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A community service project is giving volunteers a rare look at the great outdoors while putting tax payer money to work.

School is almost out and that means another three months of summer break will be upon us. But the price of fun can be painful for your pocketbook.

It's a big weekend for Eau Claire college students as many move out of their school year housing, and while they may be leaving, it's what they leave behind that can become a problem for the city.

UnitedHealthcare is teaming up with an area organization to make sure people in the community have food on their tables.

The Wisconsin State Patrol says it happened near 200th Street, which is north of Jim Falls, around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday.

A Wisconsin mayor won't be charged for posting a photo of his spring primary ballot for his re-election on Facebook.

The Menomonie School District is upgrading three of its schools.

The intersection of 18th Avenue and 5th Street in Menomonie will be closed starting around 9 a.m. Wednesday. It's expected to remain closed for a couple hours.

Online court records show 55-year-old Robert Charles McGinn pleaded no contest in Rusk County court Monday to all charges including attempted homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon.

Hutchinson Technology says it's planning on cutting 100 jobs. About 60 of the positions are at the Eau Claire plant.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the recall involves handles sold by Bed Handles Inc., of Blue Springs, Missouri.

Brett Husley is mounting a long-shot run for governor and has upset many with his outlandish stunts, including promising and then deciding against handing out homemade Ku Klux Klan hoods before the Republican Party convention.

The owners rewarded the Vikings for arranging to build a new stadium on the site of the old Metrodome by choosing Minneapolis over New Orleans and Indianapolis.

To help holiday travelers reach their destination efficiently and safely, construction work on most major highway projects will be suspended during the three-day Memorial Day weekend, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

The Agriculture Department will allow some schools to delay adding more whole grain foods to meals this year, responding to criticism from school nutrition officials and Congress.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasn't been able to identify why pets are getting ill.

The City of Eau Claire released a flood update on Tuesday morning.

The latest action brings to 13.6 million the number of vehicles GM has recalled this year, a new record for the automaker.

Minnesota health officials say the risk of contracting a tick-borne disease remains high, despite the harsh winter that we've endured.

Four of seven workers injured when a machine failed at a Saukville foundry and spilled molten metal remain hospitalized.