Chippewa Falls News

The Chippewa County Park, Recreation & Forestry Department makes some changes to its Christmas Village schedule.

Good Samaritan helps man out of fire Font Size: Firefighters say a good Samaritan helped a man in a wheelchair get out of his house after it caught fire tonight.

A State Patrol trooper arrested a man who tried to stab passengers on a Greyhound bus on Interstate 94 in Eau Claire County.

Dick Leinenkugel pours a pint of beer in the Leinie's Lodge in Chippewa Falls. The Leinenkugel brewery offers daily tours.

A man charged with beating and robbing two brothers outside a motel last year will spend time in prison.

There's a new decision maker on a local city council. Chippewa Falls City Council members appointed Jane Lardahl the new 5th Ward Alderperson Tuesday night.

State Sen. Pat Kreitlow, D-Chippewa Falls, is hosting a listening session from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Greenwood City Hall, 102 North Main St., Greenwood.

A comprehensive job creation package drafted by two central Wisconsin legislators would provide a collective $2 million in grants to businesses that reopen shuttered manufacturing plants.

Investigators say an Eau Claire woman who believed in the Nigerian scam lost thousands of dollars.

Russell Plummer, a 20-year-old Cornell, Wis., soldier who was missing for a week, apparently died of hypothermia brought on by exposure.

MADISON, Wis. -- A judge has entered not guilty pleas for a state lawmaker in his latest driving under the influence case.

The body of a 20-year-old soldier who failed to show up for National Guard duty over the weekend has been found in the Chippewa County Forest.

The family of a Bloomer area man says they're worried about his where about's. Russell J Plummer recently returned from basic training and schooling for the Army National Guard.

Three teenagers are facing misdemeanor charges for letting animals out of their cages at a local zoo.

MADISON - More taxpayer dollars would be directed toward Wisconsin Supreme Court campaigns in an effort to blunt the impact of special interest money under a bill passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

A legislative committee has met to consider whether to strip a troubled state lawmaker of his job.

O* vacation last week, I took my little girl to the Wisconsin Northwoods to see my mother, her grandmother.

A $235,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce will help the city move forward on plans to upgrade its water systems, according to information from state Sen.

CHIPPEWA FALLS -- The Evergreens captured their third straight trip to the WIAA state volleyball tournament with a five-set win over Eau Claire North in a Division 1 sectional final.

A Wisconsin woman is celebrating her 100th birthday touring a local brewers and sampling some cold ones.