An audit in Eau Claire County shows all votes are accurately counted. The post-election audit report says voting equipment used in the City of Eau Claire and the Towns of Washington and Seymour were working properly for the general election. More than 55-hundred hand-counted ballots in the county were found to have zero discrepancies. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court could take-up Eau Claire’s trans policy case. The court is considering a hearing on the challenge to Eau Claire Area Schools’ policy on gender. That policy allows teachers and school administrators to hide gender changes from parents. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty sued over the policy, but their lawsuit was dismissed because WILLs clients didn’t have kids in Eau Claire Schools. Eau Claire Area School leaders have defended the policy in the past as
Read MoreABOVE PHOTO: : Emily Isaacson, 46, of Eau Claire, always wanted to be a nurse. Circumstances pulled her away from that profession and kept her at bay for more than 20 years. On Thursday, Dec. 12, Isaacson will receive her nursing degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College. When Emily Isaacson walks across the stage to receive her diploma from Chippewa Valley Technical College in a couple of weeks, she’s sure to get emotional. “I always wanted to go into nursing, but
Read MoreAn Eau Claire man is looking at charges after firefighters say he set his own mobile home on fire. The trailer on Revere Street was gutted yesterday morning after police say 51-year-old Patrick Bischel set it on fire. He’d just been evicted from the trailer. Investigators say they found Bischel downtown, and he eventually confessed to starting the fire. No one was hurt, but a neighbor’s trailer was damaged in the fire. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE ECPD.
Read MoreThere are charges for a father and son in Vernon County who are accused of killing their neighbor’s dog. Prosecutors filed charges this week against John Kurtz and his son Andrew. The sheriff’s office says Kurtz’s neighbor reported her dog missing over the weekend. The neighbor said Kurtz had threatened to kill the dog before, because it got too close to his property. Deputies say Kurtz told them he had his son shoot the dog, then he tossed its body
Read MoreAdd Wisconsin’s Libertarian Party to the list of people asking for their money back. The Libertarians yesterday fired off a letter to lawmakers asking them to return the state’s four billion-dollar budget surplus to the taxpayers. The party says lawmakers need to stop ‘robbing the taxpayers.’ Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol have said for years that they want to return the surplus to taxpayers, but Democrats and Governor Evers say they’d rather spend it.
Read MoreEC gets a RC. Eau Claire’s Raising Canes is set to open next Tuesday. The new restaurant on Gateway Drive will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. There are plans for a Lucky 20 drawing, where 20 people will get free Canes for a year. The line for the giveaway opens at 8 a.m., and you have to be at the store to win. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.
Read MoreMore Wisconsinites are hunting for deer this year. The Department of Natural Resources says deer hunting licenses increased half a percent to about 778-thousand this season. Those hunters harvested almost 90-thousand deer overall during the opening weekend this year, about five-percent less than the five-year average. Antlerless deer harvests, however, are on the rise. The DNR says final numbers will be released in January.
Read MoreThe Rotary Club of Eau Claire is partnering with Hy-Vee to host the ninth annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive today. The Rotary Club, with the support of Hy-Vee for the first time this year, will provide groceries for a traditional Thanksgiving meal to local families in need so they can enjoy a Thanksgiving meal in the comfort of their own homes. The event was started by the Chippewa Valley After Hours Rotary Club in 2016. When the club merged with the
Read More“I am honored to serve as an Eau Claire County Circuit Court judge, and I look forward to the opportunity to continue to serve the people of Eau Claire County in this role…” Douglas Hoffer announced today that he is seeking election as Eau Claire County Circuit Court judge. Hoffer was appointed as judge for Branch 2 by Gov. Tony Evers on July 26. The vacancy for that position was created by Judge Michael Shumacher’s retirement. The election for Branch
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