WEAU News Headlines

A spokesman for the family of a 5-year-old girl who was killed while sitting on her grandfather's lap says the family has donated her heart.

The chief of staff for Sen. Mark Kirk says longtime Illinois U.S. Rep. Phil Crane has died of lung cancer in Virginia. He was of 84.

Two Iraqi officials and state television say an airstrike in western Iraq wounded the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

A woman who provides free Thanksgiving meals to people in Minnesota's Twin Cities and western Wisconsin has been charged with theft.

The survey will be available on the DNR's website through the end of the year.

November is National Adoption Month, a time to put the spotlight on the tens of thousands of children in foster care, waiting for permanent and loving families.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says additional tests have found no Asian carp DNA in the Lower Fox River in Green Bay.

A Minocqua teenager is accused of poisoning a puppy by allowing the dog to eat a marijuana-laced brownie.

A Racine man has been sentenced to the maximum 40-year prison sentence for delivering a fatal blow to a toddler who had spilled milk on his baby sister.

Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are monitoring the first major snowstorm of the season for the state. Both organizations are urging everyone to get ready for the storm.

If you haven't started prepping for Winter, you may want to start doing so. An early season winter storm will be impacting the area later this weekend into early next week

A Grant County man has been convicted in the robbery and death of a taxi driver.

After closing more than six months ago, a former dinner theater will soon be re-opening.

Deputies are in the middle of investigating a suspicious fire in Menomonie.

An area bank is receiving national recognition.

The state is warning people about scammers using a popular pizza chain as a disguise.

President Barack Obama has chosen a federal prosecutor in New York to become the next attorney general.

An area county health department said there have been more flu hospitalizations this year.

The Jamf Software Company in downtown Eau Claire bought 70 pieces of artwork from artists in the Chippewa Valley to display in its 55 meeting rooms.

The first winter storm of the season is looking to target parts of Western Wisconsin on Monday.