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With its bright, vivid decor and 99-cent Margarita Monday specials, Casa Margarita’s southside Eau Claire location has become a Tex-Mex staple. As of Monday, Dec. 4, folks closer to E.C.’s west side are able to easily get a taste themselves thanks to the opening of ...

Gerald Stern, who drew on nature, history and his own experiences to write prizewinning poetry laced with wistfulness, anger and humor, died Friday in

Mr. Stern, who drew on his own upbringing and the death of his sister, began writing late in life and earned the 1998 National Book Award, among other accolades.

Firefighters responded to a local family restaurant shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.

North staff and teachers spent Tuesday night handing out holiday meals to their students and their families. The idea to buy meals for their students instead of holding a staff potluck came from Ron Parks, a math teacher at North, who proposed the idea in November. “Retirees always come, and everybody joins in,” said Marjorie Craemer, a North math teacher. “It’s a lovely time of sharing our community, and we can’t do that this year. Ron said, ‘What could we do inst...