WEAU News Headlines

Two Salvation Army red kettles have been stolen in Hayward in recent weeks.

An Xcel Energy spokesman said that a vehicle took down a power pole on Galloway Street around 3 p.m. Thursday.

Dunn County Sheriff, Dennis Smith, says it happened Thursday afternoon at 601 Main Street in Colfax.

Thomas Hartman, 20, of the Sparta area was last seen on November 30 at a home in Sparta.

The hackers are believed to have been inside the network at Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. since at least the spring, based on computer forensic evidence and traffic analysis, a person with knowledge of the investigation told the AP.

The Brat Kabin is closed according to a letter by building owner, Stephen Geitz.

Attorneys who filed a lawsuit seeking legal recognition of hundreds of same-sex marriages performed in June in Wisconsin have dismissed their lawsuit after the state said the marriages would be recognized.

Eau Claire's outdoor skating rinks will end up opening almost a week late.

Tyler Grilley has now been charged after hitting a squad car in Barron County.

The murder charge filed against a Tomah man in the death of his wife has been dismissed.

A man killed by Minnesota police after an apparent homicide and high-speed chase has been identified as a Washington state high school senior.

Transportation officials say traffic fatalities are continuing to decline across Wisconsin and are on track to account for the lowest number of road deaths since 1943.

District Attorney Anglea Beranek said a judge sentenced Bradley Young, 45, of Brandon to three years of probation on Wednesday.

Authorities say 911 emergency phone service is down in several Wisconsin counties.

The director of a group that advocates for religious and private schools has been named as the new lobbyist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mall of America officials are urging organizers of a police brutality protest to take their demonstration elsewhere.

A former Minnesota State University linebacker who was gravely injured in a confrontation in a downtown nightlife district last spring says he's getting better day by day.

Walker made the comments in Eau Claire Wednesday morning.

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says it's unlikely he'll run for the state Supreme Court after he leaves office next month

This week, Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire announced that the new Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program is set to open in northwest Wisconsin in 2017.