WEAU News Headlines

The state of Wisconsin "mobilizing" it's suicide prevention methods.

The new classification could mean better insurance rates for homeowners in Eau Claire.

Due to a road culvert repair, the Eau Claire County Highway Department will close County Trunk Highway (CTH) KK from CTH JJ to CTH D in the Town of Lincoln starting the 8th of June and ending on the 15th of June.

Local businesses met Thursday with representatives from the National Weather Service on how to become 'Storm Ready' certified. This in an effort to improve severe weather safety for customers and employees.

Feed My People is encouraging parents, kids, high school and college students, summer groups or anyone who has some spare time to consider volunteer opportunities this summer at the food bank.

A Rice Lake man was arrested after police say he pointed a gun at workers in a Walmart parking lot.

The dog appeared to be a mid-sized yellow or light brown pit bull/terrier mix. The dog was with a young girl.

Tom Brady appealed his four-game Deflate-Gate suspension on Thursday through the NFL players union, which asked the commissioner to appoint an independent arbitrator to hear the case.

Go out to eat and support a good cause. On Thursday, May 14, the Open Door Clinic will host its annual Meet to Eat for the Free Clinic event, which will feature participating local restaurant who will donate 25 percent of their sales on that day to the clinic.

The new Gordy's store in Chippewa Falls will be opening soon.

The Legislature's finance committee has decided to beef up Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare staffing to help reduce a backlog of child abuse complaints.

A married same sex couple has filed a federal lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Health Services saying their birth certificate form did not allow them to put both of their names down as parents.

A fatal bat disease is spreading across Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee Fire Department says all passengers made it out of an Amtrak train after a fire in the locomotive.

Hundreds of law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin will be watching for unbuckled drivers and passengers during the annual Click It or Ticket mobilization from Monday, May 18 to Sunday, May 31.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction says four new religious private schools will be added to the statewide voucher program starting next year.

A Philadelphia Fire Department official says an eighth body has been found in the wreckage of the Amtrak train that jumped the rails Tuesday night.

The Legislature's finance committee plans to reject a proposal in Gov. Scott Walker's budget that calls for expanding the state's Family Care program and ending the IRIS program.