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Eau Claire panel discuss downtown homelessness issue, what is being done to address it
EAU CLAIRE — In understanding and addressing the downtown homelessness crisis in Eau Claire, a panel of speakers talked about what measures were being considered moving forward. The discussion was held at the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast advocacy program, where local employees, business leaders and community leaders are invited to hear from a guest panel on topical issues. While the discussion on Friday eventually led to the...
Colfax Train Museum Follows Tracks Through Time
It’s tempting to call a place like the Colfax Railroad Museum a hidden gem, but that’s not exactly accurate. It’s a gem, certainly, but not hidden: For one thing, it’s right off Main Street in the Dunn County village of Colfax, about 18 miles from Menomonie. For another, the museum has been around 25 years and the former train depot that houses it is more than a century old.
Eau Claire community reacts to global IT outage
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The global IT outage appears to have impacted millions and millions across the world. Here in the Chippewa Valley, of the numerous agencies we reached out to, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire Emergency Dispatch and Kwik Trip reported virtually having no issues. For us here at...
Road improvement projects running ahead of schedule to on time, say city officials
EAU CLAIRE — Eau Claire’s road construction projects are running on schedule or ahead of schedule, said Deputy City Engineer Tim Pluth. “I think we’ll probably hit most everything this year by the end of October,” he said. “We generally like to have most of our streets paved and the concrete done by the end of October, but it’s not uncommon for us to go into the middle of November with our projects.” ...
UWEC works with WPC on defense contract
EAU CLAIRE – The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) students and faculty are collaborating with WPC Technologies on a Department of Defense contract to develop a more environmentally friendly, anti-corrosive product for use in military equipment. WPC – which develops and manufactures high-performance pigments and additives for the paint...
Eau Claire middle schooler is state’s queen Civics Bee
EAU CLAIRE – Civics has joined theater, music theory, piano and jazz camp as some of 13-year-old Rya Mousavi’s interests, and she’s become quite well-versed in it. So much so that the Eau Claire middle schooler will represent Wisconsin in the inaugural National Civics Bee® national championship in Washington, D.C., in November.
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