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3 people charged in relation to armed robbery, stabbing
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Two men and a woman were charged today in relation to an armed robbery that took place in Eau Claire last Thursday where multiple victims were stabbed. According to a criminal complaint filed on April 26, 23-year-old Caleb Bertrang and 37-year-old Brandon Pember of Elk...
Eleva Police Chief pleads guilty to OWI
ELEVA, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – The Eleva Police Chief has pleaded guilty to an OWI citation he received back in January. After his plea in Trempealeau County Court yesterday (4/23/24), Patrick McKillip has had his driver’s license revoked for 6 months. He must also pay a (fine of over) $900, complete an alcohol assessment and comply with a driver’s safety plan.
Decent Saturday but rainy, stormy and breezy on Sunday
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Saturday is not looking bad, with mild temperatures but breezy winds and clouds. Severe weather potential exists farther south though, and more widespread rain and a few storms are expected again on Sunday. A few storms lingering from overnight will lift north early Saturday morning,...
Lethal Restraint-Forced Sedation
In this image from Altoona Police Department body-camera video, an officer fires a Taser at Demetrio Jackson in a parking lot on the border of Altoona and Eau Claire, Wis., on Oct. 8, 2021. After officers couldn’t handcuff Jackson, the officer fired additional darts. (Altoona Police Department via AP)
6 Wisconsin middle school students, 2 adults injured in school bus crash
HUDSON, Wis. — Six middle school students and two adults were injured in a school bus crash near Hudson on Thursday morning.WKBT reports that the students from DeLong Middle School in Eau Claire were heading to the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis for a field trip when, around 10:40 a.m., one of the two buses crashed on the St. Croix River Bridge.The Wisconsin State Patrol says there were two lanes of traffic closed for construction, and two left lanes open for westbound traffic. A car stopped to allow another car to merge, slowing traffic. Then the bus rear-ended an empty CMV tanker trailer. Two of the six injured students were sent to the hospital; one had a cut lip and the other was sent for precautionary measures. A chaperone and the bus driver were also injured. The students in the bus not involved in the crash were sent back to the middle school. Students on the second bus are expected to arrive later in the afternoon. The crash is under investigation.
HSHS closures impact northern “Newsmakers” listeners
With Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) closing both Sacred Heart (Eau Claire) and St. Joseph’s (Chippewa Falls) hospitals and Prevea health centers in Western Wisconsin also closing, business and healthcare leaders are scrambling to fill the gaps. Today on “Newsmakers,” David Minor, President and CEO of the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce, talks with WPR’s Ezra Wall about the work of a task force focusing on providing medical care to many thousands of patients and jobs for some 1,400 affected employees.
EMS, law enforcement discuss first month after HSHS St. Joseph's closure
CHIPPEWA FALLS — In the month since HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital closed, Chippewa Falls Fire & EMS Chief Jason Thom said there hasn’t been a “worst-case scenario” of someone dying in an ambulance on the way to a hospital in Eau Claire, when that person may have survived on a shorter drive to HSHS St. Joseph’s. “When the news first broke (in January), we were planning for the worst, anticipating for the worst,” Thom said. “And we haven’t seen that. Knock on wood, we haven’t...
The City of Eau Claire provides update on day resource center, plans to open next year
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - There are new developments in the effort to bring a day resource center to Eau Claire for those experiencing homelessness. By next year a parking lot downtown could possibly be the new location for that day resource center, after a few more steps are taken.
Groups advocate for Social Security update
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Groups in Wisconsin are calling for Social Security to be protected, modernized and expanded. The Alliance for Retired Americans and the American Federation of Government Employees held demonstrations across Wisconsin today, including in Eau Claire. The groups were outside of Eau Claire’s Social Security Office...
Body of missing woman found
DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The body of a woman who went missing in February was found in Dunn County. According to a news release from the Altoona Police Department, on April 13 a body was recovered from the Chippewa River in Dunn County. The body was identified as 56-year-old...
River levels down significantly from this time last year
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This time last year, the majority of the area in Eau Claire’s Owen Park was under water. “Last year, on April 22nd actually, it actually crest 16 feet higher than what it is what you see right now,” said Cory Tietz, the operations coordinator for the City of Eau Claire’s Community Services Department.
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