WEAU News Headlines

The National Fire Protection Association says Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires.

An Associated Press review of thousands of pages of grand jury documents reveals numerous examples of statements made during the shooting investigation that were inconsistent, fabricated or provably wrong.

The state Department of Natural Resources says it has confirmed a new invasive algae was present in a southeastern Wisconsin lake.

A government report says the smoking rate for U.S. adults dipped below 18 percent for the first time last year.

President Barack Obama has issued an executive action that some of his Republican opponents may be hard-pressed to disagree with - sparing Thanksgiving turkeys from the dinner table.

Investigators have released the names of three people who died in a chain-reaction crash Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday, the U. S. Postal Service announced that the facility at 225 E. Madison Street will open for business on Monday, December 1.

4th graders at St. James Elementary in Eau Claire are selling handmade rainbow loom bracelets and key chains along with tie blankets.

Crews rescued a man who was pinned under a tractor and took him to the hospital.

More than 550 flights have been canceled nationwide so far today -- the bulk of them in the Northeast, where rain and snow is hampering pre-Thanksgiving travel.

A valuable portrait taken from an assisted-living center in Winona has turned up.

A preliminary hearing for former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper on charges that he drugged and raped two women he met at a West Hollywood nightclub has been delayed yet again.

The Obama administration is announcing steps to cut levels of smog-forming pollution linked to asthma, lung damage and other health problems.

A group of brewers in the Sheboygan area is posing mostly nude for a calendar aimed at raising money for charity.

Families across the country can be thankful for Minnesota and Wisconsin farmers this holiday season.

Fond du Lac birders are looking forward to participating in the longest-running citizen science survey in the world this holiday season.

The financing plan for a massive expansion of Mayo Clinic needs a tweak from state legislators.

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has chosen the Assembly Republicans who will serve on the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee.

Roberta Rave, 49, was last seen driving a 2008 tan Dodge Caliber with the license plate "RAVE4."

A powerful earthquake has struck off the coast of northern Indonesia, but officials say a tsunami is unlikely.