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CHIPPEWA FALLS — Five Gordy’s Market Inc. grocery stores will soon have a new name.
With temperatures expected to reach the upper 40s this week and the 50s by Friday, area street crews will now turn from removing snow to filling potholes.
Because of differing locations, settings and circumstances, the Eau Claire school district's two high schools can never be the same, school board President Joe Luginbill said Monday.
Homebuyers braved brutal winter weather during February in the Chippewa Valley and helped set a new state sales record in the process.
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MENOMONIE — A newly opened Colfax nonprofit is being evicted from its Dunn County location after its landlord said the company made alterations to the building that weren’t allowed in the lease, then refused to leave the building.
Ben Thompson has been racing dogs as long as he can remember.
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The Eau Claire school board on Monday will decide whether the district will implement a Spanish dual immersion program at Longfellow Elementary in the fall.
A group of UW-Eau Claire students presented air quality research in Chippewa Falls on Friday and encouraged the broader testing of air quality around the Chippewa Valley area.
MENOMONIE — With melting snow already covering some Dunn and Eau Claire county roads, flooding is now a concern in western Wisconsin — and talk about flooding took high priority at the eighth annual Red Cedar Watershed Conference in Menomonie Thursday.
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An Eau Claire man will be sentenced May 28 for having sex with a 15-year-old girl, possessing a nude photo of the girl, and threatening a woman over nude photos he had of her.
BARRON — The best advice Elizabeth Smart had for the Barron community is to leave Jayme Closs alone as she gets adjusted to being home again.
A Bloomer woman is accused of taking more than $8,000 from the accounts of four patients while employed at an Eau Claire hospital.
Construction on the Altoona school district’s $3.2 million athletic complex development project will begin this spring after Prevea Health donated $75,000 to the project.
For much of the year, Calvin Kavanaugh of Eau Claire travels around the Midwest in order to sell his wares — slip lock bobbers invented by his father, Patrick.
Transportation and other state budget issues took center stage Friday as area legislators highlighted their priorities at a legislative breakfast sponsored by the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Reps. Sean Duffy, R-Wausau, and Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, have joined a new effort to to require non-dairy products to stop using terms like “milk,” ‘’yogurt” and “cheese” on their labels.
Chippewa Falls-based CBS Squared announced Tuesday it was buying another local construction engineering and design company.
All I wanted was a shovel.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Four contractors have submitted bids for the $65 million referendum project that Chippewa Falls area voters approved last year.
Feed My People Food Bank is moving forward with its planned $3 million expansion this year, which will double the size of its Eau Claire facility.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — An Illinois man who entered a hotel room in Lake Hallie in September 2017 and crawled into bed with a woman he didn’t know and sexually assaulted her, will serve 18 months in jail after being convicted Tuesday.
A Bloomer woman placed on leave from Marshfield Clinic has the opportunity to avoid a felony conviction for demanding a $200,000 payment from the clinic.
MENOMONIE — A man shot by Eau Claire County deputies after leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Dunn and Eau Claire counties in August will serve six years and five months in prison.
A Neillsville man has been charged with causing a fatal car crash while driving a semi in July 2017.
A Minnesota man must pay $3,640 in restitution connected to a second male who received significant facial injuries following a punch at an Eau Claire tavern.
A forum will be held tonight to discuss ongoing efforts to address homelessness in Chippewa Falls.
A flood watch has been declared from 1 p.m. Wednesday through 7 p.m. Thursday for a number of west-central Wisconsin counties.
Stacey Curtis was working from her home office late last month when she suddenly heard a rumble.
Hannah Schlafer didn’t relax on a beach during two trips to Mexico. Instead, she spent her one-week trips there helping to build new homes in Juarez.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — For the third time in less than two years, police have raided what they say is a drug house in downtown Chippewa Falls.
On Sunday, Feb. 24, my spirits sank as my garage door opened. While I had expected snow, I hadn’t anticipated there would be that much of it.
We may have been going to “the happiest place on Earth,” but that wasn’t my attitude when my alarm went off bright and early at 5:45 a.m. that day.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Kentucky man must pay more than $55,000 in restitution and fees after being convicted of securities fraud in Chippewa County Court.
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…
Osseo-Fairchild High School freshmen Hailey Abram, left, and Shelby Johnson cheer their team during the Thunder's 80-73 WIAA Division 4 boys basketball sectional win over Clear Lake on Sunday at Hudson High School. See Sports Page 1B for a game report and more photos from the victory that se…
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Jake and Sandi Hoff routinely meet with people to discuss creating a long-lasting memorial to a loved one.
MENOMONIE — Prosecuting and defense lawyers for a Stanley woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in Dunn County have very different theories on what happened in the town of Spring Brook on March 22.
Marieke Penterman said she never takes for granted all the accolades and awards she has won for her gouda cheese.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls man who was operating a drug house has been sentenced to serve five years in prison
MENOMONIE — Six candidates for the Menomonie school board agree the district should highlight its art and theater programs in addition to sports, and should not arm teachers as a remedy to school shootings and safety threats.
A U.S. district judge in February dismissed a lawsuit against Dunn County and several state and county officials involving unpaid property taxes.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — Gordy’s Market Inc. dropped its counterclaim against food distributor Nash Finch on Friday and its request for alternative relief, paving the way for Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson to approve the sale of five Gordy’s Market grocery stores.
A Chippewa Falls woman will spend three years on probation for her role in making as much as $5,000 worth of $100 counterfeit bills.
Huge snow piles courtesy of record snowfall, arctic temperatures and little daylight this time of year are enough to get anyone down, but backers of a new effort hope to improve Eau Claire residents’ perception of winter.
