WEAU News Headlines

Duke Energy has pleaded guilty in federal court to environmental crimes and has agreed to pay $102 million in fines and restitution over years of illegal pollution leaking from coal-ash dumps at five North Carolina power plants.

Investigators say a 75-year-old man found unresponsive in Perch Lake has died.

The father of a 14-year-old boy who accidentally killed his friend in Walworth County will pay $5,000 in restitution to the victim's family.

A soldier from La Crosse who went missing nearly 65 years ago during the Korean War will be buried next week at the Arlington National Cemetery.

Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., today announced $150,000 in Healthy Schools Grants being awarded to nine schools and regional organizations.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits ticked lower last week, pushing down the four-week average of applications to its lowest level since April 2000.

The totals are in from a food drive organized by the U.S. Postal Service last weekend.

Democrat Russ Feingold has decided to run for his old Senate seat in Wisconsin against Republican Ron Johnson, who defeated him in 2010.

A 59-year-old woman was killed in a rollover crash early Friday morning, the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said.

A former leader of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club who was arrested in Mexico last October is facing new federal charges in Milwaukee.

Authorities say a man accused in a fatal hit-and-run in Milwaukee has been arrested after being followed by a witness.

USH 12 was closed for approximately two hours while deputies conducted their investigation of the crash scene.

We're following a developing story out of Chippewa County, where deputies are investigating a suspected drowning

Both the Eau Claire County Fair and the Northern Wisconsin State Fair in Chippewa Falls are accepting entries for the poultry exhibits this summer despite the bird flu outbreak. Both local fairs do say they are waiting to hear more from the state on what they recommend for displaying poultry at the end of this month.

Whether it's at a government building or outside a home, American flags are flown just about everywhere.

A skateboarder is taken to the hospital after police say he was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon.

Federal health officials say having a small amount of fluoride in city drinking water is recommended but some local communities have opted out of adding fluoride, and say they have no plans to change that.

One of La Crosse's main boat landings is now closed until further notice. The south side of the Isle La Plume site was shut down Tuesday for safety and liability reasons.

The House has passed legislation to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records and replace it with a system to search the data on a case-by-case basis.

A Megabus headed from Chicago to Minneapolis had to make an unexpected stop.