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Governor Scott Walker was in Eau Claire Wednesday morning touring the Midwest Manufacturing Plant. His visit came one day after releasing his nearly $70 billion proposed budget.

When area drivers go to fill up their gas tank they'll now be getting a reminder to drive sober.

The La Crosse Police Department said it's expecting to have four body cameras by April.

Lynch was suspected of shooting at a deputy in January of 2013. District Attorney, Gary King, says the jury deliberated for about an hour Wednesday. The verdict was read at about 4:35 p.m.

Investigators say he was riding in a vehicle when the driver apparently lost control on the snow-covered highway and slid into a ditch. It hit a tree.

25 year-old Robin Yahnke made the plea to a count of repeated possession of narcotic drugs. Two other charges were dismissed.

University of Wisconsin Stout’s chancellor says Gov. Walker’s proposed budget cuts would have a deep impact at the school.

Uniformed officers and dozens of others packed into a Dakota County courtroom Wednesday morning where Brian Fitch Sr. was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget would cut $15 million from the state's popular SeniorCare program over the next two years.

Portland has reached a possible settlement in its trademark dispute with Pabst, the beer rejuvenated by the city's turn-of-the-century hipsters.

It happened at 8129 Crescent Avenue in Union around 9:30 this morning.

On Wednesday, Gov. Walker toured the Midwest Manufacturing Extrusion Plant near Eau Claire.

A traveler detained for more than 20 hours after a search of energy bars and a sports watch in his carry-on bag at Philadelphia International Airport has sued the Transportation Security Administration.

A San Francisco man has been convicted in New York of creating and operating the underground website Silk Road as a drug-selling haven.

The proposal sparked outrage Wednesday as departments grappled with how they would handle the proposed layoffs.

A man convicted of killing a police officer in the Twin Cities last summer has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Gov. Scott Walker is proposing eliminating the public service mission of the University of Wisconsin, known as the "Wisconsin Idea," replacing it with the charge to meet the state's workforce needs.

The Wisconsin State Patrol received a report of a crash on I-94 westbound near mile marker 67 in Eau Claire County near the City of Eau Claire.

Gov. Scott Walker's plan for removing an enrollment cap on the statewide private school voucher program is being questioned both by longtime critics and supporters of expanding choice schools.

A Durand man is accused of abusing his girlfirend’s two-year-old son.