New Auburn News

A New Auburn man who led police on a high-speed chase is going to prison for 6-years. Ryan Hansen was sentenced in Barron County.

More tests will be done to try to determine the cause of death of a 4-month old infant at a New Auburn trailer park.

Chippewa County authorities are investigating the death of a 4-month-old infant in New Auburn.

The death of a four-month-old is being investigated in Chippewa County. The Chippewa County Sheriff's Office says the infant was found unresponsive around 7:00 a.m. Friday at 322 S. East St.

If you haven't received your seasonal flu shot yet this year, health officials say it's not too late.

Jail time is ordered for a convenience store robbery in Chippewa County. James Flach was sentenced to six months in jail, most of which he has already served.

Electric service to 540 Xcel Energy customers will be temporarily interrupted from approximately 5 to 5:15 a.m. Monday, Nov.

A local county hopes to get a jump on the future and you can help. Chippewa County recently completed a report to identify the challenges the county will face in the future.

There's speculation that pilots were asleep when a northwest airlines flight overshot the Minneapolis - St.

The Chippewa County Department of Public Health has canceled some seasonal flu clinics because it has run out of the vaccine.

The FDIC orders two western Wisconsin banks to improve their finances. The agency says that Citizens State Bank of Hudson and Security Bank of New Auburn had "unsafe and unsound banking practices." According to the FDIC, the Hudson chain lost $4.6-million in the second quarter of this year.

Eau Claire United PTA/PTO has launched a campaign to raise $70,000 to cover the cost of field trips for Eau Claire school district students for the 2009-10 academic year.

Here are everyday actions from the state's pandemic flu resource Web site - www.pandemic.wisconsin.gov - that can help prevent the spread of germs that cause respiratory illnesses such as swine flu.

An early estimate of numbers in the new state budget shows more than a dozen area school districts will see a drop of 10% or more in state aid.

Investigative reports on the cabin fire that killed a Chippewa Falls teen indicate discrepancies in what witnesses told investigators.

A half-hour before 17-year-old Evan Bresina of Chippewa Falls died in a cabin fire June 20, he passed out outside the rural New Auburn cabin after drinking alcohol.

Officials say it appears under-age alcohol consumption was going on at a rural New Auburn cabin that caught fire, killing a Chippewa Falls teen.

The Chippewa County coroner said a 17-year-old Chippewa Falls youth was apparently buried by rubble in a burning home and died early Saturday morning in the Town of Sampson.

The Chippewa County coroner said a 17-year-old Chippewa Falls boy died after he was found buried in the rubble of a burned home.

Farmers at Windmill Dairy fed nearly three times as many mouths as usual Saturday morning.