WEAU News Headlines

A unanimous Supreme Court says home buyers don't need to file a lawsuit, but may simply write a letter if they want to back out of a mortgage because they claim their lender violated the federal Truth in Lending Act.

U.S. employers advertised the most job openings in nearly 14 years in November, evidence that the strong hiring that occurred last year will likely continue into 2015.

A French police official says the weapons used by a terror cell in attacks in the Paris region that left 17 people dead came from outside the country, and that authorities are urgently tracing the source of the financing.

The founders of Country Jam USA are launching the Blue Ox Music Festival. The festival will include local and national bluegrass, roots and Americana performers.

A Wisconsin hospice director is set to make a daring, life-threatening climb. He wants to join the elite group of mountaineers, who have scaled Mount Everest.

Several Milwaukee-based media organizations are launching an initiative to humanize the local issue of gun violence.

A man has suffered severe head injuries in a fall from a balcony at a suburban Milwaukee shopping center.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to deliver his State of the State speech amid growing speculation that he will enter the crowded Republican field for president.

The state board that oversees elections and ethics compliance is set to select new officers.

A former mayor of Cedarburg is accused of using his position as a registered notary public to try to get his 19-year-old daughter out of an underage drinking ticket.

On Monday night the Eau Claire City Council heard the final report on a parking study for a new downtown parking ramp.

The Chippewa Falls Plan Commission heard from the public Monday night on a conditional use permit that would allow seven duplexes to be built on part of the Happy Tails Dog Park land.

Building a championship program, that's the goal of Monday's "Night of Champions" fundraiser.

Crews are working to clean up the site of a train derailment in Chippewa County.

Battery charges are pending against Donald Halverson, 18, who is accused of injuring a nurse.

Wisconsin's top job creation agency is putting Eau Claire on its map. For the first time, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation toured downtown Eau Claire.

President Barack Obama has proposed making higher education as accessible as attending high school.

The La Crosse City Council has decided to purchase a 16 unit apartment building at 3020 South 22nd Street.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) sent a letter today to the Department of Veterans Affairs requesting a formal investigation into allegations brought forward in a recent report that the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Tomah has been over-prescribing opiates to veterans being served at that facility.

The company did a food drive competition within the Chippewa Falls facility, two weeks before Christmas.