WEAU News Headlines

An Amish family is fighting misdemeanor charges for failing to comply with Fillmore County building codes.

The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Milwaukee on Monday to speak at a Labor Day event. It gave no specifics about the event.

A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for fatally shooting the cook at a restaurant last December

Eau Claire city leaders neither approve nor reject a site plan for the proposed Confluence Project's mixed-use building.

A new federal ruling is changing funding for sheltered work centers. The ruling encourages states to use funds from Medicaid to take workers out of the centers and place them in community jobs instead.

It was a great night to get out and enjoy some food, music and sit on a bridge.

New information has surfaced about the Rice Lake man accused of pointing a gun at people over the weekend.

Ladies in Chippewa County got together for a night of fun and activities.

The Wisconsin Secretary for Workforce Development was in our area Wednesday, checking in on how Governor Walker's new Wisconsin Fast Forward program is working.

The Rice Lake man accused of leading police on a chase is now charged.

Advocates and survivors of domestic violence gathered in Eau Claire Wednesday.

CVTC President Bruce Barker gets a dousing of cold water Wednesday.

The countdown is on to the first day of school, and it's not just parents and kids getting. The Eau Claire School District has been busy preparing the curriculum for this next year.

It happened just after 5 p.m. Wednesday on W. Clairemont Avenue near Keith Street.

One police department in our area is asking for the community's help in finding the person or people responsible for burning American flags.

Too many backyard bear sightings and bear-human interactions are leading to problems. The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources has decided they're going to take action, just in time for hunting season.

21-year-old Zachary Thompson and 21-year-old Lindsey Everson, both of Rice Lake, were arrested Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the School District of the Menomonie Area sent out a letter announcing the postponement to parents.

A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse.

Police say the shooting happened Tuesday night after officers interrupted a robbery at a fast-food restaurant in midtown Omaha.