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Eau Claire gets a Taste of Ireland
EAU CLAIRE — It takes a team from around the globe to bring a bit of Ireland to the stage. Just ask Ceili Moore, the company manager and choreographer for A Taste of Ireland, a dance troupe coming to the Pablo Center this Sunday.
Website to help with area workforce presented to chamber
EAU CLAIRE — Among the many topics related to economic development discussed at an Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday, one important focus was a dwindling amount of people in the workforce. The Eau Claire Chamber Eggs and Issues: Economic Development Update meeting hosted many speakers from municipalities and other organizations involved in the area’s economic development. One of the topics discussed was workforce, which is a...
L.E. Phillips Senior Center holds free concert for laid-off health care workers
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Friday night, a special concert was held for health care workers laid-off by the HSHS and Prevea closures. The L.E. Phillips Senior Center hosted “Eggplant Heroes”, a folk music group in the Chippewa Valley. They performed for dozens of community members. Doug Mell,...
Across UW System, administrators’ responses to pro-Palestine protests differ
Over the past two weeks, students within the University of Wisconsin System joined a national wave of student demonstrations in support of Palestine. At UW–Madison and UW–Milwaukee, encampments were built April 29, and students at UW–Eau Claire held a pro-Palestine protest May 3. All campuses are subject...
SportScene 13 for Friday, May 10th
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Eau Claire Memorial baseball honored the 60th anniversary of their 1964 state championship team prior to their game against Arrowhead. In other prep baseball action, Elk Mound battled Fall Creek. On the softball diamond, Bloomer squared off with Altoona and Eau Claire North took on...
Venue owners wonder what liquor law will do
EAU CLAIRE — When wedding and event professionals met to ask questions about the new liquor law the general feeling surrounding them continued to be, “What is this going to do to us?” Members of the Chippewa Valley Wedding and Event Professionals Group met with State Senator Jeff Smith to ask him questions about the new liquor law and express their concerns. They met at The Barn at Mirror Lake, a venue owned by Heidi Keys. ...
Marshfield Clinic offers same-day services
EAU CLAIRE — Marshfield Clinic Health System is offering appointments the same day people schedule them to reduce the number of people going to the emergency department and urgent care. According to a press release the clinic was able to provide this for most of Marshfield Clinic’s services by adding “more space in provider’s schedules”. The same-day care will be available on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Same-day...
Old Abes to honor 1964 state championship baseball team Friday
It will be anything but just an ordinary night at the ballpark when the Memorial High School baseball team takes to the field to play Arrowhead Friday. That's because when the Old Abes take to the diamond against the Warhawks, the game will have an extra significance and be an especially memorable one for them as the home squad will be playing in front of the Memorial High School baseball team that won the state championship in 1964. Prior to the start of the game,...
As Will Schlitz navigates golf's ups and downs, the Eau Claire Memorial senior is driven to make quick impact this fall at St. Thomas (Minn.)
Will Schlitz's recruiting journey oftentimes matched the peaks and valleys the Eau Claire Memorial senior experienced with his golf game. There was great promise. Schlitz won the 2022 WIAA Division 1 state boys golf championship at Blackwolf Run in Kohler as a sophomore — leading the Old Abes to their second state championship but first since 1977 — and moved to the head of his class in the Wisconsin.Golf boys Class of 2024 state rankings.
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