Updated: 11:30 PM People under thirty are more likely to drive drowsy, according to the National Traffic Safety Administration. With college finals and the holidays draining drivers, a sleep expert weighs in on staying safe.
Updated: 11:21 PM A fire at County Concrete shut down the 1100 block of Menomonie Street for about four and a half hours.
No one was seriously injured as a result of the fire and it took about an hour for firefighters to contain it.
Updated: 7:51 PM The pros and cons of a $1.4 billion coal-fired power plant officials at Xcel Energy are thinking about building in Southern Dunn County.
Updated: 7:52 PM Gov. Doyle visited an Eau Claire home to promote his success in the property tax freeze. He also commented on other current state issues.
Updated: 11:01 PM A two year old girl is being treated at a Minnesota hospital for extensive burns after an apartment fire on Eau Claire's north side Tuesday night.
Updated: 7:16 AM The Minnesota man sentenced to life in prison for killing six deer hunters in Wisconsin now wants a public defender to handle his appeal.
Updated: 11:22 PM The Wisconsin Child Center was once a fixture in Sparta, years ago.
And thanks to a cemetery honoring children who passed away due to disease and epidemic, it will not be forgotten.
At first it was just numbers on the graves, but 6 years ago a memorial was erected putting names with the numbers.
Today, members of the local boys and girls club along with the woman who made the cemetary memorial possible decorated a Christmas tree in memorium for the children.
Updated: 8:07 PM Public school students in Eau Claire and Menomonie public schools are spending their days in 68 degree classrooms that used to be at 70. Eau Claire's district leaders expect $30,000-$75,000 in savings because of that.
Updated: 8:07 PM A study of 42 states ranked Wisconsin's tap water as second dirtiest of 42 states, ahead of California, but the city of Eau Claire's utilities administrator says water quality is well within the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Updated: 7:23 AM A 45-year-old La Crosse woman will serve three years probation and do 30 hours of community service in the fire deaths of her two young grandchildren.
Updated: 7:17 AM State game managers have a message for people tempted to lure members of northern Wisconsin's fledgling elk herd to their property this winter: Don't feed them.
Updated: 11:16 PM The giving season is present throughout the area and prevalent at Delong Middle School.
7th graders at the school raised $2,500 dollars and received a Presto Foundation grant of $2,000 dollars for Children's Service Society.
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