Home

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

A man injured in a Clark County vehicle accident last month has died.  Authorities say that Eric Evenstad was driving his pickup westbound on State Highway 29 when he lost control, spun into eastbound traffic and was hit by a dump truck.  Evenstad died this past Saturday.  The dump truck driver survived the accident with non life-threatening injuries.

Governor Tony Evers is calling on Wisconsin lawmakers to keep working, not campaign. The governor gave his eighth and final State of the State address to the Legislature last night, imploring Republicans to focus on priorities rather than November’s election. Evers said the Legislature may “rather hit the road and take the rest of the year off,” but asked they stick around until the work is finished. The two-term governor also spoke about bipartisan accomplishments during his time in office,

Menomonie voters have narrowed the field down to two. Voters on Tuesday chose candidates for April’s mayoral election. The top vote-getters — incumbent mayor Randy Knaack and city council member Matthew Crowe will ask for folks’ support in the general election scheduled for April 7th.

A skier is dead following an accident at Granite Peak in Rib Mountain State Park.  Authorities say that earlier this month, 20-year-old Ally Blattner was killed when she struck a tree as she was skiing.  Blattner was a student of UW-Oshkosh who was preparing to study nursing and was a member of the Tri Sigma sorority.