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A former Blue Devil received an award across the border. Sonja Weiler remembers graduating from University of Wisconsin-Stout and being ready to start her teaching career. “I felt I was prepared to walk into a classroom on day one,” said Weiler, who earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing education in 1999. “The faculty prepared you to be ready.” Weiler, of Elk River, Minn., returned to UW-Stout earning her master’s degree in career and technical education in 2013. Earlier this month

UPDATE: The missing 16yr old was located.  He is ok and being checked out and returned to his family. Earlier today we reported that officials were looking for help locating a missing teenager. See the original details below. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 16 year old Corey Hayden. Corey has been missing for over 36 hours from the Rice Lake Area. He does not have his phone and did not take his medication with him. Corey is 5’09”,

A group of faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are taking part in launching an initiative to create more jobs in senior living. Vision 2025 aims to create 25 senior care administration programs and provide one-thousand paid internships in the field across the country by 2025. The health care administration program at UW-Eau Claire is one of a few schools in the United States to offer a dedicated senior care program. Vision’s Founding Director says as the country’s workforce

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities says November was a wild month for weather. In a Facebook post, they say last month will go down with several record highs and lows. The average temperature in Eau Claire was nearly 38 degrees, which is five degrees above normal, and precipitation was also above normal.

The Eau Claire Plan Commission is moving forward with a plan to improve programming at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Voters approved a 48-point-eight-million-dollar referendum to create the Transportation Education Center. They say the new facility will house auto mechanics, collision, diesel mechanics, truck driver training and other programs. A vote is set for next week. Construction could start on the new building next spring.

A lot of people are going to give out of the kindness of their hearts on this Giving Tuesday, but some people are going to take because of their greed. The state’s consumer protection director, Tricia Collins, yesterday said people need to research the charity or non-profit they plan to donate to before sending any money. Collins says some charities, particularly those online, are scams. She says GoFundMe accounts that pop-up on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram are the most suspect.

Eau Claire Police are not saying just what started the Thanksgiving Day fight that sent a man to the hospital with a stab wound to his chest, but we now know who was involved in the incident. Officers say 51-year-old Kelly Weiberg, the man accused of the stabbing, was drunk when it happened. Police say Weiberg told them the other guy punched him in the face, then he grabbed a knife. But Weiberg says he doesn’t remember what happened after

Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus count is as much a reflection of the dip in tests over the holiday weekend as anything else. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just over 25 hundred new positives and six new deaths. The number of people in the hospital with the virus in Wisconsin is down to just over 18 hundred, with 395 in the ICU. This is the third straight week where the state’s coronavirus numbers have fallen. Health professionals have warned that it

Eau Claire’s Children’s Museum is closed, and will stay closed until at least 2022, but they will have a new building when they reopen. Museum managers yesterday said they have accepted an offer on a new building, at 220 S. Barstow Street. The Children’s Museum closed in July because of the coronavirus and low attendance. Managers at the time said they would be closed indefinitely, but now say they plan to reopen.

There will be less at the library at UW-Eau Claire for students looking to study ahead of finals at the school. The university yesterday said it is scaling-back at the McIntyre Library. The changes include closing popular study rooms and computer labs, limiting hours, and canceling the popular emotional support dog hours. Library director Jill Markgraf says they are doing what they can to be as safe as possible during the coronavirus outbreak.