WEAU News Headlines

Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" has sold for more than $3 million at an auction in New York City.

Authorities say a squad car from a tribal police department in northern Wisconsin has crashed head on with another vehicle and killed a passenger.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is in Milwaukee to meet with Milwaukee Bucks investors and talk with young professionals involved in start-up companies.

Four utility workers have been brought to safety after getting stuck on a platform about 150 above the ground at the We Energies plant in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.

Nearly 70,000 pages of emails and attachments collected during the first John Doe investigation into former aides and associates of Gov. Scott Walker during his time as Milwaukee County executive are being released.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says at least a dozen businesses are burning after protests in Ferguson turned violent.

St. Louis County Police are confirming officers used tear gas to disperse crowds in Ferguson after a police car was vandalized, business windows shattered and gunshots were heard in the streets.

Monroe County Sheriff's deputies are searching for a missing mail box.

With snow Monday and more expected as Thanksgiving approaches, the State Patrol is urging drivers to slow down and plan for extra travel time.

Slippery roads may have been a factor in a fatal crash in Barron County.

Third grade students at Eau Claire Longfellow Elementary School delivered fleece blankets to nursing home residents.

Dunn County deputies are asking for help finding the man they believe burglarized Elk Mound Village Hall.

The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department says snow-covered roads were likely a factor in a fatal crash involving a train Monday morning.

A grand jury on Monday chose not to file criminal charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, in August.

A UW-Eau Claire student has been named a Rhodes Scholar, one of the most celebrated and oldest international fellowships in the world.

A Missouri grand jury heard evidence for months as it weighed whether to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown, which was followed by sometimes violent protests.

A new program is underway to reduce drunk driving in Eau Claire County.

Steve Mathy who's the president of Midwest Industrial Asphalt's parent company said the section of the terminal where the explosion and fire happened is out of service while the investigation continues.

23-year-old Cordero Short was sentenced in La Crosse County Court Monday.

Federal wildlife officials are asking for the public's help in finding whoever illegally killed a wild moose in northwestern Minnesota.