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Visitors to Culver’s can get a Butter Burger while supporting a good cause today.  Nearly 70 locations across the state are supporting the United Way of Dane County’s Abundant Life Christian School Emergency and Recovery Fund.  Each restaurant is setting a percentage for every sale today that will be contributed to that effort.  The money is being used to support the families and educators who were impacted by the deadly mass shooting at the Madison school back in December.

Verizon is inviting customers to a Super Bowl blowout at Lambeau Field.  The wireless company is sponsoring a free watch party for the big game that will be hosted by former Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb.  There will be food and drinks available and attendees will take a pre-game stadium tour as well.  Tickets are being given away on a first come, first served basis at Verizon-fan-fest-dot-com-CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

Roland Teetteh, 46 years of age, from Chicago, IL has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 3rd offense.  On January 3rd at 11:02pm a Wisconsin State Trooper responded to a driving complaint on I94 near mile marker 98 westbound for a vehicle varying its speed and weaving across the lanes of travel. The vehicle failed to yield for the traffic stop and a pursuit ensued. An Osseo Police

A man is wanted in Juneau County on three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of a 33-year-old woman and two girls, ages 12 and 13. Authorities say 47-year-old Virgil Thew is wanted through Wisconsin Probation and Parole. Elizabeth Kolba and the two girls were found dead on Monday with gunshot wounds to the head inside a locked bedroom at a home in New Lisbon. Police said Kolba was Thew’s live-in girlfriend, but did not identify the

The Packers host the Bears today in the final week of the NFL regular season.  Green Bay is in the playoffs, but needs a win and a Washington Commanders loss to move up to the sixth seed.  The teams are tied at eleven-and-five, but the Commanders hold the tie-breaker based on a better winning percentage in conference games.  Tight end Tucker Kraft needs just one catch to tie and two to break Richard Rodgers’ record for most receptions by a

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thank you for spending some of it with us here in the 715 Newsroom. Just like that, we are off and running in the New Year. For our first full weekend of 2025 we are going to stick with an old favorite: our Saturday morning scroll down memory lane. This is just a simple way to start the day by taking an easy look back at events that happened on this day in history

The gun violence restraining order remains in place for the 20-year-old California man who had been communicating with the Abundant Life Christian School shooter. There are no criminal charges so far against Alexander Paffendorf, but the gun violence restraining order preventing him from having weapons will remain in place until at least April, when the next hearing occurs. The FBI detained Paffendorf in Carlsbad after discovering messages between him and 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, who killed a student, a teacher and

The Bucks host Damian Lillard’s former team tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers come to town for the first meeting this season between the two teams. In last season’s contest at Fiserv Forum, the Bucks had to rally from a 26-point second-half deficit for a 108-102 win over the Trail Blazers. Lillard scored 31 in his first game against his former team after spending his first eleven seasons in Portland. The Bucks are trying to recapture the form that saw them

The Eau Claire County Sheriff reminds the community of the continued investigation into a decades old case. Below is the update: On Monday, January 6th it will mark 24 years since the death of Angelina Wall, of Eau Claire. During the early morning hours on that date, Angelina was walking home from her job at McDonalds on Hastings Way. Her body was later discovered on the roadside of rural Highway J near Fall Creek. She was 22 years old and

Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center has expanded its hours and now offers urgent care services on weekends starting Jan. 4.  Urgent care will be open Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 129161 27th Ave. Lake Hallie Center is conveniently located between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls off of Highway 53.  Urgent care is available for injuries and illnesses, like minor cuts that need stitches or ear infections, that