WEAU News Headlines

Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin has introduced a bill that would reduce the prescription of narcotics in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.

Construction is set to begin on Highland and Spooner Avenues in Eau Claire County Tuesday.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says he won't respond to a pledge designed to keep third-party money out of his U.S. Senate race until more details emerge about a political action committee founded by Democratic opponent Russ Feingold.

The teacher charged with sexually assaulting a student has pleaded not guilty.

The House is giving lawmakers and the White House more time to try to undo the congressional impasse on President Barack Obama's trade agenda. But leaders of both parties say there's no obvious pathway yet.

Crews put up the signs on Tuesday morning.

Prosecutors have accused a southwestern Missouri woman and her Wisconsin boyfriend in the stabbing death of the woman's mother.

The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District is looking for a new member.

Milwaukee Brewers Hall of Fame broadcaster Bob Uecker was hospitalized overnight after he was hit in the head by a baseball during batting practice.

Crews have destroyed explosive devices they found at the Rusk County Museum.

Trump announced his presidential bid Tuesday morning from Trump Plaza in Manhattan.

The Obama administration is cracking down on artificial trans fats, calling them a threat to public health.

A man has been arrested following a confrontation with police in Tomah.

Wildlife experts say black bear sightings in southwest Wisconsin are increasing phenomena as more of them have been seen bellying up to backyard bird feeders.

A judge in Sheboygan County has dismissed a wrong death lawsuit involving one of Wisconsin's most notorious homicides nine years after it was filed.

The co-chair of the Legislature's budget-writing committee says there is no deal yet to complete work on the two-year state spending plan.

A fuel tanker crash has closed a highway in Wood County.

Documents filed in federal court in Milwaukee show a construction company owner has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding the government and to pay $1.6 million to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit.

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a fire early Tuesday morning at an area business.

Health officials say a dead bird has tested positive for West Nile virus in Jefferson County.