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The Packers host the Bears today in the final week of the NFL regular season.  Green Bay is in the playoffs, but needs a win and a Washington Commanders loss to move up to the sixth seed.  The teams are tied at eleven-and-five, but the Commanders hold the tie-breaker based on a better winning percentage in conference games.  Tight end Tucker Kraft needs just one catch to tie and two to break Richard Rodgers’ record for most receptions by a

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thank you for spending some of it with us here in the 715 Newsroom. Just like that, we are off and running in the New Year. For our first full weekend of 2025 we are going to stick with an old favorite: our Saturday morning scroll down memory lane. This is just a simple way to start the day by taking an easy look back at events that happened on this day in history

The gun violence restraining order remains in place for the 20-year-old California man who had been communicating with the Abundant Life Christian School shooter. There are no criminal charges so far against Alexander Paffendorf, but the gun violence restraining order preventing him from having weapons will remain in place until at least April, when the next hearing occurs. The FBI detained Paffendorf in Carlsbad after discovering messages between him and 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who killed a student, a teacher and

The Bucks host Damian Lillard’s former team tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers come to town for the first meeting this season between the two teams. In last season’s contest at Fiserv Forum, the Bucks had to rally from a 26-point second-half deficit for a 108-102 win over the Trail Blazers. Lillard scored 31 in his first game against his former team after spending his first eleven seasons in Portland. The Bucks are trying to recapture the form that saw them

The Eau Claire County Sheriff reminds the community of the continued investigation into a decades old case. Below is the update: On Monday, January 6th it will mark 24 years since the death of Angelina Wall, of Eau Claire. During the early morning hours on that date, Angelina was walking home from her job at McDonalds on Hastings Way. Her body was later discovered on the roadside of rural Highway J near Fall Creek. She was 22 years old and

Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center has expanded its hours and now offers urgent care services on weekends starting Jan. 4.  Urgent care will be open Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 129161 27th Ave. Lake Hallie Center is conveniently located between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls off of Highway 53.  Urgent care is available for injuries and illnesses, like minor cuts that need stitches or ear infections, that

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) was sworn into the United States Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris. Ahead of today’s swearing in ceremony, Senator Baldwin delivered remarks and penned an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, outlining her goals for the upcoming term.  “While it is a new year and a new term, my job is the same: Show up, listen, and work with anyone to deliver for our state.” -Baldwin

“I think one of the biggest goals, besides exposing middle school students to our programs, is just to get them thinking about what they want and what they can see for themselves in the future.” The thought of hundreds of middle school students descending upon Chippewa Valley Technical College doesn’t faze Anne Weber and Maggie Meyers a bit. In fact, they welcome it. Weber, a Student Recruitment Coordinator, and Meyers, an Admissions Advisor, both for Chippewa Valley Technical College, said

The unemployment rate is mostly steady in Wisconsin. The Department of Workforce Development says rates decreased or stayed the same in eleven areas statewide throughout 2024. In November, unemployment increased one-to-two-tenths of a percent in eight metro areas, but stayed the same in four.  More information about unemployment rates is available WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Wisconsin is getting more almost five-and-a-half-million dollars of federal funding to prevent home health hazards.  The US Department of Housing and Urban Development says the money will go toward developing local home renovation industries, and lead hazard interventions. The cities of Milwaukee and Selma will both get two-million dollars, and a non-profit in Green Bay is also getting financial support.