Trick-or-treat at Holmen Library runs today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
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Trick-or-treat at Holmen Library runs today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Latest booking: Cassandra M Carmody · Oct 27, 7:27 PM
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West Allis officer shoots armed man during probation and parole home visit
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Holmen Park and Recreation and local businesses will host trick-or-treating stations and games for kids in costume at the Holmen Library today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and the event is free.
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Elin Gilles won two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Holmen co-op girls swim team beat the La Crosse co-op 120-50 on Tuesday in Onalaska.

Alysa Remsburg, Roz Schnick, Pat Wilson, Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations and Ethos Green Power Cooperative were honored at the Sustainability Institute's 17th annual Inspiring Sustainability Awards in La Crosse.

Connor Hovell was named a proficiency award finalist in specialty crop production, and Adriana Berger and Conner Hilton were Agriscience Fair national finalists in animal systems at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis.

UW-La Crosse beat Concordia Wisconsin 9-0 Monday night at Veterans Memorial Field, with eleven Eagles recording a point and seven different players scoring.

Phil McIlrath is joining WKBT's News 8 Now as anchor of the morning and noon newscasts, while Brooklyn Heyn moves to the weeknight 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts with Ken Kosirowski.

West Salem's boys and Aquinas' girls won team titles at the Division 2 sectional, and Logan's boys and West Salem's girls finished second, sending all four teams to the state meet Oct. 31 in Wisconsin Rapids.









Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Abby Adamski, 20, of Eau Claire is charged with hit-and-run causing great bodily harm after police say she struck a woman in a crosswalk on North Clairemont Avenue and left the scene; the victim underwent immediate brain surgery.

Polk County and a regional planning commission are updating the master plan for the 14-mile Stower Seven Lakes State Trail, with a public hearing on the involvement plan set for Nov. 3 in Balsam Lake.

The Eau Claire County Parks and Forest Committee voted unanimously Monday to take no action on GFL's proposed 120-acre expansion of the Seven Mile Landfill into county forest land in the Town of Seymour.

More than $14.5 million in USDA financing will help West Wisconsin Telecom Cooperative expand fiber-to-the-premises internet in Buffalo, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and St. Croix counties.

About 700 volunteers in Eau Claire packed more than 171,000 meals on Friday, enough to feed 468 children for a year and the largest total the event has recorded.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Democratic candidate Rebecca Cooke at a get-out-the-vote rally and canvass in Eau Claire on Oct. 25, nine days before the Nov. 3 election against incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden.




Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Wausau-area voters will decide races for governor, attorney general, Congress, state offices and local posts on Nov. 3, with polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and three statewide referenda also on the ballot.

Eight contestants will vie for Miss Wausau Area 2027 and four for the Teen title Nov. 7 at the UW Center for Civic Engagement, with more than $10,000 in scholarships available.

The American Red Cross has scheduled November blood drives in Marathon, Portage and Wood counties and is seeking donors of all blood types, especially Type O.

Jackson Vogel's appeal in the 2024 killing of his Green Bay Correctional Institution cellmate Micah Laureano is now before appeals judges, with his attorney arguing comments about cannibalism should not have been heard at trial.

Collyn Jorgenson, 19, was convicted Monday in the June 2025 town of Seneca crash that killed a 14-year-old and injured a 15-year-old, with sentencing set for Jan. 21.

A members-only evening on Nov. 4 opens four days of discounted books, movies, music and games at the Marathon County Public Library's Wausau headquarters, with proceeds supporting programs at all nine library locations.










Arrest records only — not convictions. Everyone pictured is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

West Allis police say an officer shot a 31-year-old man who was armed with a firearm during a scheduled probation and parole home visit Tuesday night. The man was taken to a hospital, and an outside team is investigating.

State reports show Ascension All Saints in Racine netted $176.4 million from Wisconsin's hospital tax from 2017 to 2025, including $18.4 million in 2024-25, while its admissions dropped 38 percent since 2019.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned Oct. 26 at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel for Democratic governor candidate David Crowley, eight days before his Nov. 3 race against Republican Tom Tiffany.

Republican Rep. Bryan Steil faces ER nurse Mitchell Berman in the 1st District covering Racine and Kenosha counties, a race forecasters now rate as leaning Republican ahead of Nov. 3.

Patty Burbach of Mount Pleasant says a political Facebook post used a photo of her late husband Peter and their family's story without her permission, portraying a voluntary land sale as a forced Foxconn acquisition.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris rallied with David Crowley in Milwaukee on Monday while Congressman Tom Tiffany campaigned in Kenosha, as both governor campaigns tour Wisconsin in the final week before Nov. 3.
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