The Chippewa and Black rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River, which has functioned as a superhighway for invasive carp to travel. They were first imported to the southeastern U.S. in the ...

Chippewa River tributaries such as the the Red Cedar River up to the Lake Menomin Dam and the Eau Claire River up to the Lake Altoona Dam may also have invasive carp in them, the DNR says ...

The downtown flood stage is 773 feet. The National Weather Service expects that the river has crested, and river levels will gradually fall over the next few days.

On Aug. 27, the DNR downloaded data from an acoustic receiver tasked with listening for transmitters embedded in fish in the lower Chippewa River, 6 miles downstream of the Dells Dam.

Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at 920-996-7266 or mheim@gannett.com.

Cornell soon signed a contract with the Wisconsin Historical Society to write a book regarding the Chippewa River, styled after the mid-1900s “Rivers of America” series.

The body of an Eau Claire man, Ricardo Gonzales, 22, was found in the Chippewa River behind the 200 block of Water Street in Eau Claire at 2:36 p.m. Friday.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WFRV) – One man is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after firefighters rescued him from a river Tuesday morning in Wisconsin, authorities say. According to a ...

Wisconsin Farmers Union announced they purchased the building in April 2022. The building sits across from the newly-created Chippewa Riverfront park and now has an excellent view of the river.