Eau Claire News

Eau Claire's police chief says putting surveillance cameras on some city streets would help deter crime.

Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Eric Koenig, 48, Eau Claire, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to armed bank robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Eau Claire Royal Credit Union will be acquiring 11 branches in northwestern Wisconsin from AnchorBank.

EAU CLAIRE - The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire chapter of the national Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies recently announced the induction of 224 members and named 2009-10 officers.

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.