WEAU News Headlines

The Labor Department says weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 317,000.

Minnesota corn is three months away from harvest, but the Minnesota Corn Growers Association is encouraging farmers to plan ahead for their propane needs.

State agricultural officials are reviewing a request from the U.S. Geological Survey to experiment with a bacteria to kill zebra mussels in a northern Wisconsin lake.

The Onalaska Police Department is asking for your help, as officers search for a missing man.

The FDA and area cheese makers are responding to a letter from the Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection, asking them to change how they store cheese.

A behind-the-scenes look at the ground work, training and wipe-outs that go into putting on the perfect show for the Ski Sprites.

RCU recently tried out some new hiring strategies to choose their "spokester" role. One expert said other companies are looking into it, too.

More counties are accepting applications for same-sex marriages, including Chippewa County, which had its first gay couple wed Wednesday.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy likes the energy and work ethic he's seeing so far in offseason workouts.

A local boy was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital this week after he began acting like he was having a panic attack. That panic attack was later determined by Sacred Heart to be exposure to methamphetamine.

House Republican Leader Eric Cantor says he is resigning his leadership post at the end of next month.

The St. Louis County sheriff's office identifies the man as 47-year-old Alexander Georg Obersteg of Steinfeld, Germany.

Hundreds of same-sex couples have been getting married in the five days since the ruling from U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say they plan to ask a judge to move his trial outside Boston.

A cool wet start to planting season improved as May progressed and the USDA says corn crop conditions are better than any time since 2007 in the Corn Belt.

The House is considering legislation to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal standards. It's a proposal that has drawn a veto threat from the White House.

On Wednesday, there was a shooting review panel involving the use of deadly force from the incident on June 3 involving Jared Brendel

A Republican prosecutor running for attorney general told a liberal group earlier this year that it's not unusual for legislators to work with campaign donors on legislation, calling the collaboration the "essence" of government.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department announced the closure on its website Wednesday.

The 56-38 vote Wednesday fell short of the 60 votes needed to proceed to debate on the measure.