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Before pancreatic cancer finally got the best of Tricia Tollefson eight years ago, she and her husband, Jeff, set up a scholarship program to send a couple Altoona elementary and middle school students a year to Camp Manitou.
Theater student Chasten Buttigieg grew accustomed to being in the spotlight as a regular performer in plays at UW-Eau Claire.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — When Bill Brenner gets on an airplane this morning in La Crosse for a one-day trip to Washington, D.C., his wife and four of his five children will be there to cheer him on.
A Chippewa County government official says potential bankruptcy doesn’t change reclamation requirements or plans for frac sand mines.
An Eau Claire man will be sentenced July 1 in connection with a two-hour standoff with authorities last summer on the city’s northwest side.
ALTOONA — Vice President Mike Pence implored Congress to pass an updated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico in a stop Thursday at J&D Manufacturing.
ASHLAND — You know when smelting season has arrived when the shores of Chequamegon Bay are lit up by campfires at night.
Free fly casting clinic set
A man is accused of trying to take a photo of a nude woman in a room at an Eau Claire tanning salon.
A convicted child sex offender who was found with child pornography on his cellphone will spend three years in prison.
Area bipartisan support for replacing UW-Eau Claire’s Phillips Science Hall is a good start in seeing the project become a reality, state Revenue Secretary Peter Barca said Thursday.
State Rep. Warren Petryk, R-town of Pleasant Valley, has submitted a motion to the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to add the replacement of UW-Eau Claire’s 56-year-old Phillips Science Hall to the state budget.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A longtime safety institution in the Chippewa Falls area is looking for fresh faces.
A Whitehall man will spend two months in jail for crashing into another vehicle twice and punching the driver of the other vehicle during a road rage incident on Interstate 94.
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Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Altoona this week to promote the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
One of three men accused of sexually assaulting a UW-Eau Claire student in March at an Eau Claire apartment will spend five years on probation.
The Chippewa County Board received the results of a multiyear study of the county’s groundwater Tuesday, which confirmed that groundwater can be affected by mining and agriculture.
May seems to be a time of celebrations whether it’s for weddings, graduations, recitals, showers or any number of other reasons. Large group gatherings are frequent this time of year and that means cooking for a crowd.
Breah Ostertag is not one to shy away from a challenge nor an opportunity.
The Menomonie school district may begin offering a STEM certificate for Menomonie High School students as early as next year.
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Sam Chirhart has always been fascinated with fixing vehicles.
DURAND — All Ron Berger wanted was to install a door between two buildings.
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When the end of May arrives at UW-Eau Claire, off-campus property managers are arranging time for cleaners, maintenance workers and others to prepare their properties for new student tenants come June 1, said Patrick Hull of Greenpoint Properties in Eau Claire.
A self-described lifelong public educator, the new leader of the Eau Claire school board said he’s focused on keeping the board and community focused on core district goals, particularly reducing and closing the achievement gap.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The 16th annual Past Passed Here in Chippewa Falls abruptly ended after organizers learned that Allen Park was about to become flooded.
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A St. Croix County sheriff’s deputy arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and later charged with possession of a firearm while intoxicated, all stemming from a December traffic stop, has been back at work for months in a limited role.
Jarrad Fluekiger is relieved that a proposal for an antlerless-only deer hunting season in Buffalo County in November has been shot down by the state Department of Natural Resources.
A 39-year-old Eau Claire man accused of beating his girlfriend and breaking several bones in her face will spend a year in jail.
An Eau Claire man accused of having a computer tablet that contained more than 3,000 images of child erotica, including many images of child pornography, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
With 764 reported measles cases in more than 20 states this year, Eau Claire City-County Health Department director Lieske Giese is endorsing proposed legislation that would eliminate the personal conviction waiver from the state’s vaccination requirement.
Alexandra Beimborn didn’t know what to expect when she received her ACT scores in the mail in mid-April.
Supercomputer company Cray, which has facilities in Chippewa Falls, is poised to debut the world’s most powerful computer in 2021 through a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy.
A 40-year-old Eau Claire man is facing multiple charges after telling police he’d grab his gun and handle a situation at his apartment himself.
RICE LAKE — Can small towns be cool?
Three of 41 new sculptures have been installed in downtown Eau Claire, and the remaining artwork is expected to be put in place on Thursday.
Two Wisconsin-based health systems with long histories are discussing how they might come together to collectively enhance the level of care across Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota and northeast Iowa.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Holcombe man accused of shooting and killing Robert Petit last May in Rusk County had a similarly connected case dismissed Tuesday in Chippewa County Court.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The city of Chippewa Falls won’t charge Chippewa Falls Main Street for street use permits for four Summer Cruise In Car Shows that the organization hosts in the city’s downtown, reversing a recommendation from a city committee.
A Menomonie man was ordered Tuesday to serve a year in jail and more than seven years of probation for causing mental harm to a four-year-old girl.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has issued a silver alert and is seeking a Menomonie man who was last seen at a Menomonie treatment center Sunday.
Eau Claire Marathon race co-director Pat Toutant is proud of how the 2019 event came together. However, the one drawback he has routinely heard in the six years that he has been race director is complaints from runners about having to go uphill into Carson Park at the finish line.
MENOMONIE — An Elmwood man was sentenced Monday in Dunn County Court to prison for possessing videos of child pornography.
