Leader-Telegram

01/17/2025

An Eau Claire team is ready for tomorrow's competition in the LEGO league.

EAU CLAIRE — For the five girls on Team Sea Anemone, this weekend is an unexpected and exciting moment.

01/17/2025

Information about an officer shooting a suspect has barely trickled out. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul was in Chippewa Falls to try to explain the delays.

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Attorney General Josh Kaul couldn’t comment on why so little information has been made public about an investigation in an officer-investigation shooting that happened Dec. 21 in

01/17/2025

An offshoot of our series on scams, a local woman warns of how a little-understood banking practice almost destroyed her family's finances.

Paula recalled one morning in early October when everything took a turn for the worse.

01/17/2025

Eau Claire managed to keep the wreath green this past holiday season!

EAU CLAIRE — For the first year in the 29-year history of the ‘Keep the Wreath Green’ public educational campaign, the three area fire departments saw no major structural fires

01/17/2025

Indoor track is approaching fast, and the Blugolds are getting ready for the season.

EAU CLAIRE— Both the men’s and women’s Blugold indoor track teams will have their first meet of the season tomorrow at the Ade Olson Addition in Eau Claire. It is

01/17/2025

Chippewa Falls is losing a supermarket.

CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Family Fare grocery store located at 17158 Highway J on Lake Wissota will permanently close in March, the company announced.

01/17/2025

Rural mental health has been an increasingly high-profile issue. Gov. Tony Evers met with some area farmers about the subject.

DALLAS — Brittany Olson said she can’t imagine doing anything else than running the family farm, but she added that it can be mentally draining.

01/16/2025

A FEMA grant will help some Altoona residents stay safe when severe weather threatens.

ALTOONA — After two years of waiting, efforts by the City of Altoona, Eau Claire County, and Altoona’s Hillcrest Estates Mobile Home Park to secure a $2.1 million grant to

01/16/2025

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a local child po*******hy case in which the defendant asserts a right to privacy for some online posts.

CHIPPEWA FALLS — A case against a Chippewa Falls man accused of possessing child po*******hy is on hold because a similar case from Waukesha County is being appealed to the

01/16/2025

The football season isn't quite over for a pair of Blugolds.

EAU CLAIRE — Wide receiver Isaac Garside and quarterback Harry Roubidoux will represent the UW-Eau Claire football program at The Dream Bowl on Sunday in Little Elm, Texas. Small-school standouts

01/16/2025

A fraud case involving nearly $300,000 is reaching a conclusion.

EAU CLAIRE — The woman who took nearly $290,000 from a former boyfriend’s accounts will have a restitution hearing next month after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.

01/16/2025

Bob Uecker, a baseball legend for his announcing if not his play, has died.

Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He

01/16/2025

Rivals in Eau Claire, teammates in Illinois. Dalton Banks and Caden Boser have a long history on the court.

EAU CLAIRE— Dalton Banks and Caden Boser are names familiar to any Eau Claire high school basketball fan.

01/16/2025

As technology advances, so can some crimes. An area man faces charges involving AI-generated child po*******hy.

EAU CLAIRE — Investigators say a man charged with possession of virtual child po*******hy admitted to being a pe*****le when they confronted him.

01/16/2025

The Leinenkugel family is making a bid to keep their brewery in operation.

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Jake and Dick Leinenkugel, who both served as presidents of Leinenkugel Brewing Company in Chippewa Falls, announced Wednesday that they have pitched ideas to keep the brewery

01/16/2025

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01/15/2025

CVTC's effort to push online textbooks as a cheaper option for students continues with a new tome.

EAU CLAIRE — Two new online textbooks released by Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) continue an initiative to make college more affordable for some.

01/15/2025

The NFC North's longtime doormat is now the division's last team standing.

Sheila Ford Hamp stepped up to support general manager Brad Holmes and coach Dan Campbell two-plus years ago when the Detroit Lions were 4-18-1 under their leadership. The team's owner