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Fairfax Pool to open with new equipment

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 4:23pm
For its 25th year anniversary, Fairfax Pool has upgraded and added some equipment that includes an inflatable platform and a new kiddy slide area.

Memorial for Veterans held at Burger King

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 4:23pm
Local Veterans gathered in Eau Claire today to remember and thank those who have served our military.

UW-Stout announces new cost-saving measures

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 3:39pm
UW- Stout Chancellor Bob Meyer has announced budget cuts that will save the university more than $2 million.

Harlem Globetrotter great Marques Haynes dies at 89

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 2:54pm
Marques Haynes, the Harlem Globetrotters star often called the greatest dribbler in basketball history, has died.

Clinton: all information in emails 'handled appropriately'

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 2:09pm
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton says all of the information contained in her emails from her time as secretary of state related to Benghazi, Libya, was handled appropriately.

Former deputy committed in slaying of wife, sister-in-law

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 2:09pm
A judge has committed a former Dane County sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease to a mental health institution after a jury earlier found he was not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law.

NEW INFORMATION: Brewers' Smith suspended 8 games for rosin, sunscreen on arm

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 2:09pm
Milwaukee Brewers reliever Will Smith has been suspended for eight games for having a foreign substance on his pitching arm during a game at Atlanta.

Drew Peterson granted trial delay in murder-for-hire case

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:54am
A southern Illinois judge has granted Drew Peterson's request to delay his trial on charges that the former suburban Chicago police sergeant plotted to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in the death of his third wife.

Eau Claire Man charged with robbing downtown bank is sentenced

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:54am
Benjamin Craig, 33, was ordered to serve five years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision.

Lawmakers nix Walker plan to eliminate higher ed board

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:54am
Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget-writing committee have killed Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate a small state agency that approves and regulates for-profit colleges.

NEW INFORMATION: Man pronounced dead, but then starts moving

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:23am
A man was reportedly pronounced dead after collapsing at his Milwaukee apartment, but then started moving his limbs.

Legislator preparing to unveil bill legalizing blaze pink

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 11:23am
Real men could wear pink in the woods under a bill legislators are preparing to unveil next week that would legalize blaze pink for hunters.

Adams Co. man convicted of 2013 assault, car thefts in Monroe Co.

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 10:39am
A jury has convicted a man for assaulting a woman and a string of car thefts nearly two years ago.

Winds, choppy seas slow cleanup of California oil spill

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
Weather has slowed cleanup efforts at the site of an oil spill that fouled a California shoreline.

COMMUNITY FIRST: QPR suicide prevention training offered next month

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
QPR is essentially the CPR of Mental Health, and getting trained can save lives.

Forecaster warns of flooding in southern states during Memorial Day weekend

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
The National Weather Service says there's a slight chance for severe weather along the Texas-New Mexico border and rainfall over the Memorial Day weekend will likely cause flash flooding across the southern Plains.

Suspicious package found at NYC's Grand Central Terminal

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
Authorities are investigating a suspicious package found on the lower level of New York City's Grand Central Terminal and have closed the area to the public.

Judge tosses portion of lawsuit in girl's bullying death

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
A judge has tossed a portion of a lawsuit that alleged negligence against a cement company in the death of a 12-year-old central Florida girl who committed suicide after being bullied.

US consumer prices up a slight 0.1 percent in April

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 9:09am
U.S. consumer prices were up slightly in April, but overall gains were held back by another decline in energy costs that offset the biggest one-month jump in medical care in eight years.

Milwaukee alderman killed in motorcycle crash

Fri, 05/22/2015 - 6:23am
Milwaukee police say a motorcyclist killed in an overnight crash is a city alderman.

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