WEAU News Headlines

The Milwaukee Brewers said it was too cold to camp out overnight into yesterday for the Arctic Tailgate.

Major league baseball's first black player in Chicago, Minnie Minoso, has died.

The event was about companionship and good old fashioned fun.

Few other details were released, but authorities identified the victim as 33-year-old Ryan Calkins of Brookfield. They say the accident involved machinery, and Calkins was pronounced dead at the scene.

As a testament to local talent and interest, athletes from around the nation traveled to Eau Claire this weekend for the U.S. National Snowshoe Competition.

An event took Saturday morning at the Prairie Ridge Early Learning School in Eau Claire Kids ages 3-6 had a chance to explore the world of childhood literacy.

The New York Knicks say Anthony Mason, a rugged power forward who was a defensive force for several NBA teams in the 1990s, has died.

The U.N. children's agency said on Saturday that hundreds of children were abducted two weeks ago by an armed group in South Sudan that is suspected to have ties with the country's military.

Hyundai is recalling about 263,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because a sensor problem could cause drivers to lose power-assisted steering.

Filling up at the pump is getting more painful by the day -- but the average price is still over a dollar less than it was a year ago.

Thousands of Wisconsin union workers have rallied at the Capitol to protest a right-to-work bill set to be taken up again this week.

A southern Missouri sheriff has identified the final three victims in a shooting rampage that left seven people dead before the gunman killed himself.

Adrian Peterson says he's pleased to be "one step closer" to returning to the field.

Indiana State Police say a man from Wisconsin wanted after allegedly firing shots inside an Illinois store was arrested following a standoff on Interstate 94.

A 13-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed during a fight in Wausau that may have been prompted by an earlier dispute over social media.

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the 2012 killing of a Howard man who was found shot to death in his basement.

The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin says it is closing its office in Hurley effective on Sunday, casting doubt on the future of the project that sparked fierce debate and opposition from environmentalists and tribal members near the site.

A former Dane County sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.

A federal judge has slashed a jury's award from over $500,000 to just $60,000 in an illegal-search lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department.

A Marathon County judge has sentenced Warren Krohn to 25 years in prison in the 2012 beating death of popular Wausau bowler Kerby Kniess.