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Like most 17-year-old boys, Chippewa Falls High School senior Colin Orth is learning what he’s passionate about and starting to think about where he wants to attend college.
Roger Chelberg said it was a rare treat to get to sit down for lunch Friday with his five-year-old grandson, Colin McCarthy. His other grandchildren, nine-year-old Mason and eight-year-old Ava, would be joining them soon.
First-time offenders found with a small amount of marijuana on them in Eau Claire currently can be fined up to $500, but a proposal would cut that down to $1.
An Eau Claire teen will spend 18 months in prison and 10 years on probation for a series of residential burglaries and a drug offense.
An Eau Claire man is accused of entering his ex-girlfriend’s residence in the middle of the night and raping and choking her at knifepoint.
MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Executive Committee discussed Wednesday the possibility of putting a referendum on the spring ballot asking voters for the right to adjust tax levy limits.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Colten R. Treu admitted to authorities he saw the troop of Girl Scouts, describing them as “wearing highly visible reflective vests,” moments before he crashed his black Ford F-150 pickup truck into five people, killing four.
CHIPPEWA FALLS – State Rep. Rob Summerfield, R-Bloomer, handily defeated Democrat challenger Wren Keturi Tuesday in the race for the 67th Assembly District.
Altoona police Chief Jesse James soared to an early lead and stuck with it Tuesday night as he became the new face of the 68th Assembly District in Madison.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — State Rep. Kathy Bernier, R-Lake Hallie, appears ready to move to the state Senate.
Democrat Jeff Smith was leading Republican Mel Pittman Tuesday night in his attempt to return to the state Legislature in the 31st Senate District race.
Three people have been charged criminally for their roles in making as much as $5,000 worth of $100 counterfeit bills.
The Eau Claire school board has decided to broaden listening sessions regarding the potential of redrawing elementary school boundaries to include the entire district rather than focusing on just Roosevelt Elementary School.
MENOMONIE — The City Council met with some city department heads Monday on matters related to next year’s budget nd raised few concerns.
An Eau Claire man faces six criminal charges after police say he may have committed as many as two dozen gas drive-offs at area Kwik Trip stores.
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At Mayo Clinic Health System-Northland in Barron
Discussions of possible elementary school redistricting in the Eau Claire school district, particularly re-purposing Roosevelt Elementary into a 4K school, will continue at Monday night’s school board meeting.
Some might call it fickle. A more diplomatic term would be bipartisan.
Think Eau Claire.
In a flurry of activity before Tuesday’s midterm elections, volunteers working this weekend to get out the vote — calling voters, knocking on doors, handing out campaign literature and arranging rides to the polls — got encouragement from a candidate visiting Eau Claire.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — With the five-year wheel tax set to expire at the end of 2019, the Chippewa County Board voted Thursday to insert an additional $200,000 into the winter highway maintenance fund to shore up that account before the vehicle registration fee sunsets.
ALTOONA — In a Friday campaign stop in the Chippewa Valley, Gov. Scott Walker said the reason the race between him and Democratic candidate Tony Evers is so close is because of “lies” about his stances on health care.
The Rev. Paul Bittner developed his love for ham radios at a young age, friends say.
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CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Little Lake Wissota Stewardship Project, which aims to reduce runoff into the water and cut algae blooms, will be unveiling the results of the progress made in the past year at a meeting Wednesday.
Leader-Telegram staff
Five days before the midterm elections, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers shared a clear message Thursday with supporters about the importance of the Chippewa Valley to his chances of being Wisconsin’s next governor.
A former Eau Claire man will spend six months in jail for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl.
At the same time President Donald Trump is sending thousands of American troops to the Mexican border to defend against caravans of Central American migrants and proposing to end birthright citizenship, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said he agrees with the president that the nation’s immigration sys…
Dunn County
As part of the effort to involve young people in the democratic process, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin stopped Tuesday at UW-Eau Claire to stress her opinions on health care and reaching out to students.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Chippewa Falls School budget will increase by $1,568,000 for the 2018-19 school year.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Bill “Loopy” Kleich has announced he will reopen High Shores Supper Club, located along Lake Wissota in the town of Lafayette.
A Chetek man will spend five years on probation and a South Dakota man will be sentenced in January for trying to arrange sexual encounters with underage girls.
Rolling hills and cornfields. Badgers and violets.
ASHLAND — A fatal helicopter crash on the Bad River Reservation northwest of Bayfield likely happened hours before the site was discovered by authorities at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to Ashland County sheriff’s authorities.
An Eau Claire man will spend 60 days in jail for placing a hidden camera in the bathroom of a Fall Creek residence to get nude images of his female roommate.
MENOMONIE — Friends, family and UW-Stout faculty packed into the renamed Sorensen Hall to reflect on the former Chancellor Charles Sorensen’s lasting impact on the campus he helped shape.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy has represented the 7th Congressional District, covering parts or all of 26 counties in northern Wisconsin, since 2010.
An Eau Claire man has been convicted of a felony charge in connection with the case of an Eau Claire woman accused of prostituting two preteen children to men in exchange for money, drugs and alcohol.
5 years ago — 2013
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Jennifer Sherbinow, who has been executive director of the Chippewa Valley Family YMCA for the past 12 years, has left her post, effective immediately.
A rural Eau Claire man will spend two years in prison for causing a hit-and-run crash and then leading authorities on a high-speed chase in Altoona and Eau Claire.
Dunn County
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A dramatic shortage of psychiatrists in Wisconsin leads to long waits, lengthy trips and even abandoned treatment for many patients who need mental health services.
MENOMONIE — Dunn County quietly launched a new online resource this summer that allows people in the county to accurately see and find a variety of free recreational hobbies nearby.
