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Governor Tony Evers was in Eau Claire on Wednesday.  The governor visited Eau Claire North High School where he talked about his priorities for his remaining time in office.  Evers focused his remarks on affordability matters as they relate to working families, on public health resources and on state funding for public schools. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

Former Marathon County GOP Chairman Kevin Hermening is running for Congress.  Hermening launched his campaign yesterday for the GOP nomination in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.  The district — that includes all or part of more than two dozen counties — is currently represented by Republican Tom Tiffany who is now running for governor.

A man is being found not guilty of murdering his father in Wisconsin Rapids.  On Halloween of last year, 56-year-old Randall Harris Senior was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside a home on Eleventh Street South and another man was found outside of the home suffering from severe head injuries.  Officials had charged 34-year-old Randall Harris Junior with first degree charges of intentional homicide and recklessly endangering safety.  A jury has found Harris Junior not guilty on all charges.

Kelly Lytle Hernández, a leading immigration expert, will be the featured speaker for the Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Speaker Series at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Wednesday, March 4, at 4 p.m. Hernández will deliver a talk titled “The Whites-Only Immigration Regime: 1896-1952” in the Kinnickinnic River Theater in the University Center, 501 Wild Rose Ave., River Falls. The event is free and open to the public. Hernández holds the Thomas E. Lifka Endowed Chair in History at

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about an ongoing scam.  Authorities say residents are receiving phone calls from scammers, who claim family members need bailed out of jail or that they have a warrant for missing jury duty.  The scammers then ask for payment over the phone.  The sheriff’s office reminds residents that it will never call residents and ask for payments over the phone.

At the age of 18, Elise Foley was driving home from volleyball practice when her life changed in an instant. The River Falls High School senior had a seizure, which began a two-year health descent. She found herself bedbound, struggling with seizures, cognitive decline, stuttering, and even kidney failure. “It was super weird,” she said. “I had never had seizures before. One incident, and you’re a different person.” Foley had plans to attend Hamline University in Minnesota to study aeronautical

 John “Jack” Link was announced as the newest inductee of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Hall of Fame, a program of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) – the combined state chamber and manufacturers’ association. Born and raised in Minong, Wisconsin, Link learned the fundamentals of meat processing at an early age in his family’s butcher shop. After the family meatpacking business closed, he identified an opportunity to improve the quality and consistency of meat snacks available in the marketplace. Drawing on his great-grandfather’s

Dunn County Transit recently reported that 2025 ridership on the Community Route was the highest in history.  Facilities, Parks and Transit Director Austin Witt recently presented the 2025 Transit Annual Report to the Dunn County Board, which included the Community Route amassing 20,660 rides in 2025. That is a 29 percent increase over 2024 and 73 percent above the 10-year average.  The Community Route is Dunn County Transit’s fixed-route bus service in Menomonie. It operates on an hourly loop connecting key destinations such as UW–Stout, downtown, grocery stores, medical facilities and major employers. 

ICE agents in Eau Claire County on Tuesday took four people into custody.  According to reports, the agent went to a construction site in an effort to apprehend an individual accused of recently assaulting a law enforcement officer.  One person was taken into custody at the construction site while three others ran and barricaded themselves inside a residential garage.  Those three later surrendered. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

A teenage defendant is pleading guilty to charges in Chippewa County.  In an October 2025 incident, 17-year-old Landen Sarauer says he was trying to break into a Lafayette Express Mart during overnight hours in order to steal vapes that he was planning to sell at school.  Sarauer failed to gain entry into the store.  Video shows him fleeing the scene after breaking the glass on the store’s entry door.  Sarauer has pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage to