Altoona News

No new school taxes in Altoona for the coming year. Altoona School Board members approved their $92,681,975 balanced budget Monday night "without" a tax hike.

Domestic violence in our community, in the Hmong Community is a very taboo issue, no one wants to talk about it, it's always about losing face," said Pa Thao, the Director of the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Association.

Authorities say an Altoona man is suspected of killing a woman by strangling her and burning her body after they argued last weekend.

An Eau Claire County man is accused of killing a woman who lived with him, and hiding her body in a shed.

A man who once lived at the home where police are investigating a suspicious death has been booked into jail on suspicion of First Degree Intentional Homicide.

A source close to the investigation says they are at the scene of a suspicious death in Altoona.

Karate American hosted safety day in Altoona, to teach kids about personal safety and that they can rely on the community and law enforcement for help... Families got the chance to meet with local firefighters, police and k-9 units to hear more about how the agencies work to keep them safe.

A New Mexico school principal has filed a discrimination complaint with Wisconsin state regulators against Regis Catholic Schools, contending the Eau Claire organization rescinded an offer to be its president because of unfounded speculation that he is gay.

A local school district received a grant to fund smart technology. The Altoona School District has been awarded a Wisconsin Technology Initiative Grant of 60-thousand dollars.

WEAU Channel 13 in Eau Claire reports on participation in the free fishing weekend in Altoona.

Three men are being credited with a dramatic weekend rescue of a boy trapped inside a van submerged in the Chippewa River.

It's been a not-so-great start to the fishing season for area anglers. A big snow storm hit the Chippewa Valley in the beginning of May, just a week before the Wisconsin Fishing Opener.

The Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department says David Frederick, 53, is moving from Altoona to Pioneer Court in the town of Brunswick, just southwest of Eau Claire.

Members of the Pederson family of northwestern Wisconsin say the silver lining in the explosion that destroyed their house is that they were far from home at the time of the devastating blast.

The Altoona School District will have a large-scale disaster drill on Thursday afternoon and does not want people to be alarmed.