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The City of Eau Claire and Boxx Sanitation are sponsoring a Christmas tree recycling program.  Residents can drop off trees until January 31st at the Jeffers Road brush site for free.  The effort is part of the Merry Mulch program that turns old Christmas trees into mulch for people in the spring.

Eau Claire shoppers are out in force looking for good deals.  Stores were busy yesterday with customers returning holiday gifts and grabbing discounted Christmas items.  Shoppers at Target were especially stocking up on wrapping paper and wreaths.  Experienced shoppers said there were good deals on non-Christmas items as well. 

An Eau Claire woman is a busy knitter, stitching nearly 600 hats for newborns this year.  Volunteer Janice Ray says it takes her about three hours to knit a baby hat.  She has logged about three-thousand hours knitting this year.  Ray began her efforts in 2011 when she was recruited at church by a volunteer knitting coordinator at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.  Though she has never seen a newborn in one of her hats, a doctor at

Eau Claire County police are on the lookout for three people who broke into a gas station this morning.  The county sheriff’s office says the group broke into the Phillips 66 on Clairemont Avenue and Cameron Street as the clerk was opening.  Police aren’t sure what was taken.  They’re currently reviewing security footage to identify the suspects. 

Some heavy snow could move into west central Wisconsin this week.  Up to a foot of snow is expected in some parts of northwest Wisconsin today but the chance for accumulation further south won’t come until this evening.  Up to four inches could fall tonight to the north and west of Eau Claire before steady rain moves in the early morning.  Then, another inch or so could fall on Friday.  Forecasters are not recommending overnight travel tonight in any of the impacted areas. 

Final preparations for Eau Claire’s New Year’s Eve celebration are getting underway.  The theme of this year’s Light Up Eau Claire celebration is Dragons of the North and it will feature a New Year’s Eve gala with several musical performances and a lantern parade at six p.m.   Then, there will be a fireworks display at midnight.  WANT TO BE PART OF THE FUN? CLICK HERE: Tickets to the celebration can be purchased on the Visit Eau Claire website. 

A baker from Stoddard is the newest Food Network Holiday Baking Champion.  Meringue Bakery owner Jennifer Barney won last year’s baking championship but was randomly paired with another baker this year to take on four other past champions to decide the ultimate holiday baking champion.  Barney and her partner Jordan Pilarski won both of their heats and took home the top prize, splitting ten-thousand dollars.  Barney is next looking to move her bakery from her home to a shop in

Patients at an Eau Claire hospital are feeling the holiday spirit after getting a visit from volunteers on Christmas Eve.  WEAU says there were nearly 100 patients at HSHS Sacred Heart who couldn’t go home for Christmas, but some volunteers made sure to keep them company.  They came around to every patient and gave them an ornament and spent time with them.  One volunteer said he just wanted the patients to know people were thinking about them. 

A 19-year-old Eau Claire man is facing a charge of driving under the influence of marijuana.  Two minors were in the vehicle early Monday morning when police pulled over Mitchell Nunke for speeding along Hastings Way near the intersection with Galloway Street.  The officer noticed an odor of marijuana and arrested Nunke on preliminary charges of operating while intoxicated with a passenger younger than 16 in the vehicle.  He was also charged with marijuana possession and speeding. 

More than 100 people are receiving a stuffed stocking with their Meals on Wheels delivery thanks to volunteers.  Telephone Pioneers took over for Meals on Wheels employees over the weekend to help prepare meals and stockings for those in need at Christmas time.  The meals and stockings were delivered Christmas Eve to elderly and disable individuals in the Eau Claire and Fall Creek area.