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CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - The Chippewa Falls Police Department is searching for a vehicle and say they believe there is a danger to the public. According to a Facebook post made Friday afternoon, the Chippewa Falls Police Department is looking for a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta, colored black, with no license plates. Police indicated that the vehicle has been involved in multiple attempted abductions of adult women and is part of an active investigation.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – An Eau Claire teenager is shot and killed. A man taken into custody as part of the investigation could face charges in the teen’s death. Police officers say negligent use of a firearm led to 14-year-old Marwan Washington’s death Wednesday afternoon. Officers responded to a...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) - An accident at a home improvement store in a Minneapolis suburb has killed an employee. Authorities say a man operating a forklift in the lumberyard of Menards in Golden Valley died when a large pallet of wood tumbled onto his machine Thursday. Relatives identified the victim as 19-year-old James Stanback.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A judge is rejecting a deferred acceptance of guilty plea agreement in a case involving embezzlement from an Eau Claire-based charity. 41-year-old Renelle Laffe was charged with theft in a business setting for a dollar amount of greater than $10,000 up to $100,000 in 2019. Laffe was the founder of Hope in the Valley, a charity established to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer, and was the co-director of the Dragon Boat Festival at Half Moon Lake, which raised money for cancer services.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WKBT) — A 14-year-old boy was killed Wednesday in a shooting in Eau Claire, according to police. The Eau Claire Police Department responded to a report of a gunshot wound at just before 3 p.m. Wednesday on the 2800 block of Terry Lane on the city’s north side. They found Marwan D. Washington wounded, but life-saving measures failed and he died at the scene.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) -Sundance Hill Farm is inviting people of all ages out to their daylily gardens where volunteers will be helping dig up any plants visitors would like to take home. The Daylily Dig is a fundraiser for a partnership with Malawi, Africa. Farm owner Greg Kaufmann says...

TOWN OF DOVRE, Wis. (WEAU) - An Elk Mound man is dead after a crash near New Auburn Wednesday. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department says 77-year-old Donald Buerkley of Elk Mound was found dead at the scene of a single-vehicle rollover crash on southbound Highway 53 near the exit to New Auburn.

EAU CLAIRE CO., Wis. (WEAU) -After drawing thousands of people to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days has officially wrapped up. This year’s Farm Technology Days in Eau Claire County is not a first for Mark Hagedorn. That happened back at 1987′s show in Barron County when it was called the Farm Progress Days.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – After near-perfect weather, and drawing thousands through the gates, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days has come to an end in Eau Claire County. The three-day event, which was put off for a year due to the pandemic, was held at Huntsinger Farms south of Eau Claire.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - “A big success.” That’s how participants, visitors and observers of this year’s Farm Technology Days at Huntsinger farms in Eau Claire County are evaluating the show that ended yesterday afternoon. Show officials estimate a crowd of about 52,000 showed up for this year’s 3 day show, significantly more than they had initially expected. This year’s show also featured 520 exhibitors from 26 states. Now it’s on to FTD 2022 in Clark county at Roehl Acres and Rustic Occasions near Loyal. Show dates for next year are July 2th through the 14th.

MADISON, Wis. (WEAU, WBAY, WMTV) - The number of counties in Wisconsin with high COVID-19 case activity has nearly doubled from last week and has risen sharply from the week prior. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 29 counties across the state are now experiencing high COVID-19 case...

MADISON, Wis. (WEAU, WBAY, WMTV) - Most of Wisconsin’s new positive COVID-19 cases are people who are not yet fully-vaccinated, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. In a health briefing Thursday afternoon, DHS communicable disease specialist Dr. Ryan Westergaard said that since January, 145,759 confirmed and probable cases...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A Silver Alert for an Eau Claire man who was last seen Wednesday afternoon has been canceled after he was found safe. The state Department of Justice said Gerald Golke, 85, left his residence on Meadow Lane in Eau Claire at around 3 p.m. to purchase a cell phone but never returned home. He recently mentioned going to Turtle Lake Casino in St. Croix or Ho-Chuck Casino in Black River Falls.