WEAU News Headlines

Through five different stations kids learned how to properly use life jackets, basic floating skills, breath control techniques, basic swim strokes and how to rescue someone else safely.

The fate of state funding for part of Eau Claire's Confluence Project will be on the line Thursday at a meeting in Madison.

Wednesday night 60 local high school seniors, and the educators who have inspired them, were honored at a special event.

UW-Stout Police are investigating a reported sexual assault on campus over the weekend.

The Eau Claire Memorial Day parade is scheduled for the morning of May 25.

Its bad budget news for Wisconsin as the state Legislature's nonpartisan budget office tells Republican lawmakers to not anticipate extra tax revenue over the next two years.

The Foundation Trail is an icon to the Black River Falls community, but now finds itself in need of major repair.

A criminal complaint says 21 year-old Lars Helgeson, of rural Hixton, admitted to investigators that he shot his father in September of 2013.

A fraternity chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been kicked off campus after breaking the terms of its suspension.

A Canadian advisory panel has submitted a recommendation on whether to let a power company bury waste from nuclear power plants less than a mile from Lake Huron.

Gov. Scott Walker has approved 1 percent pay raises for two small state employee unions.

A former vice president at MillerCoors and seven others are accused of defrauding the company of at least $7 million.

A Wisconsin lawmaker is speaking out about the sentencing of a Pepin County man accused of beating a hunter.

It was a day of remembrance at UW-Eau Claire Wednesday afternoon.

Governor Scott Walker delivered remarks today at the Greater Milwaukee Law Enforcement Memorial Service, which commemorates fallen law enforcement officers and honors their loved ones.

4th graders from Chippewa Falls Elementary Schools got an up close look at 1800's style camps, including a Fur-Trade camp and a Lumber-Era camp.

According to the City Eau Claire, a mouse is to blame for traffic lights flashing red at the intersection of Hastings Way and Birch Street.

In response to their concerns, Sheriff Herrick recently sent a letter to Governor Scott Walker, the Wisconsin Legislature and Wisconsin State Patrol Superintendent Fitzgerald in order to raise their awareness of the constitutional infirmities of Act 377.

The state Senate has passed a bill adjusting election recount fees.

Crews have a stretch of State Highway 40 near Bloomer blocked off because of a traffic crash late Wednesday morning.