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Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here! If you are sinking into the Fall season-from sweaters to cider-then Mother Nature has your back right now. CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL FIRST ALERT FORECAST WITH WEAU 13 NEWS. There was hot chocolate flowing from the concession stands around Western Wisconsin last night. If you missed the action from the bleachers, CLICK HERE for a recap of local gridiron action! Now from the football fields to the farm fields

The Trump administration has denied federal disaster assistance for several Wisconsin counties after severe flooding in August caused over 26 million dollars in damage. Governor Tony Evers announced he will appeal the decision to ensure Door, Grant, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties receive necessary support. Governor Evers said the state is going to “fight tooth and nail” to ensure communities get every possible resource to rebuild and recover.  Showing you different sides, so you can decide, FEMA determined that

Wisconsin’s Most Wanted fugitive, Armando Barragan, is in custody after being arrested in Mexico. Barragan has been on the run since 2005 following federal racketeering charges. U.S. Marshals tracked him down with assistance from the Mexican authorities and the Monterrey Consulate. The former Latin Kings leader is accused of ordering the killing of an innocent bystander at a gas station as a teenager.

From pirates and princess, ghosts to goblins, we are getting into the Halloween season and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we pull the mask off a story from the West Coast where a mom made a discovery worth screaming about! A mom in California bought an old “Scream” mask at Goodwill and found out it was worth a lot more than she paid for it.  Those “Ghostface” masks actually predate the movie.  They came out five years before “Scream”

A man who was the subject of a brief manhunt in Eau Claire back in May of this year has now been arraigned on a list of charges.  Authorities say that 48-year-old Leo Lacey pulled a firearm on another individual on May 22nd at the Smokeclaire Tobacco shop.  The incident was reported to police and a search for the suspect began.  Lacey was arrested a day later.  He pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges including possession of a firearm by

An infant was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Racine.  The city of Racine and the Racine Fire Department say the baby was safely surrendered at a fire station last week.  It’s the first time the baby box was used in Wisconsin.  The infant is now in custody of child protective services.  There are six Safe Haven Baby Box locations in Wisconsin. 

November is upon us and we have some great opportunities for you to attend with your friends and family. Saturday, November 8, Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire, 12-1pm – Research Time; 1-2:30pm – Meeting.  Join the GRSEC for their November meeting. Todd Johnson will be discuss prisoners of war and the history of the first United States flag flown in Occupied Japan following the end of World War II. The GRSEC is a non-profit educational society dedicated to preserving

On Thursday, October 23, at approximately 0720 hours, personnel from the Eau Claire Fire Department, Altoona Fire Department,  CVRA (Chippewa Valley Regional Airport) Fire Department, Chippewa Fire District, and Township Fire Department responded to 3801 Airport Road for an Alert 2 of an inbound aircraft with possible landing gear issues. En route, units were updated that there  were seven souls on board and the aircraft was going to do a flyover to see if its landing gear was down. Further information

We now have more details about a small fire today at UW-Eau Claire’s Schneider Hall. The Hall is closed for the remainder of the day after a small electrical fire was extinguished on the first floor of the building shortly before 10 o’clock this morning. Faculty, staff and students safely evacuated the building, and no one was injured in the incident. The building is closed to the public until further notice. UW-Eau Claire Police and the campus Facilities team worked