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Staff from the City of Eau Claire’s Engineering Department will be available from 4:00pm to 6:30pm on Thursday, February 6 at the Children’s Theater to display and discuss preliminary layouts for the 2020 Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street Project. Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street are the first streets to be reconstructed in conjunction with the new Cannery District. This informal open house will offer an opportunity to see preliminary layouts for Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street that are based on

We see the colors red and pink a lot this time of year, and when it comes to red, HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals are hosting American Red Cross blood drives. On Tuesday, February 25, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital is hosting a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in McDonald Hall, 2661 County Hwy I, Chippewa Falls. On Wednesday, March 11, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is hosting a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A person is in custody after a stabbing in Wausau.  Police say a man stabbed another man on South 9th Avenue Monday afternoon, leaving the victim with non-life-threatening injuries.  The charges against the suspect haven’t been announced.

A Jackson County man already in jail in Rusk County is facing child pornography charges.  A criminal complaint says Nicholas Gharrity-Johnson admitted to investigators he used peer to peer file sharing to download child porn onto multiple devices.  Gharrity-Johnson was recently charged with ten counts of repeat possession of child porn.

No one is hurt after a chemical fire at WRR Environmental Services in Eau Claire.  Fire officials say the fire broke out around noon Monday inside a 35-gallon barrel holding chemical pellets used to treat pools.  WRR’s fire brigade put out the fire before firefighters arrived.

A new park could be built in Eau Claire’s Princeton Valley neighborhood. The plan commission approved plans for the park on West Princeton Avenue Monday night.  The land where the park would be built was donated to Eau Claire last year.  The plan will now be considered by the city council.

No one is saying why a man from Chicago was driving so fast through Eau Claire. Police arrested 27-year-old Anthony Harris yesterday after chasing him on I-94 and into the city of Eau Claire. That chase hit speeds of 120 miles-per-hour.  Police had to eventually chase Harris down by foot after he ran from his car. Harris is booked into Eau Claire County jail, he could see a judge as early as today.

A woman who temporarily worked for Eau Claire County is looking at jail time after investigators say she stole 20 thousand-dollars. A judge recently sentenced Susan O’Connor to seven months in jail. Investigators say back in 2018, O’Connor wrote herself a check for 15 thousand-dollars and wrote her landlord another check for five grand. Prosecutors say O’Connor paid her bills and even took a trip with the stolen money. She pleaded guilty to the charges back in November.

Eau Claire will soon need a new city manager. Dale Peters yesterday announced his retirement. Peters’ last day will be in May, he’s worked for the city of Eau Claire for 30 years. There is no word on when the city will appoint a new city manager, or where the city will find their next candidates.

The area behind the Target on Eau Claire’s southeast side is about to change. The city council last night approved a proposal to build 80 new apartments behind the store. The hope is to add 66 more apartments if the first round is rented quickly. There’s no word just when crews will break ground.