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The River Falls community raised more than 350-thousand dollars to build the Tri-Angels play area in memory of sisters, Amara, Sophie and Cecilia Schaffhausen.

Fall is here, which means hunters and those taking advantage of cooler temperatures will be hitting the trails and wooded areas before winter arrives. It may be cooling off outside, but just because there is frost, doesn't mean the activity of ticks goes down.

A new hangout for both young and old alike is now open in downtown Eau Claire. The District Company held a ribbon-cutting Monday night at its new location on South Barstow Street.

The Eau Claire School District met Monday evening to approve the 2014-2015 budget.

A Whitehall man is bound over for trial in La Crosse County Court Monday.

One person is taken to the hospital after a motorcycle and a van collide in Vernon County.

Firefighters locally and nationally are reminding people to check their smoke detectors.

Today marks a milestone for same sex couples as a Supreme Court decision means immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.

The Pentagon has spent as much as $1.1 billion on U.S. military operations against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since the mission began in mid-June, including more than $62 million alone in Navy airstrikes and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

On Monday, prosecutors filed criminal charges including Felony 2nd-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety against John Vang, 32, of Eau Claire.

New restrictions went into effect on October 6 for drugs such as Vicodin.

Two troopers from St. Croix County are among several members of the WI State Patrol honored for their service

On Sunday, officers from the Tomah Police Department responded to a call of a deceased person who had been located in a home.

52-year-old Laura Valdez was sentenced in Eau Claire County court Friday to a year in jail, but that amount could be lowered if she completes a drug court program.

USA Swimming has suspended Michael Phelps for six months, forced him to withdraw from next year's world championships and taken away his funding from the sport's national governing body as a result of the Olympic champion's second DUI arrest.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Wisconsin's requirement for voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional.

The names of two men who died in a crash early Sunday morning have been released.

The system released new data Monday showing campuses and system administration had a total of $973.3 million left over on June 30.

Neuroscientist Edvard Moser landed at Munich airport on Monday, casually dressed in a comfortable sweater for a visit to a German university. He had no idea he had just won a Nobel prize.

A decontamination crew has completed its work at a Dallas apartment where an Ebola patient stayed prior to his hospitalization.