WEAU News Headlines

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a La Crosse attorney's law license for 90 days and ordered him get a mental health evaluation before it can be reinstated after he violated a harassment injunction.

WSAW-TV in Wausau reports that the Wausau City Council voted to override Mayor Jim Tipple's veto of the law Tuesday night.

The 42-year-old Madison father was convicted of child abuse and other charges in November.

The first installment of property taxes in Eau Claire County is due on Friday.

A Bancroft man is charged with mistreating an animal and causing its death after he allegedly got sick of his dog and beat it with a hammer.

It happened around 7 a.m. Wednesday on North Clairemont Avenue near Menomonie Street.

The Assembly Children and Families Committee planned a hearing Wednesday on the bill introduced by Republican Rep. Chad Weininger, of Green Bay.

University President Mitch Daniels and fellow engineering students traveled from West Lafayette, Ind., for the funeral of Andrew Boldt, held at St. Francis Cabrini in West Bend Tuesday night.

The state Senate's labor committee will take public comments this week on a Republican bill that would allow factory and retail employees to volunteer to work seven straight days without a day off.

A trial is scheduled to begin for a Portage County man accused of cashing the Social Security checks of his mother-in-law, who hasn't been heard from in about 30 years and is presumed dead.

In his speech Tuesday night, the president took time to point out changes in policy that were made in the last year, but largely his speech focused on what's ahead.

Arts Board members come to Eau Claire

When Eau Claire voters go to the polls on April 1st, they will be asked to answer a question that could impact the Confluence Project.

An area university is doing it's part Tuesday in giving the gift of life.

An area university is hoping its education majors will be able to learn on their own mini campus.

University of Wisconsin system schools in western Wisconsin remained open, including Eau Claire, River Falls, Stout, Superior and La Crosse.

The Taylor County Sheriff's Office says Timothy Phillips, 42, of the Medford area was arrested after a fight.

The Taylor County Sheriff's Department says a hidden game camera caught the man's picture as he left the cabin with the items in hand.

A new analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says the average taxpayer who owns a home will save $177 under Gov. Scott Walker's property and income tax cut proposal.

20-year-old Dontay Isham is charged with three counts including sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography.