Eau Claire

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Matt Milner |Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — A man facing charges of arson, making terrorist threats and two counts of using a computer message to threaten injury or harm has been ordered to comply with all mental health directives as his case proceeds. Both cases were filed against Tylor Larson, 29, Eau Claire, on April 1 though the events that led to one charge dated back almost a month. On March 6 emergency workers responded to a report of a fire in the 2800 block of Thomas Drive.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Matt Milner |Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — An Eau Claire man who pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges will spend six years in prison. Devine Spencer, 34, received a total of seven sentences for the charges, which were across two separate cases. But, because they will be served concurrently, only the longest determines his time behind bars. The judge imposed two six-year sentences, one for possession with intent to deliver heroin and a second for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

1 week ago | gazettextra.com | Craig Sesker |Eau Claire

By Craig Sesker - The Leader-Telegram, Eau Claire, Wis. (TNS) At first glance, Ian Pepple looks more like a basketball player than a wrestler. He stands 6-foot-5 and possesses a large wingspan. But when Pepple steps on the wrestling mat, there is no question what sport he excels in. Just ask the school-record 25 wrestlers that Pepple pinned this past season. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matthew Baughman |Eau Claire

MENOMONIE — For some University of Wisconsin-Stout students, creating an integrated consumer campaign is all about knowing your audience. Carly Kauffman, an undergraduate student at Stout, said her campaign, titled “Monkey Around With Sun Bum” which was created in collaboration with the sun care product brand Sun Bum, said her key demographic was towards millennials and young families. “No one really wants to put on sunscreen when they go outside, especially kids,” she said.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Matt Milner |Eau Claire

EAU CLAIRE — An unspecified “discovery issue” has delayed trial for a man accused of pointing a gun at police. Thomas Burback, 53, faces charges of intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer, failure to comply with an officers attempt to take a person into custody, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and disorderly conduct. Burback was shot during the incident, which began when officers responded to the sound of a domestic disturbance.