A new term, drunkorexia, has begun its use among professionals studying the effects of binge drinking. Drunkorexia, experts said, is the heavy consumption of alcohol without proper diet. People save half of the calories they allow themselves for drinking instead of eating the daily required amount. This can cause many health problems. Researchers said it [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   By Haley Zblewski In January 2012, the CDC reported Wisconsin had the highest binge drinking rates in the nation, reporting that nearly 23 percent of Wisconsinites binge drink. Julia Sherman, coordinator of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project, said binge drinking can cause health problems for both the [...]

By Meghan Flynn More than 50 million Americans – nearly one in six — are facing hunger, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Of that 50 million, about 17 million are children. Children, adults, and the elderly are going without the food they need. Like the rest of the country, Eau Claire faces high [...]

Inside Eau Claire spotlighted two local veterans and presented their stories in recognition of Memorial Day. Interviewed here is Jennifer Fadness, an Eau Claire resident who served during the Gulf War. Andy Hildebrand also interviewed Harold Freid, a World War II veteran of the Marines. By Emily Gresbrink Emily Gresbrink: What made you decide to enlist? [...]

  By Haley Zblewski When Leos and Theresa Frank applied for their federal brewing license in September 2010, they were just hoping to have a chance to make beer and allow others to try it. They began brewing and selling beer through their company, Lazy Monk Brewing, which specializes in Bohemian and German beers, by [...]

  Inside Eau Claire spotlighted two local veterans and presented their stories in recognition of Memorial Day. This story is about Harold Freid, a Marine during World War II. Emily Gresbrink also interviewed Jennifer Fadness, a Navy veteran of the Gulf War. By Andy Hildebrand Harold Freid sat at the kitchen table in his Eau Claire home. The [...]

By Shelly Adamczyk Princess Diana once said, “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” A new trend, which follows the same idea, is spreading throughout the United Sates. Customers fulfilling their caffeine fix have been seen [...]

  By Andy Hildebrand Maggie Armstrong peered through her black thick-framed glasses as her fingers quickly sorted through the large box of records she was trying to stock. She began working at downtown Eau Claire’s Revival Records a little less than three years ago and is convinced that small record stores like Revival still have [...]

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Emily Albrent Hunger is a problem. In a big city, the hungry go through trash cans, their personal belongings in a shopping cart. Onlookers watch as they cling to what they have. You can see this in the streets of New York, in Chicago and in the [...]

  By Martha Landry Each morning Longfellow Elementary school teacher Nancy Nelson-Meinen asks her students to share something about themselves. Sometimes they cannot think of anything so she asks, ‘What did you have for supper?’ Too often, the veteran teacher says, the reply is, “Nothing.” One in five children in the United States struggle with [...]