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Trash Talk series continues with presentation on dangers of plastic bags

Cori Picard, Freelancer
March 15, 2013

A city council member and a UW-Eau Claire professor spoke on the damage plastic bags do to the environment and a potential citywide ban on them during the second Trash Talk presentation March 7. City Council member Andrew Werthmann and Douglas Faulkner, the chair of the UW-Eau Claire geography and anthropology... Read more »

City extends benefits for same-sex couples

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Anna Soldner
May 3, 2012

Until recently, gay, lesbian and transgendered Eau Claire city employees and their partners could only receive single-person health insurance coverage. As of April 24, Eau Claire became the fourth city in Wisconsin to extend health care benefits to same-sex couples employed by the city. In the plan,... Read more »