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“This is our way of saying ‘Thank you for serving our country,’” Each year, Chippewa Valley Technical College offers free services to veterans during the Give Vets a Smile one-day event. This year, the College welcomes veterans to campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, to receive these free services. “This is our way of saying ‘Thank you for serving our country,’” said Don Raymond, Respiratory Therapy instructor. “We have so many programs at CVTC that

Eau Claire County residents now have a new option for disposing of needles, lancets, syringes, and other sharps devices.  “The goal of these boxes is to decrease the number of discarded needles found at parks, roadsides, and outdoor spaces within the county.” Several local agencies are partnering to install eight large sharps disposal boxes in Eau Claire County. The project is paid for with funds received in Eau Claire County from the national opioid settlement.  Three sharps disposal boxes have

If you are looking to add unique items to your life, Banbury has your back! Saturday October 19th , Building 13 at Banbury Place will open the doors for their annual FallMarket! Building 13 is the creative hub at Banbury Place. The shops and studios of Building 13 are overflowing with original art and the makers and shakers of Banbury will be offering jewelry, fiber arts, woodworking,stained glass, pottery, painting, lotions, potions, leather goods and more. There will be food

A Jackson County 13-year-old is dead after what the sheriff’s office is calling a farming accident. The sheriff’s office says it happened last week in the Town of Manchester. Deputies say the teenager was ‘submerged by crops,’ and had to be rescued. The 13-year-old later died. The sheriff’s office says it is investigating, and has not said just how the teenager fell into the grain pile where he was found. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

Local governments across Wisconsin are getting hundreds of millions of dollars more from the state. The state’s Department of Revenue says it is sending over one-and-a-half billion-dollars in shared revenue to cities, towns, counties, and townships in this year’s budget. Nearly 300 million-dollars of that is from the new shared revenue deal that became law last year. Another ten-million is coming from Wisconsin’s new tax on cable TV. Some of the new shared revenue dollars are earmarked for first responders,

Foxconn says it’s expanding its factory in Mexico. The company this week said it;s building the largest GB200 production facility on the planet’ at its factory in Guadalajara, Mexico. Foxconn is doing work for Nvidia, which is a new technology company. Foxconn already has a huge presence in Mexico, with over 30-thousand employees and seven campuses. No one is saying just how many new jobs will be connected to the new expansion. Many people in southeast Wisconsin are still sour

Add Tomah Schools to the long list of school districts in Wisconsin who are asking taxpayers for more money. The Tomah Area School District  has a 177-million dollar referendum on next month’s ballot. The money would go toward building a new high school. Tomah’s superintendent says the plan is to build a new high school, then move the middle schoolers into the high school building, and move elementary school kids into the old middle school. There’s a public meeting next

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz will be in Wisconsin again next week. The Harris-Walz campaign says he’ll be in both Green Bay and Eau Claire on Monday. It’ll be the Minnesota Governor’s fifth visit to the state since he was chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate.

Wisconsin Business World – a program of WMC Foundation – announced on Monday the winners of the Spring 2024 Innovation Competition. The twice-annual contest, sponsored by Kwik Trip, tasks students to innovate a new product for the Kwik Trip convenience stores, create a marketing plan and present the idea in the format of their choice. The winners of the Innovation Competition: Sachi Makani– 9th grade – Grafton Senior High School Sophia Tucker– 10th grade – Logan High School Nevaeh Flesch and Capri Lapacek– 10th grade

The Health Department is offering no-cost flu and Tdap vaccines this month for kids 18 and under at vaccine clinics in Eau Claire and Augusta. “We’re glad to offer an opportunity for kids in our community to get their flu shot and get up to date with the Tdap vaccine.” -Kristy Polden, public health nurse at the Health Department. Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also visit ecvaccine.as.me/ to schedule an appointment at one of the clinics. Clinics will be held on: