WEAU News Headlines

A new student run organization at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire is helping students who are struggling with personal issues.

It's officially Fred "Fuzzy" Thurston week in the City of Altoona, after a City Council vote Thursday night.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin hosted a large thank you event Thursday night for Bigs and Littles in conjunction with National Mentoring Month.

Administrators at UW-Eau Claire are talking about a proposed $300 million cut to the UW budget.

An area World War II hero is receiving an honor that's been a long time coming.

The La Crosse Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and cyclists in the community have launched BicycleLaCrosse.com.

It happened just before 2 p.m. Thursday just south of the 7th Street Boat Landing in La Crosse, which is just off of the Mississippi River.

The Wisconsin Dells Police Department confirmed a body that was found in the Wisconsin River (Lower Dells) is that of missing La Crosse man, John Dwyer.

That committee, which makes recommendations to the 32 owners on rules changes, also will re-examine the "process of the catch" rule that cost the Cowboys' Dez Bryant in a postseason loss to Green Bay.

Regis Catholic Schools are celebrating Catholic Schools Week by giving back to the community.

A Dubuque man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison and 18 years of supervised release for robbing, kidnapping and killing a Platteville taxi driver.

An 18-year-old Milwaukee man who says he accidentally shot his brother is now charged with negligent homicide.

Minnesota lawmakers are wading into a debate over access to footage caught on police body cameras.

A fundraising campaign inspired by the popular photo blog Humans of New York has raised more than $1 million to send middle-school students from a high-poverty Brooklyn school on field trips to Harvard.

"We are facing the worst budget cut in the history of UW-Stout," said Chancellor Bob Meyer.

New Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst is reinforcing recruiting ties back in his home state with national signing day approaching.

Westbound motorists on Interstate 90 and northbound Highway 61 will encounter periodic traffic slowdowns near the Dresbach Bridge Feb. 3-6 as trucks deliver steel girders to the Mississippi River bridge construction site, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Snuggled in a hand-tied fleece blanket, a female veteran with terminal cancer prepared for takeoff Christmas Eve from Austin Straubel International Airport on what likely would be her last flight home.

A more humane, less costly alternative to throwing drug addicts into prison is a key goal of a Lakeshore area social justice group.

Obama's budget, to be formally released Monday, will call for $74 billion more than the levels frozen in place by across-the-board cuts agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by Obama into law.