WEAU News Headlines

A fire breaks out at a utility structures business in Pierce County.

Brian Adkins, who operated the Rustic Mill Tavern in the Town of Albion, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for failing to pay sales tax and failing to file withholding taxes.

A former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease has been found not legally responsible in the killing of his wife and sister-in-law.

Two people are arrested after a multi-jurisdiction investigation into a number of burglaries across western Wisconsin and Minnesota.

A committee has recommended that a small school on Eau Claire's south side remain in the district and not be sold.

Just last month the Altoona Police got a $1,500 unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV. Now the department is in the process of training and developing its strategies for the new technology.

Wednesday the Eau Claire Waterways and Parks Commission approved the conditional use permit for Lazy Monk Brewing to move its German-style beer hall into the old Charlson's building on Madison Street downtown.

You've probably seen them in larger cities and now they've made their way to Western Wisconsin. Segway tours are now happening for the first time in La Crosse, but a new proposed ordinance by the city would ban the use of Segways on downtown sidewalks.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has charged an Oconto-based trucker with multiple counts of child enticement and sexual assault of a child.

Federal officials say they're taking steps to create a human vaccine for the bird flu virus that's affected the Midwest poultry industry, though they still consider the danger to be low.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal allowing Wisconsin driver's licenses to be renewed online one time has been scaled back by the Legislature's budget committee.

The state Department of Natural Resources would continue to get funding to pay for removal of deer struck by motorists on Wisconsin roadways under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.

Thirteen vacant positions within the state Department of Natural Resources that deal with fish and wildlife issues would be eliminated under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.

Gov. Scott Walker says new tax collection forecasts coming out in May will not provide a windfall, but any additional revenue should first be directed to help K-12 schools.

Those looking for a great volunteer experience were at the Hobbs Ice Center in Eau Claire on Wednesday.

The man charged in the fatal stabbing of another man at Interstate Park in St. Croix Falls was bound over for trial Wednesday.

Officials in Gov. Scott Walker's administration are touting a bill that would wipe out a state board that authorizes and regulates for-profit colleges.

Thirteen vacant positions within the state Department of Natural Resources that deal with fish and wildlife issues would be eliminated under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.

The mother of a fatally shot 11-year-old boy from the town of Sharon says punishments handed down in the case lessen the value of his life.

Un-registered tractors could be driven on Wisconsin state highways for "occasional personal use" under a provision added to the state budget.