WEAU News Headlines

Alcohol appears to be a factor in a crash that injured a Coon Valley woman.

Milwaukee police say an employee at a clothing and shoe store has been shot during a robbery.

Police say they are investigating the homicide of an 11-month-old child in Kenosha following a residential fire.

Authorities say a homeless man has been found dead in the closet of an abandoned home in Milwaukee.

The world's largest Christmas project of its kind, Operation Christmas Child is underway.

This year winter enthusiasts around the Chippewa Valley will be able to stay closer to home to hit the slopes. New features added during the summer at Eau Claire's Pinehurst Hill will make for safer, more enjoyable fun for the whole family.

Members of the La Crosse Parks Recreation Department are pulling double duty as Santa's elves this holiday season.

Two people are flown to the hospital with serious injuries after a head-on crash in Trempealeau County.

It's the second year of year round schooling for one area elementary school.

A judge has found probable cause that a crime was committed in the case against a man accused of leading officers on a chase then shooting at deputies.

The Senate's 59-41 vote Tuesday night was a nail-biter to the end.

Wisconsin is home to an estimated 85,000 people who immigrated illegally, three-fourths of them from Mexico.

House Republican leaders have chosen Paul Ryan to head the powerful House Ways and Means Committee for the next two years.

A Milwaukee man has been charged with sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman in her home.

A local teacher who survived the October 2005 Chi-Hi bus crash will be marching in a nationally-televised parade Thanksgiving day.

Walker told The Associated Press on Tuesday that if he's going to be a GOP contender, "I have to feel like it's a calling, particularly for the time and the effort and the impact it has on family and friends."

In the letter to the citizens of Chippewa County, Chairman Paul Michels says he promises that information "will be released at the earliest possible time."

Deputies believe 23-year-old Darren John Bishop is responsible for several business burglaries in Rusk County. He is also suspected of theft and drug possession.

Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't know when he will introduce his state budget proposal, but he's hoping that meetings he's having now with state lawmakers will smooth its passage.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flew through town around 11 a.m. Tuesday. An advance team stopped by Heartland Aviation to conduct a pre-season visit and meet with organizers of the Chippewa Valley Air Show.