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Following is a list of community festivals scheduled within the next week in west-central Wisconsin. More »Festival Roundup 05/23/13

CHIPPEWA FALLS - A planned development in the northeast corner of Chippewa Falls moved a step closer to reality Tuesday after the City Council unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the pro … More »Chippewa Falls residental development plan advances

The $1.76 million overhaul of a downtown Eau Claire street is scheduled to start on Tuesday. More »Regional Briefs 05/23/13

MENOMONIE - A 23-year-old former California man charged in a two-semitrailer-truck crash July 31 on Interstate 94 pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of causing the death of another truck driv … More »Guilty plea entered in death of trucker

-- The city has about 500 employees. -- Of that, 150 have already been governed by the handbook and no other labor agreement. More »Overtime rules rile Eau Claire city workers

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Chippewa Falls police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man at his home. More »Authorities investigate death in Chippewa Falls

Local elected officials are at varying levels of technology use during meetings. -- iPads: Chippewa County Board, Eau Claire County Board, Menomonie school board. More »Eau Claire City Council itching for iPads

WASHINGTON - Republicans attempted to connect the Internal Revenue Service scandal to the Obama administration's controversial health care reform law in a Saturday response to the president's weekly radio-Internet … More »GOP links IRS furor to ‘Obamacare'

Discover why your pets want you to shop at Pet Food Plus. Eau Claire including raw, organic, holistic, and grain-free. largest selection of bird feeders in the Eau Claire area. More »Pet Food Plus

MADISON - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's … More »State isn't expected to OK gay marriage

CORNELL – A 51-year-old man who has apparently been living in his truck was found deceased Saturday afternoon near the Hay Meadow Flowage on county forest land in the town of Cleveland. More »Man found dead in his truck near Cornell

BioLife Plasma Services is a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to collecting quality plasma in a safe and clean environment. More »Biolife Plasma Services

MADISON (AP) — A proposed work requirement for food stamps recipients in Wisconsin is projected to knock half of the people off the program. More »Work requirement would reduce food stamp eligible by half

FALL CREEK — Ken Naus stood across the street Sunday afternoon, surveying what was left of his neighbors' home. More »Blast that destroyed vacationing family's house heard for miles

MADISON — Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. More »Bill bans mandatory flu shots

Advertising works. An Eau Claire police officer was sent to the 500 block of Washington Street just after 7:30 p.m. recently on a noise complaint. More »Sign soliciting honks draws neighbor's ire

The Whirlpool Galaxy, like the Milky Way Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy, but it is interacting with another galaxy. In this image, the spiral arms are clearly visible, as well as prominent dust lanes. More »Astronomy Update: Understanding our Milky Way

STILLWATER, Minn. — Authorities on Thursday identified the body of a man found on the St. Croix River shore in Minnesota. More »Body found in St. Croix River Id'd

RED WING, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a jogger fell to his death from a Mississippi River bluff in Red Wing. More »Joggers falls to death in Red Wing

Gasoline prices rose above $4 per gallon for regular unleaded at most stations in Eau Claire on Thursday. More »Gas prices top $4 in Eau Claire

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Tea Party group says the Internal Revenue Service asked about its involvement in efforts to verify signatures in the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. More »Tea party group says IRS asked about Walker recall

$1.09 million first-year operating expenses. $200,000 expected from hotel room taxes collected by Eau Claire. $2 surcharge on all tickets — except those bought by UW-Eau Claire students for university … More »Confluence Project: Crucial report details budget for performing arts center

MADISON (AP) — A group of Democrats and an immigration rights organization which sued the state over redistricting have dropped their efforts to determine why Republicans failed to turn over records in … More »Redistricting case settled, no malicious intent