoon resulted in an Eau Claire County squad car being damaged and the hospitalization of the man authorities were pursuing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Green Bay Packers are turning to fast-rising offensive whiz Matt LaFleur to aid Aaron Rodgers and end a two-year absence from the postseason.
A man who spent seven years in prison on a sexual assault conviction followed by more than a decade in a secure mental health facility will be released this week in Eau Claire.
MADISON — Newly sworn-in Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called for a rejection of “the tired politics of the past” in his inauguration speech Monday, urging lawmakers to find bipartisan solutions to the biggest issues facing the state.
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NEW YORK — Thunder bolt and lighting rocked the 76th Golden Globes where a string of upsets culminated with the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" winning best picture, drama, over another movie about musicians: Bradley Coopler's much more heavily favored "A Star Is Born."
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump stood by his demands for funding for a border wall Sunday as another round of shutdown talks failed to break an impasse, while newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government.
LOS ANGELES — A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for repairs.
JERUSALEM — U.S. troops will not leave northeastern Syria until Islamic State militants are defeated and American-allied Kurdish fighters are protected, a top White House aide said Sunday, signaling a pause to a withdrawal abruptly announced last month and initially expected to be completed …
MADISON — Democrat Tony Evers, who will be sworn into office as Wisconsin governor today, promises he will seek civility and work together with Republicans, saying voters showed their displeasure with partisan politics when they rejected Gov. Scott Walker.
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MADISON — Ousted Gov. Scott Walker said Friday that he would be interested in running for public office again, maybe even for governor in four years.
MADISON — Two Republican legislators are continuing their quest to crack down on drunken driving, reintroducing bills Thursday that would make a first offense a crime and impose stiffer penalties on repeat offenders.
MADISON — Gov.-elect Tony Evers on Thursday named a former Obama administration official who worked on implementing the federal health care law to lead the state Department of Health Services, a key post in his inner circle.
Leaders of HSHS hospitals in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls announced a new affiliation with a group of physician-owned clinics in the Chippewa Valley.
MILWAUKEE — A toddler, her young mother and a man died when their vehicle drove into a frigid river while being chased by Milwaukee police officers who suspected they were involved in two armed robberies.
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The former treasurer of the Eau Claire firefighters union is accused of stealing more than $18,000 in union funds.
NEW YORK — Bacon and black coffee for breakfast, or oatmeal and bananas?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown dragged on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting, “Let’s make a deal?”
MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday that after he leaves office next week he will travel the country and talk in new ways about conservative issues, while helping in the effort to re-elect President Donald Trump.
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WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress, fresh off an election that punished their party for opposing health care protections, now worry that a recent federal court ruling undermining the Affordable Care Act could give Democrats new ammunition for 2020, and they’re scrambling to thwart any attacks.
WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown will almost certainly be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year, as President Donald Trump sought to raise the stakes Friday and both parties traded blame in the weeklong impasse.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court began its term with the tumultuous confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, followed by a studied avoidance of drama on the high court bench — especially anything that would divide the five conservatives and four liberals.
WASHINGTON — The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs, the USDA last week announced a second round of direct payments to growers hardest hit by Pres…
To clean up after Wednesday's snowfall and Thursday's mixed precipitation, Eau Claire has put into effect alternate-side parking rules.
An Eau Claire man who spent seven years in prison for a sexual assault conviction will be released to the community on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — A shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to resolution Wednesday, with President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money that threatens to carry over into January.
AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq — In an unannounced trip to Iraq on Wednesday, President Donald Trump staunchly defended his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from neighboring Syria despite a drumbeat of criticism from military officials and allies who don’t think the job fighting Islamic State militan…
