Taylor Kuether, Managing Editor
January 31, 2013
Two UW-Eau Claire students are running for city council seats in the April 2 election. Spectator Managing Editor Taylor Kuether interviewed each candidate on their views and goals for the position. Michael Turner, 33, has lived in Eau Claire his whole life and enrolled at UW-Eau Claire in 1997. Now a... Read more »
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 »
Anna Soldner
March 29, 2012
After the Wisconsin Department of Justice closed a nine-month investigation into Eau Claire’s high gas prices, unhappy community members believe there’s more to the story. Two UW-Eau Claire faculty members in particular, together with the Eau Claire City Council and student support, are on a mission... Read more »
Corydon Fish
March 29, 2012
By Corydon Fish Election season in Wisconsin is heating up. On April 3, citizens of Wisconsin will have the opportunity to elect candidates for local office and select the presidential candidate they want to represent them. In Eau Claire, there will be elections for the municipal school board, city council... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
March 15, 2012
The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram recently published and article about how the Eau Claire YMCA is planning to ask the Eau Claire City Council for more time to raise the funding to build a new facility near Carson Park. The original plans for the new YMCA were unveiled in 2007 and, at the time, were estimated... Read more »
Thom Fountain
September 29, 2011
Between the lawsuit filed for discrimination last fall, allegations of hate speech against Muslims and a tiff with City Council about the name itself, there’s more reasons to not set foot in The Pickle than any reasonable person needs. At the expense of sounding like a grumpy elderly man, let me add... Read more »
Breann Schossow
March 25, 2010
Catherine Emmanuelle Why run? Emmanuelle said she is running for City Council because she thinks the city will be stronger if more people are civically involved. Most important issue in upcoming election: Emmanuelle said the budget is an issue of importance, especially because of tough economic times. “We’ll... Read more »
David Taintor
February 25, 2010
Catherine Emmanuelle wants to make people’s lives better, which is one reason why she’s running for an at-large seat on the Eau Claire City Council. Emmanuelle moved to Eau Claire about 10 years ago, after completing a nationwide research project, she said. After visiting all 50 states and... Read more »
Ashley Hofer
February 4, 2010
After the Eau Claire City Council’s Jan. 26 decision to keep the current three-story height limit on Water Street buildings, students and community members remain split over the issue. Under the original proposal by the city Plan Commission, a person could apply to the city to construct a building... Read more »
