By Tiffany Coggins The Eau Claire City Council put together a committee to study how to lower disposable bag use. The Sustainable Bag Committee will begin meeting in April and will make recommendations to the council in October. A selection of reusable bags. © 2013 Tiffany Coggins Two ideas utilized by cities to lessen bag [...]

City council elections are Today, April 2. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Inside Eau Claire took some time to interview each city council candidate.  Click on the name of a candidate below to view each candidate’s interview. Catherine Emmanuelle Michael Xiong Dave Strobel Eric Larsen Eric Getten Steven Judd Luke [...]

By Kim Acheson As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Kim Acheson:Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Mark Olson: I’m a retired lieutenant from the Eau Claire Fire Department. I am 58 years old. I’ve lived in Eau Claire since 1986. [...]

By Kim Acheson As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Kim Acheson: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? Michael Turner: I was born and raised here in our community, my parents were born and raised here as well, [...]

By Kim Acheson As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Kim Acheson:Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background? Monica Lewis: I’ve lived in the Eau Claire area for over 30 years. I have raised my daughter here [...]

By Michael Falk As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Michael Falk: What made you want to get into politics? Luke Hoppe: When I was younger, I always wanted to help people in any way I could. It wasn’t until college that [...]

By Michael Falk As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Michael Falk: What made you want to get into politics? Steven Judd: I was steward for the local union at the Eau Claire County courthouse, and I became the union president a [...]

By Michael Falk As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. Michael Falk: What made you want to get into politics? Eric Getten: I was born and raised in Eau Claire. My father and my grandfather were both firemen for the city of [...]

As the city council elections draw nearer, Inside Eau Claire  will update you with interviews from each city council candidate. By Chi Ab Vang Michael Xiong has lived in the Eau Claire community for the past 28 years.  He received a master’s degree in home economics with a concentration in family services from the University [...]

By Madison Rodgers The kitchen was humming with commotion as a meal of sloppy joes, mashed potatoes and cheesy broccoli were on the menu at the Community Table. A variety of people were preparing each piece of this meal. One of these people was an Eau Claire City Council Representative. “The thing that I love [...]