WEAU News Headlines

Eau Claire Street from Graham Avenue to South Barstow Street will be closed during the day this week.

U.S. safety regulators are adding two models to an investigation of Ford Motor Co. door latches that may not close properly.

The former suburban Chicago police officer convicted of killing his third wife and suspected in his fourth spouse's disappearance is returning to court on charges of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped put him in state prison.

Court records show Curtis Nenneman, 35, is charged with Second-Degree Sexual Assault of a Child.

Democrat Russ Feingold says he plans to travel Wisconsin "extensively" after leaving his post at the State Department, but he's not saying yet whether he will try to return to the U.S. Senate.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources secretary says she's considering selling naming rights to state parks over the next two years.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' leader is defending proposals in Gov. Scott Walker's budget to shut down the state's land stewardship program, strip the agency's board of its power and eliminate science positions in front of the Legislature's finance committee.

Students say in a press release that they plan to speak out at Tuesday's budget briefing before the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

Gov. Scott Walker says he supports a bill that would eliminate Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases.

Several potential Republican candidates for president are scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Nashville in April.

A Beloit woman has been sentenced to five years in prison in the methadone overdose death of her 1-year-old daughter.

Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was found dead in an apparent homicide in Holmen Monday night.

We’re two weeks away from the first official day of spring, but before you can start planting flowers, two industries are hoping for one last layer of snow.

The Eau Claire Area School District is trying to figure out whether it should start classes later in the morning for high school students, and earlier in the day for elementary students.

Eau Claire is one step closer to having its very own volleyball dome.

Two area hospitals have made a change in the way they handle heart attack patients.

Two men are now facing robbery and battery charges after being accused of attacking people and robbing them Sunday.

A man from Monroe County is now arrested after a drug bust last week.

Testimony has begun at a public hearing on Wisconsin's Right- to-Work bill.

Kids across the country had their noses in books Monday, as part of "Read Across America Day."