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A preliminary hearing is set for the man accused of killing three Chippewa Falls Girl Scouts and a mother in a crash.  Colten Treu was back in court yesterday by video conference for a review hearing.  Treu’s attorney’s asked for a delay in his preliminary hearing until April so both sides could review his toxicology results.  The defendant’s preliminary hearing is set for April 12th. 

Chris Kroeze will be performing a third time Eau Claire this spring.  The Pablo Center announced yesterday that Kroeze is adding a third show to his March performances.  Kroeze will perform March 29th and 30th at 7 p.m. with a third performance set for 9:30 p.m. on the 30th.  Tickets for all three shows go on sale this morning.  

Just after 6:30 on Tuesday two Eau Claire men were arrested after a drug deal at a local restaurant. It was at the Burger King in the Village of Lake Hallie after a caller stated they witnessed 2 males seated in a booth exchange what they believed to be a bag of drugs and money. Officers arrived at the store and contacted the subjects who were identified as 44 year old Bruce E. Caver and 39 year old Duane L.

DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER, EAU CLAIRE TRANSIT WILL DISCONTINUE SERVICE AT 6:30PM ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 In order to ensure the safety of our staff and our passengers, Eau Claire Transit will discontinue service at 6:30PM on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 and will provide service 5:45AM – 6:30PM on Thursday, January 31, 2019. Over the next few days, the extreme weather conditions will cause breakdowns which can lead to delays. Please check the status

On January 29th 2019 at around 9:20pm a call came into the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department that a residence located at 9100 CTH AA was fully engulfed requesting the Fire Department to respond. Local Fire Departments fought the fire for a number of hours and contained it.  The bitter cold was a factor in controlling the fire.  The Sheriff’s Department investigating the fire learned that 67 year old Dale Channing lived at the residence alone and was more than likely in

It might be hard to imagine wanting a cool treat to cool off NOW, but soon we will be looking for those ice cream cones and Olson’s will have a new location to dish up the sweets! Earlier this month, Olson’s Ice Cream announced that it is expanding to Eau Claire. Since then, customers have been guessing where the new store will be on Facebook, with the ice cream for a year being given to three customers who guess correctly-we

Foxconn Technology Group is pulling back on plans for a ten-billion dollar campus in Wisconsin.  The Taiwanese electronics giant said yesterday it won’t be hiring nearly as fast as it had planned.  When the massive campus was announced in 2017, Foxconn said it expected to employ more than five-thousand people by the end of 2020.  A company source now says that number will be closer to a thousand.  Foxconn also said about three-quarters of the jobs will be in design and

Police are examining cell phone records of the man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs.  According to court documents, the calls, photos, and videos on 21-year-old Jake Patterson’s phone are all being examined to determine a timeline of what happened.  Patterson is charged with kidnapping Closs and murdering her parents back in October.  He’s being held on a five-million-dollar bond and his next court date is February 6th.  Investigators in Barron County say they went through Jake Patterson’s phone, and

A Cornell man is going to prison for six years for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.  If you were paging through The Leader-Telegram, you likely saw that 22-year-old Thomas Hoyle pleaded guilty in October to second-degree sexual assault of a child stemming from a 2017 case in which he was accused of having sexual contact with the girl.  He’s facing more prison time in a separate sexual assault case from Chippewa County. 

Police in Vernon County are investigating the mysterious death of a woman.  The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Hillsboro resident Tammy Johnson was found dead early last Friday morning.  No criminal activity is suspected but the case is still under investigation.