Dhimiters Goodies Hit Woodmans Shelves

Check out aisle 25 at Woodmans (2855 Woodman Drive, Altoona) for your noshing needs, as that’s where you can find a tidy selection of meats and sauces from none other than Dhimiters, the gyro joint and mobile food truck based in Oakwood Mall. The locally owned ...

Help and Be Helped: 6 Local Charitable Organizations

At this time of year, as we all focus on what makes the holiday season bright, it does well to remember what we can do to aid those less fortunate. The Chippewa Valley has a number of services available for those in need, so this ...

City Wants to Know: What would you do with an old fire station?

Eau Claire’s former Fire Station No. 10 has been silent since the summer of 2018, when the wail of sirens and the rush of firefighters shifted to a new station a few blocks ...

Black and Brown Womyn Power Coalition fights against sexual assault and gender-based violence

The Black and Brown Womyn Power Coalition was co-founded by community organizer and previous director of the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Pa Thao, who saw that the ...

Taking the Next Steps: Networking, education uplifts the next generation of Hmong leaders

Networking events can be “transactional,” according to Mai Xiong. There are unspoken rules and expectations, and one must understand what they ...

Using Pain as Propane

UWEC’s Dennis Beale works to inspire young black men in college, the community

Dennis Beale doesn’t need coffee to get going on a cold winter morning. All he needs are text messages from some of the many UW-Eau Claire students he’s ...

Local Business, Global Impact

Lasker Jewelers produces documentary film on African diamond sourcing

On Friday, Nov. 8, Lasker Jewelers debuted a nearly half-hour documentary film detailing local owner Nicole Lasker and her sister Liz Falkner Lasker’s recent trip to ...

Merry Christkindlmarkt

Lazy Monk’s annual German-style market returns

Lazy Monk Brewing is back with holiday cheer, hosting their fourth annual Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market for non-German speakers) – celebrating the quaint German tradition of ...

By the Numbers: Local Schools

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recently released 2018-19 report cards for public school districts. Districts’ rankings in areas such as ...

City and Xcel Set Carbon-Free Goals

The City of Eau Claire and Xcel Energy signed an ambitious “Energy Future Collaboration” agreement earlier this month, jointly pledging to produce – and use – more clean energy. The memorandum of understanding is ...