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A man who was the subject of a brief manhunt in Eau Claire back in May of this year has now been arraigned on a list of charges.  Authorities say that 48-year-old Leo Lacey pulled a firearm on another individual on May 22nd at the Smokeclaire Tobacco shop.  The incident was reported to police and a search for the suspect began.  Lacey was arrested a day later.  He pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges including possession of a firearm by

An infant was surrendered at a Safe Haven Baby Box in Racine.  The city of Racine and the Racine Fire Department say the baby was safely surrendered at a fire station last week.  It’s the first time the baby box was used in Wisconsin.  The infant is now in custody of child protective services.  There are six Safe Haven Baby Box locations in Wisconsin. 

November is upon us and we have some great opportunities for you to attend with your friends and family. Saturday, November 8, Genealogical Research Society of Eau Claire, 12-1pm – Research Time; 1-2:30pm – Meeting.  Join the GRSEC for their November meeting. Todd Johnson will be discuss prisoners of war and the history of the first United States flag flown in Occupied Japan following the end of World War II. The GRSEC is a non-profit educational society dedicated to preserving

On Thursday, October 23, at approximately 0720 hours, personnel from the Eau Claire Fire Department, Altoona Fire Department,  CVRA (Chippewa Valley Regional Airport) Fire Department, Chippewa Fire District, and Township Fire Department responded to 3801 Airport Road for an Alert 2 of an inbound aircraft with possible landing gear issues. En route, units were updated that there  were seven souls on board and the aircraft was going to do a flyover to see if its landing gear was down. Further information

We now have more details about a small fire today at UW-Eau Claire’s Schneider Hall. The Hall is closed for the remainder of the day after a small electrical fire was extinguished on the first floor of the building shortly before 10 o’clock this morning. Faculty, staff and students safely evacuated the building, and no one was injured in the incident. The building is closed to the public until further notice. UW-Eau Claire Police and the campus Facilities team worked

Dunn County police recently offered and update on an incident last month. Below are the details: Follow up to motorcycle pursuit 09/19/2025. Based on follow up investigation and in collaboration with Hudson P.D. , Baldwin P.D. and the St. Croix Co Sheriff’s Office two individuals have been arrested and charged in this incident. They are: Parker J. Rousar, 19 of New Richmond: Felony Fleeing, Display False Registration, Plates Reckless Driving, Speeding on Freeway. Ivan X Cunningham , 29 of Baldwin:

For the third time in as many years, combined enrollment is up at the campuses of the Universities of Wisconsin System.  UW has released official 10th-day enrollment numbers that show the number of students enrolled this fall across the system is more than last fall.  In Western Wisconsin, that total includes nearly 95-hundred students at UW-Eau Claire, just over ten-thousand five-hundred at UW-La Crosse and just over seven-thousand at UW-Stout.

Staff members at a Holmen wine bar on Wednesday found themselves dealing with a wild visitor.  Surveillance video shows the moments when a deer dashed across the street and through a window at the Lush Wine Bistro.  The deer jumped behind the bar where it remained for a few seconds before running back out front and eventually exiting the business.  No one was hurt.

The Mayo Clinic Health System continues to grow in Wisconsin.  Leaders gathered this week in Sparta for a groundbreaking ceremony for an expansion project at the Mayo Clinic’s Sparta Hospital.  The effort will result in the addition of ten new patient rooms and the need for additional staffing.  Work on the development is planned for completion in the spring of 2027.