WEAU News Headlines

The Wisconsin Senate has voted to confirm Gov. Scott Walker's appointment of Michael M. Grebe to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says removing tenure from state law "is not the disaster that some people want to portray."

Authorities say a body found in the Menominee River along the border between Michigan and Wisconsin is that of a man missing since last week.

Firefighters from nine departments are battling an industrial fire on French Island.

The Wisconsin Legislature is scheduled to pass a proposal that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools.

The Wisconsin state Senate is set to pass a bill that would ban non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The Wisconsin state Assembly plans to vote on passing a bill that will eliminate the state's decades-old 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases.

Neighbors on the West side of Eau Claire are outraged by proposed plans by Hope Gospel Mission.

Monday was the 11th annual Operation Honor and Remembrance golf outing at Hickory Hills Golf Course.

With two hatchings within a week of each other, the La Crosse River Valley can, again, expect to see mayflies this year, and a lot of them.

The former deputy treasurer accused of helping to steal thousands of dollars from Eau Claire County has pleaded not guilty.

A Celebration of Life for former Eau Claire North student Cullen Connolly will be held this Friday at the high school's auditorium.

It happened Friday night around 11 on Highway 8 in Turtle Lake.

The Eau Claire City Council will soon decide whether to re-zone a parcel of land on the west side of town for a new Hope Gospel Mission facility.

Searchers have recovered the body of a missing boater from Lake Mendota in Madison.

Meanwhile, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park said a Wisconsin woman and her 16-year-old son, who texted family members that they were lost Sunday evening, were located in good condition Monday afternoon.

Authorities say a Tomah teenager has drowned at a Fort McCoy park.

Deputies are chasing a suspect on foot at Olson Drive and 140th Avenue in the Town of Seymour.

The Pepin County Sheriff's Office said deputies arrested Genaro Tentzohua, 33, of Durand for second-offense OWI.

Dozens of guests were evacuated from a Twin Cities area hotel overnight because of some problems with building.