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Administration investigates potential threat at Chippewa Falls High School
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WEAU) - A letter was sent to families and staff from the Chi-Hi Administration regarding a potential threat at Chippewa Falls High School. The letter says that it has been determined that no credible threat exists at this time. Dear Families and Staff,. We want to inform...
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...
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.
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...
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.
End of an Era: Parker steps down at Chippewa Falls
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - After 37-years on the bench as the Chippewa Falls boys hockey coach, Scott Parker is stepping down. This past season, Parker led the Cardinals to the Big Rivers Conference championship, finishing conference play undefeated. It was the schools first conference title since early in Parker’s career in 1989.
Lethal Restraint-Forced Sedation
In this image from Altoona Police Department body-camera video, police approach Demetrio Jackson in a parking lot on the border of Altoona and Eau Claire, Wis., on Oct. 8, 2021. Jackson’s 2021 death illustrates an often-hidden way fatal U.S. police encounters end: not with the firing of an officer’s gun but with the silent use of a medical syringe. (Altoona Police Department via AP)
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.
Man arrested after multiple county police chase
LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A man is in custody after a police chase that started in Lake Hallie and ended in Trempealeau County. Around 10:15 last night (4/23/24), Lake Hallie Police say an officer tried to stop a pickup with an expired license plate when the driver took off southbound on Highway 53. The chase ended in Trempealeau County when tire deflation devices were deployed.
Man sentenced in attempted homicide case
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A Bloomer man was sentenced today for stabbing his neighbor in December 2021 in the Town of Wilson. Court documents show that on April 25, 61-year-old Adam Langiewicz was sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by five years of extended supervision, after being found guilty in February of the attempted homicide of his neighbor.
New review hearing set for woman accused of stabbing man in shower
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A 55-year-old woman accused of repeatedly stabbing a man and hitting him with a baseball bat at her Lake Hallie home on Dec. 24 appeared in court on Tuesday. Laura L. Feala, 4384 131th St., is charged in Chippewa County Court with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, aggravated battery by use of a dangerous weapon, and battery by use of a dangerous weapon. In February, Feala entered a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. ...
Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend, stuffing body in suitcase, enters not guilty plea
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The man accused of killing his girlfriend and unborn child and leaving her body in a suitcase in the town of Wheaton appeared in Chippewa County Court on Wednesday, where he entered not guilty pleas to charges related to their deaths. The body of Rosaly Cindy Chavarria Rodriguez, who was 25 at the time she went missing in July 2020, was discovered at a farmhouse in the Town of Wheaton on Oct. 14, 2020. She lived in the Lake Delton area and...
102-year-old veteran from Chippewa Falls presented with medals for Army service
More than 80 years after joining the Army, a 102-year-old veteran from Chippewa Falls was presented with five medals and awards for his military service to the U.S. On Monday, family, friends and fellow tribal members from the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe showed up with a throng of military veterans to celebrate Neil Korn and thank him for his Army service.
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