Buffalo County News

A 33-year-old Spring Valley woman awaiting sentencing on a felony battery conviction was charged Thursday in Pierce County Court with threatening to harm two judges.

THIBEDEAU, Darren R., 23, Cameron, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and exposing genitals to child Sept.

When you retire, what do you see yourself doing? Any plans to build a giant sculpture garden? Well that's what a farmer from Arcadia did in the late 50's. Now it's known as Prairie Moon Sculpture Garden and we take you there in this Wandering Wisconsin from Buffalo County.

Buffalo County could lose up to $200,000 in state grants after a county employee, who has resigned under pressure, admitted he made mistakes in applying for the money.

Here are the latest road construction reports in the Chippewa Valley, according to the Eau Claire Public Works Department and state Department of Transportation: Eau Claire Under construction and closed to traffic - Alley east of Hobart Street from Oak Street to Elm Street and Madison Street to William Street.

The Buffalo County Historical Society is opening its Heritage Hall, 316 S. Main St., Alma, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Monday.

Each year in the spring and the fall, members of the Chippewa Valley Motor Car Association, a volunteer group of railroad enthusiasts, offers a limited number of trips by train to the Tiffany Bottoms State Nature Area,one of the state's most remote sites to go birding.

Whitey, a broad-winged raptor with rakish good looks and a large fan club, had everyone worried.

Deputies say a man was maintaining a drug house less than a quarter mile away from a park that children often use.

Local students receive life lessons from someone who has spent his life on a swamp.

Five Dane County businesses are among 12 to be honored with the Governor's Trailblazer Awards for Women in Business.

The Panther Cafe is unique in a number of ways, particularly that it is a community-owned restaurant built about three decades ago to serve the Gilmanton area.

A Pepin man died in a one-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon on Highway 35 north of the village of Nelson, the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department said.

The state's own lost and found is going on tour looking for the rightful owners.

For the first time ever in our area, researchers are now tracking a golden eagle.

A man is dead after his truck goes into a swampy pond. It happened Tuesday on Highway 35 in the Village of Nelson in Buffalo County.

Alma a ' A golden eagle accidentally caught last fall in a coyote trap in Buffalo County will be outfitted with a satellite tracking radio Tuesday.

Two brothers are sentenced for breaking into a home in Buffalo County. After being on the run, Austin and Joshua Rieks were both arrested in November.

A 24-year-old Trempealeau man involved with the break-in of a home and leading police on a high-speed chase and a lengthy manhunt was sentenced Friday in Buffalo County Court to two years in prison.

A Cochrane woman faces drug charges after police found cocaine and marijuana hidden in the bra she was wearing.