WEAU News Headlines

Authorities are investigating a shooting at the home of a Portage County Sheriff's Office employee.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man in a logging accident in southwestern Wisconsin.

Spring cleaning is sweeping Eau Claire, the brooms came out downtown as Valleybrook Church hosted their annual spring clean-up event.

A federal law enforcement official says the chemicals found in a Waseca storage shed last month created a dangerous situation regardless of whether a teenager accused of making explosives there was ever going to carry out a plot to attack his school.

Four congressmen are demanding answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about whether anyone has been held accountable for a botched undercover guns-and-drugs operation in Milwaukee.

The University of Wisconsin ranks among the top 10 U.S. medical schools in producing graduates who go into family practice.

Wisconsin officials are warning residents about a scam where callers offer to install free home security systems.

Gov. Scott Walker on Friday advised graduating students at Concordia University to face any uncertainty with confidence, just as he did two weeks ago when he took an impromptu ride on a 1,000-foot zip line.

People in the area got a free workout Friday while raising money for a good cause.

College graduation is this weekend, and students moving out of their apartments in Eau Claire had a chance to donate some of their things Friday.

The Eau Claire Area School District wants parents to know about a new game evolving through social media that involves Nerf guns.

Businesses come and go. But while the local economy is ever-changing, a small barber shop in Eau Claire is clipping towards nearly seven decades.

Medical facilities ban smoking, and guns, but what about handshakes? It's an idea some in the medical industry say would help prevent the spread of disease, even if it is socially uncomfortable.

18-year-old Christopher Bong is charged in Eau Claire County with mistreatment of animals, carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct.

A long cold winter and a rainy start to May has delayed the planting season for local farmers.

An area event is drawing people from all over the country and parts of the world.

On Monday, construction is also scheduled for Menomonie Street from Clairemont Avenue to Carson park drive. Crews will be working to re-pave the road.

The driver of a car was sent to the hospital after crashing with a semi Friday morning near Ellsworth.

Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown appeared at a hedge fund conference.

The Obama administration Friday spelled out civil fines of up to $250,000 for knowingly and willfully providing false information to get taxpayer-subsidized coverage under the new health care law.