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6 days ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Baughman |Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — Local employers expected to interact with over 2,000 regional students throughout the day on Thursday, at an event that has been going on in the region for roughly 25 years. Though the partnerships and connections have existed beforehand, this also marks the first year that the hands-on Career Venture event is hosted by the Guidance, Education and Readiness (GEAR) Program.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Chris Vetter |Eau Claire

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Just days before a trial was slated to begin, charges of child sexual assault against a Cornell man have been dismissed. Jeremiah J. Hakes, 44, 317 S. 5th St., was charged in February 2024 in Chippewa County Court with two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. He was accused of sexually touching a 12-year-old girl.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Baughman |Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — Just before the end of the day on Thursday, students in the cafeteria at Robbins Elementary School were learning to count to ten in Japanese. This was just the beginning of the Japanese presentation that Eau Claire Area School District high schoolers gave to elementary students this week. “We are going to be teaching some kids Japanese and origami, which is going to be fun,” said Karson Califf, a Memorial High School student in the Japanese 3 class.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Chris Vetter |Eau Claire

MENOMONIE — A plea deal has apparently been reached in a case where an Eau Claire man is accused of driving drunk and causing a Dec. 24 crash that killed a Dunn County correctional officer. Mark A. Sokolowski, 41, 306 Minnesota St., Eau Claire, was charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle. He is accused of driving drunk and killing corrections officer Jeff Reynolds, as well as injuring other people in Sokolowski’s car.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chris Vetter |Eau Claire

CHIPPEWA FALLS — Part of what has made The Past Passed Here celebration so successful is the passion and quality of the 50 re-enactors, says organizer Jim Schuh. “We get them from across the Midwest. A lot of them are retired history teachers,” Schuh said Tuesday. “I’m excited we just get to keep doing this.”The 22nd annual Past Passed Here is meant to show what life was like in the late 1700s and early 1800s.