CHETEK, Wis., (WLAX, WEUX) - You may have seen the statue of a bobber on Highway 53 between Cameron and Chetek, right next to the board with the name of two movies. After a brief time without cars in ... Read More

A Chippewa Falls man faces his sixth suspected operating while intoxicated charge after Wisconsin State Patrol troopers arrested him during a traffic stop ... Read More

It's about to be construction season across the Badger State and two major projects are scheduled for a well traveled Chippewa Valley highway. Read More

A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 53 and State Highway 77 late Monday morning left one juvenile dead and another person critically injured, according to the Minong ... Read More

Police say a juvenile was pronounced dead at the air ambulance landing zone. Read More

A juvenile passenger in the SUV died, and the driver, who was airlifted to Duluth, is in critical condition. Police say it appears the driver of the SUV failed to yield the right ... Read More

HOLMEN, Wis. (WKBT) -- The eastbound lane of County Road MH is re-opened and the accident is cleared. The crash under the Highway 53 bridge temporarily slowed traffic this afternoon after a dump truck ... Read More

As of this weekend, the left turn signals for Golf Road turning on to the Highway 53 ramps are lengthier. The timings at the other intersections on Golf Road have ... Read More

Highway 16 in La Crosse is on schedule to reopen by end of August. Construction progress includes pavement repair, bridge rehabilitation, and signal upgrades. Read More

Authorities in western Wisconsin say one driver suffered only minor injuries Tuesday night after falling asleep and crashing into a tree. According to a release from the ... Read More

So with the age of current bridges ' we think it's a cost effective solution to replace them at this point in their lifespan.'? WisDOT previously planned to close all three bridges on Highway 35 and ... Read More

There have been more details released on a Fatal Lake Wissota accident. The Wisconsin DNR reports two jet skis collided with each other on Friday, May 23rd. A ... Read More

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Southbound lanes on Highway 53 are shut down for a crash. No details at this time. Traffic camera shows traffic being diverted off the Melby Street exit. Read More

A bench warrant effective in Wisconsin and adjacent states has been issued for a 56-year-old Rice Lake woman who faces a charge of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, ... Read More

Officials say that speed and alcohol factored into a crash that killed a man in northern Wisconsin early on Tuesday morning. According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office, a driver reported ... Read More

Authorities in Madison County say a multiple vehicle wreck has temporarily closed Jeff Road at Highway 53 on Wednesday. According to Toney Volunteer Fire and Rescue, the wreck happened just after ... Read More

Governor Tony Evers was in Chippewa Falls Friday to celebrate the launch of new electric vehicle charging stations.The EV stations are the first in Wisconsin to be funded by a program under the ... Read More

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - The ability to charge an electric vehicle (EV) as you travel across Wisconsin will get easier thanks to ... The chargers are among 53 projects that WisDOT awarded nearly $23 ... Read More

Aspirus is partnering with Wisconsin-based civil engineering ... On the west side of the Highway 53 north-south corridor between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, the new hospital will have access ... Read More

GALESVILLE (WQOW) - Two people were killed when a basket lift tipped over in Galesville Saturday morning. According to a press release from the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office, two men were ... Read More

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) celebrated the opening of the state's first electric (EV) charging stations, funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure ... Read More

The subject fled, eventually crashing near County Highway K and 50th Avenue ... the investigation with assistance from the Wisconsin State Patrol, Chippewa County Sheriff's Office, and a ... Read More

On Highway 53 in Holmen, a pickup truck slid off the road ... The weather system that moved into southern Wisconsin from Iowa Saturday night brought a mix of snow rain and ice, forcing drivers ... Read More

Gabe Mier, who sustained a fractured skull in an apple orchard accident in Chippewa Falls on Sept. 18 is getting ready to go home from the hospital. Read More

One person was killed and another suffered serious injuries in a collision between a vehicle and a semi-truck. It happened at approximately 1:35 p.m. Tuesday in the town of Mitchell, in the southwest ... Read More

DELTA COUNTY, MI - A Wisconsin woman died after the driver of an off-road vehicle crashed in the Upper Peninsula. Michigan State Police from Gladstone responded to the scene on 28 Road approximately ... Read More

DELTA COUNTY, MI- A Wisconsin woman died in an ORV crash in Delta County on Sunday. Michigan State Police from the Gladstone Post were dispatched around 3:15 p.m. to 28 Road, about a quarter-mile west ... Read More

EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - Southbound US 53 lanes are open again after a crash Friday afternoon. An accident occurred just south of the mall near the exit for I-94. As a result south-bound lanes were ... Read More

The Lake Hallie Police Department says road rage led to a rollover crash yesterday evening (5 / 28 / 24). Officers were called to investigate the crash on Highway ... Read More

EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) - The eastbound lanes of Clairemont Avenue are closed near US 53. According to WisDOT, the lanes are closed due a crash. Other details are not yet available. The crash happened near ... Read More

According to Lake Hallie police, officers called to investigate a rollover crash on Highway 53 North near mile marker 93 at 5:41 p.m. on May 28, 2024. After interviewing witnesses and those involved ... Read More

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - Three people are injured following a two-vehicle crash earlier today. According to the Chippewa Falls Police Department, on May 23, a two-vehicle crash happened on West ... Read More

According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the report of a two-vehicle crash at 11:04 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 53 / 12 at Daggett Coulee Road in the town of Pigeon. Read More

Temperatures this afternoon climbed into the low 60s in the Chippewa Valley and south. Areas near and north of highway US-8 along with parts of Clark and Taylor counties (and ... Read More

A fatal highway crash in Clark County, Wisconsin has left nine people dead ... Police responded to the scene just before 7:53 a.m. Preliminary reports said the van, driving north on County J ... Read More

The crash was reported at 7:53 a.m. Nine people are dead after ... s Office reports a semi was headed east on State Highway 95 in the Town of Dewhurst, about 50 miles southeast of Eau Claire. At the ... Read More

A Chippewa Falls man died and a Cadott man was injured after a snowmobile crash that happened Jan. 17 in Juneau County east of Mauston. Scott Williams, 60, of Chippewa Falls died from his injuries, ... Read More

Two northern Wisconsin men died from injuries they suffered in a snowmobile crash east of Mauston on Wednesday morning, authorities reported. Mark Sibber, 53, of Cadott, and Scott Williams, 60, of ... Read More

Mark Sibber, 53, and Scott Williams, 60, of Cadott and Chippewa Falls, respectively, died from injuries sustained in the two-vehicle crash on a snowmobile trail near Noe Road roughly 250 yards from ... Read More

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - The left lane of Highway 53 northbound at mile marker 105 is closed following a crash. According to WisDOT, the crash occurred at about 9:26 p.m on Dec. 12. The lane is ... Read More

If you have any information about the third vehicle involved in the crash, contact the Altoona Police Department at 715-839-4972. Read More

ALTOONA, Wis. (WEAU) -Part of Highway 53 North, near the exit ramp on River Prairie Drive in Altoona, is backed up due to a crash. The Wisconsin DOT say the left lane is blocked. Heavy smoke could be ... Read More

A three-car crash in Osseo shut down part of US Highway 10 for nearly an hour early Thursday morning. The crash happened just after midnight at the intersection of US Highway 53. The Trempealeau ... Read More