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A century-old Wisconsin State Fair pavilion is getting a twelve-point-five-million dollar remodel. The Cream Puff Pavilion will get a bigger guest area and a new kitchen so more cream puffs can be made faster. It’ll also be renamed The Dairy Building, it’s previous name. Funding for the project will come from the fair’s revenue fund. Renovations are expected to be finished by early July, and the fair opens on July 31. 

Severe Weather Awareness Week for Wisconsin is planned for April 7-11, 2025! This week is designed to  promote emergency preparedness and inform residents of some of the various weather-related events  that are likely to occur in the coming months. These hazards include flooding, severe thunderstorms, tornado  and straight-line wind events, and heat, along with a reminder of how to be made aware of when a severe  weather event is possible or occurring.  “Being prepared for the weather events that may

Many folks dream of a retirement full of leisure and freedom after years of working, but for some that dream never becomes a reality. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a woman who, after decades of serving others, can finally put her feet up after a stranger stepped in to serve up kindness. —  An 81-year-old waitress in Pittsburgh can finally retire thanks to a video posted by a random customer last week.  Tamie Koznier took her young son to an

Runners gathered in Eau Claire to remember one of their own who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The runners were seen wearing red shirts yesterday. Ann Seidl was killed last weekend while running in Dunn County by a drunk driver who drove away from the scene. Seidl was highly active in the Eau Claire community and gave a lot of her time for the Eau Claire marathon. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

Starting Monday, US 14 between Marion Road and Garner Place will go under construction for road improvements.  Work that will be done includes patching pavement along with adding expansion joints on the US 14 Bridge.  Drivers can expect lane closures along with one lane in both directions at times.  The project is expected to be done in early June.

The Beaver Dam girl who had been missing for two months is found safe.  Deputies near Omaha say they got a tip just before midnight about a possible sighting of now-17-year-old Sophia Franklin and 40-year-old Gary Day. The missing girl’s birthday was yesterday. Day is accused of abducting Franklin, who’s currently pregnant with his baby. The two have a no-contact order. Deputies located them and took Day into custody.  Franklin is awaiting re-unification with her family. 

New numbers show almost 22-hundred crashes reported in Wisconsin work zones last year.  That’s an average of about one crash every three hours.  State Patrol says there were almost 800 injuries and ten fatalities as a result of those crashes.  Wisconsin’s April law of the month focuses on work zone safety. 

“I am deeply concerned that our students’ peaceful effort to share information on campus on Election Day was disrupted. UW-Eau Claire strongly supports every person’s right to free speech and free expression, and the university remains committed to ensuring that campus is a place where a wide variety of opinions and beliefs can be shared and celebrated…”  -UW-Eau Claire Interim Provost Michael Carney UW-Eau Claire announced that the faculty member involved in an on-campus incident on Tuesday has been removed

On Thursday, April 3, at 6:42 a.m. a report came in of a vehicle driving on a bike trail in Eau Claire. Eau Claire Police Department officers responded, and a vehicle pursuit ensued. The pursuit was initially terminated due to safety concerns of the general community. However, the male suspect continued to drive in a dangerous manner, nearly hitting a pedestrian, jumping curbs, running stop signs and driving into oncoming traffic on the west side of the city. The suspect’s

A Western Wisconsin teen is accused of a fatal hit and run while driving drunk.  Prosecutors say the 17-year-old girl hit and killed Ann Seidl while she was on a run in Dunn County Saturday morning.  The suspect’s mother found the deceased woman and called 9-1-1.  She told investigators her daughter refuses to stop smoking weed or drinking.  Investigators allege the suspect admitted to drinking before driving, didn’t know what she hit, and didn’t care.  The teen was in court