Eau Claire News

An Eau Claire man who garnered national acclaim for miraculously regaining his eyesight is now getting attention of another sort.

The stalled Eau Claire County jail project has some county supervisors questioning their relationship with the city.

Costs will rise 10 percent at UW-Eau Claire in 2009-10 - more than at any other state university - if a $2.2 billion operating budget is approved as expected today by the UW System Board of Regents.

It's seems fair to say that when our nation was born, the area that became Eau Claire was pretty much like everywhere else beyond the 13 original colonies.

Walking into Tuesday night's special meeting, the Eau Claire County Board was set to consider putting the onus of finding a site for the new jail on the Eau Claire City Council, but later decided that a cooperative effort would be better.

By Chuck Rupnow Leader-Telegram staff Eau Claire County has filed a summons and complaint against a rural Eau Claire couple who hope to build a 15,000-square-foot storage garage that includes a fireplace, a spiral staircase, an elevator and amenities that make it appear residential in nature.

An Eau Claire North High School student involved in altering computerized grade and attendance records will spend a year on probation.

A second University of Wisconsin campus is adding a program designed to get kids from low-income families interested in college.

John Hoffland, who was news director at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire for 25 years, has died.

The young woman who survived a 30 foot fall off a cliff says she's thankful she can walk.

When: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 6. Where: Owen Park band shell, on First Avenue near the Lake Street Bridge.

The Wisconsin Woodchucks' three-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday night - with another close loss.

An Eau Claire school district panel is recommending a set of feasibility and impact studies regarding use of buildings, including possible options of consolidating the three middle schools into two and adding fifth grade to middle school.

A Wisconsin teenager using a classic excuse for evading schoolwork missed a class trip to Peru despite his tale being true: The dog ate his passport.

The Eau Claire Express are heading back to the postseason. Matt Fritz drove in three runs, and Trent Blank threw seven solid innings in a 10-2 victory over the Green Bay Bullfrogs that clinched the Northwoods League South Division first-half championship for Eau Claire, which last made the playoffs in 2007.

An Eau Claire man died at the Country Fest grounds north of Cadott, the Chippewa County Sheriff's Department said.

An Eau Claire man's legal issues can be oddly linked to the president and World War II collectibles passed down from his father, a defense attorney said Thursday.

The government unemployment checks keeping Candy Czernicki afloat are fast running out and her prospects of getting a new job appear remote.

A local group that wants to pay for student field trips, after they were cut by the district now knows how much money it needs to raise.

A fire early Sunday morning caused $45,000 damage to an Eau Claire home, but the home's occupants were able to escape unharmed.