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The Wisconsin state veterinarian has issued two new restriction when it comes to poultry events, exhibitions and fairs in Wisconsin.

An organization that markets Eau Claire as a tourist destination is pulling for Carson Park in a "best of" contest.

Investigators say Mitchell Owens kidnapped a woman from a Walmart in Southeastern Wisconsin early Monday and brought her to Eau Claire where she escaped at a Kwik Trip on Black Avenue.

Reconstruction of Highland Avenue, from Hastings Way to Fairfax Street, and Spooner Avenue, from Fairfax Street to the US 53 overpass is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

WWE says Virgil Runnels, a former professional wrestler known by his fans as Dusty Rhodes, has died.

Madison police say the discovery of a sophisticated methamphetamine lab is a rarity for the area.

An appeals court says it won't block net neutrality rules, which will go into effect Friday as a result.

Health officials are advising U.S. doctors to be on the lookout for people sickened by Middle East respiratory syndrome, also called MERS, following an outbreak in South Korea.

Republicans on the Legislature's budget-writing committee plan to propose eliminating the alternative minimum income tax which primarily benefits people earning more than $200,000 a year.

Downtown Eau Claire Inc. is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly-renovated Micon Cinemas Downtown Budget Cinema on S. Barstow Street Thursday afternoon.

A rising stock market and climbing home prices have boosted Americans' net worth to a new high.

Investigators say Sergio Valencia del Toro was intoxicated when he fatally shot two men and a child on the bridge before taking his own life May 3.

Prosecutors recently filed a felony Kidnapping charge in Eau Claire County against Joshua Moggo, 23.

A French prosecutor says that some doctors who treated the co-pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet felt he was unfit to fly, but did not tell his employers because of German patient secrecy laws.

Assistant District Attorney, Ellen Anderson, says she dismissed the charge of Second Degree Sexual Assault against 45-year-old Jeremy Stender because the alleged victim in the case is not able to proceed due to medical reasons.

Marathon County sheriff's officials say an 11-year-old boy who was shot in the face is expected to survive.

The owners of a Cricket wireless phone store in Madison are accused of beating an employee and locking him in a small storage container.

Residence have been evacuated from Care Partners Assisted Living in Eau Claire after the thread of a gas leak.

Police say a 12-year-old boy has died in an accident involving an off-road vehicle in Green Lake County.

Divers have wrapped up a three-day search of the waters at a Green Bay park for clues in the fatal shooting of a mother of three.