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An Eau Claire Deputy City Attorney is now a county judge. Governor Tony Evers appointed Douglas Hoffer to the Eau Claire County Circuit Court Branch Two seat, which was left open by Judge Michael Schumacher.  The former judge resigned in May. Hoffer’s last day at the City Attorney’s Office will be August 16th, and his term as judge will end next July.  Hoffer lives in Eau Claire with his family, and graduated from Marquette University Law School.

It’s a million-dollars bond for two of the suspects in last year’s murder of a 15-year-old girl in Madison. The three made their first appearance yesterday in the shooting death of 15-year-old Kyesha Miller. All three were charged after police arrested one of the suspects last weekend. Two of the men are being held on a million-dollars bond, while the third is being held on a 750 thousand-dollar bond. A fourth suspect in the case has not yet appeared in

On July 25, 2024, at 5:07 p.m., the Eau Claire Police Department and Eau Claire Fire Rescue responded to a crash involving an SUV and motorcycle at the intersection of W. Clairemont Avenue and American Boulevard. The preliminary investigation shows a motorcyclist was traveling westbound on W. Clairemont Avenue and collided with an SUV that was turning onto W. Clairemont Avenue from the frontage road. The motorcyclist, identified as 18-year-old Payton Leisz, died at the scene. The driver of the

It might be a little early to start thinking about back to school, but for this weeks Friday Feel Good we get a lesson of a different sort and meet a graduate student with a unique study strategy.  A 26-year-old grad student at the University of Missouri: Kansas City spent a year living at a senior living facility, where she would share her love of music and playing the piano with the residents . . . in exchange for free room and

 The Visit Eau Claire Board of Directors announced the appointment of Kenzi Havlicek as the Executive Director, effective immediately. Havlicek has been serving as the Interim Executive Director. Becky Squires, Chair of the Visit Eau Claire Board of Directors, expressed her enthusiasm for Havlicek’s appointment, “Kenzi’s passion for the Chippewa Valley and her extensive experience within our organization make her the ideal leader for Visit Eau Claire. We are confident that under her direction, we will continue to thrive and

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is offering a discount to get people to buy new endangered resources license plates. The state is updating the design, going from the basic red and white license plate with a wolf on the side, to a new full-color plate that features a bald eagle going after a fish. The DNR is offering a 25-dollar rebate to anyone who buys the new plates. That could be either people who are first-time endangered resource plate customers,

A chase ends in arrest for a Hudson man. 28 year old Paul Martin Allen from Hudson has been arrested by the Wisconsin State  Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense.   On 7/25/2024 at 1:54 AM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for unsafe  lane deviation at milepost 45 in Dunn County near Menomonie on I-94. The vehicle failed to stop,  and a pursuit ensued reaching speeds over 100

There is reaction from city council members and the public in Eau Claire after the decision to remove the park benches and picnic tables from the local park where Eau Claire’s homeless and unhoused stay. Eau Claire sent city crews to Wilson Park this week to remove the benches and tables as a way to deal with the growing number of folks who are living in the park.  Ahousing community advocate, Susan Wolfgram, has urged the public to join a

The Wisconsin legislature is looking at what to do with the state’s sandhill cranes. A new legislative study committee will meet next week to look at ways to control the sandhill crane population. The cranes have been a problem for farmers for years because they eat just-planted corn during their spring migration. Many states have a sandhill crane hunting season, but Wisconsin does not. The legislative study committee isn’t expected to have any suggestions until at least later next year.