Eau Claire News

The East Hill Bluegrass Band will return to Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts to debut its new CD, "The Best We Never Done." The perennial Chippewa Valley favorites, featuring former Marshfield resident Max Winkels, will appear for a 7:30 p.m. Nov.

An autopsy shows Russell J. Plummer's preliminary cause of death is hypothermia due to exposure. An autopsy was performed at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday. Toxicology reports have not been completed, the results are pending.

Fall Creek police say that the 10-year-old boy who was hit by a pickup truck while riding his bike, has died.

The Owen-Withee Theater Department is once again attempting a challenging piece for their one-act play entry in the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival with Edgar Lee Master's 'Spoon River Anthology.' The play is set in Spoon River, a fictitious town in Illinois.

A family member and a friend came to the defense of an Eau Claire couple arrested Monday after their developmentally disabled 21-year-old son was found in a convenience store with chains wrapped around his ankles.

When it comes to solving major crimes, investigators say you can play a huge role with just a single tip.

Eau Claire County residents will be able to dispose of expired or unused prescription and over-the-counter medications for free at four permanent collection sites across the county.

On 11/02/2009 at 6:45 P.M. Eau Claire Police were called to the Direct Store at 3426 Melby Street to check on an adult male who was walking around the store barefoot with a heavy chain wrapped around his ankles and pad locked together.

College students are very mobile people, always on the go and often, running on less than a healthy amount of sleep.

For the fifth time in 3 weeks another western Wisconsin bank is robbed. Authorities say someone robbed the Citizen's Community Bank, located at 2125 Cameron Street in Eau Claire around 12:47 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department will provide H1N1 vaccination clinics next week for specific target groups of people to protect those most at risk.

News 18 was at Citizens Community Bank Thursday and spoke to one man who said he was in the drive-thru while the robbery was taking place.

On Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:47 P.M. the Eau Claire Police Department responded to 2125 Cameron Street in the City of Eau Claire for a report of a bank robbery that had occurred.

A 41-year-old Augusta man is giving new meaning to the term skirt chaser. David Von Haden is accused of taking nearly five dozen photos up women's skirts.

The face of homelessness in Eau Claire is often hidden from the public, but the homeless program coordinator for Eau Claire Schools says that doesn't mean it isn't there.

Like many of the 144 passengers aboard Northwest flight 188 last Wednesday, Robyn Blilie had no idea there was anything wrong until the next day.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department reported the first H1N1 flu related death in an Eau Claire County resident today.

A Wisconsin lawmaker arrested three times for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in 10 months plans expects to enter a Minnesota clinic this week.

The number of absent students is growing at some Eau Claire schools. News 18 surveyed elementary schools on Friday and then again Tuesday.

Experts now say school lunches across the country need to get healthier by adding more fresh fruits and vegetables and cutting calories and sodium.