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One person is dead after a two-car crash in Eau Claire. The Police Department says a truck with a trailer carrying railroad ties was driving on North Clairemont Avenue near Folsom Street yesterday afternoon. The truck had a green light when an SUV traveling the opposite way turned left on a flashing yellow light. The two cars crashed. The 74-year-old man driving the SUV was taken to the hospital, where he later died. His passenger was injured and is hospitalized,

The Badgers take the number one team in the country to the limit before falling on a late field goal. Wisconsin held top-ranked Oregon to a pair of field goals through three quarters and entered the fourth leading 13-to-6 before falling to the Ducks 16-13 Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium. Braedyn Locke’s two-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds left in the first half gave the Badgers a 10-6 halftime lead. Wisconsin’s the first team this year to hold Oregon

“Having dutifully served the Milwaukee community both on the bench and in the Legislature, Rep. Kessler led a long, distinguished career of public service, and he was a tireless advocate for the people he served,” -Gov. Evers Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #243 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sat., Nov. 16, 2024, in honor of former Wisconsin State Rep. Fred Kessler, who passed away on Tues.,

There are often favorite books that we read again and again during childhood, leading to those worn covers and dogeared pages. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we are checking out a story about a real life dog who’s own story of survival is helping others to heal. Martina was found tangled in barbed wire, but that didn’t stop her from rewriting her future. After being rescued, Martina went on to find her purpose as a therapy dog and now

It’s prison time for a Dunn County former care worker in a sexual assault case. A judge sentenced 49-year-old Ramone Bridges to nine years in prison for sexually assaulting two people at the adult assisted living facility where he worked. The assaults date back to 2018, when Bridges worked as a caregiver at the now-closed Serving Hands in Menomonie. After his prison term, Bridges will spend nine more years on parole, and will have to register as a sex offender.

A Clark County dad is looking at charges after investigators say one of his daughters found his gun, and shot her sister. It happened in Neillsville earlier this week. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Brandon Woods’ five-year-old daughter found his gun under a couch cushion, pointed it at her four-year-old sister, and pulled the trigger. The wounded girl was rushed to the Marshfield Medical Center for treatment. There’s no word just how seriously she was wounded. Woods told investigators that this is

Schools across Wisconsin will be getting a lot of new money in the new year. A new report says voters across the state approved a record four-point-four billion-dollars in school referendums in this year’s two elections. The Wisconsin Policy Forum says more schools were able to pass their tax hike questions last week. Just over 77 percent of schools got the money they asked for this fall, compared to just over 60 percent back in the spring.

The latest look at Wisconsin’s crime lab shows it’s taking a lot longer to turn around just a few more cases. Attorney General Josh Kaul released the latest report into the crime lab yesterday. It shows the number of cases at the lab increased by just under one percent last year. The report also shows a much larger jump in the time it took scientists to turn those cases around. In some cases it took twice as long. This is

The votes are counted in Wisconsin, but the election is not yet official. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday said local election clerks have finished counting their ballots. That means the state’s canvass can begin. The canvass will produce the official election results. Nothing has changed since the day after Election Day when news organizations said President Trump, and Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin both won Wisconsin. The Elections Commission has til December 1st to collect canvass results, and certify Wisconsin’s

Chippewa Falls is getting a new hospital, after being without one since HSHS and Prevea closures earlier this year. Aspirus Health says plans for the new facility are in the works, and the hospital could be open in as little as a year-and-a-half. The hopes is to find a site close to Highway 29. Aspirus is based in central Wisconsin, and has 18 hospitals throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THIS STORY WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.