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The Eau Claire Parks & Recreation Department announces that the outdoor skating rinks will be closed today, January 7, due to the extreme cold.

Eau Claire County residents have until Sunday, Jan. 11, to recycle their Christmas trees.

New government rules will require airlines to collect and analyze safety data to spot any troubling trends and help prevent accidents.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says the cyberattack against Sony demonstrated a new threat from North Korea.

The FBI has confirmed that a doctor was fatally shot at a West Texas veterans' clinic in an attack that also left the suspected gunman dead.

Wisconsin schools would receive a letter grade based on a variety of performance measures starting next year under a long-awaited accountability bill introduced by Assembly Republicans.

The White House says President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would increase his health care law's definition of a full-time worker from 30 to 40 hours per week.

The Green Bay Packers organization and the city have some plans to get fans fired up before Sunday's playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field.

Federal officials have until Friday to approve a deal that calls for the state to ensure the Forest County Potawatomi are reimbursed for any losses tied to a new Kenosha casino.

In Wisconsin, deaths from influenza are only reportable if they are pediatric (under age 18) deaths.

A Dane County judge has refused to reissue a restraining order against a frequent University of Wisconsin System protester.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Barack Obama is obstructing the change American voters want by threatening to veto the first bill introduced in the new, Republican-controlled Senate.

Republicans are disagreeing over what sanctions to impose on public and voucher schools in Wisconsin that are deemed to be failing.

State attorneys representing the Department of Natural Resources are planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appellate decision ordering a judge to revisit a decades-old ruling barring Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes from hunting deer at night.

Masked gunmen have stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper, killing 11 people before escaping, in France's deadliest terror attack in at least two decades.

Police have identified the 20-year-old woman who was fatally shot during a robbery at a party in a Milwaukee hotel.

A 75-year-old Wisconsin grandmother faces up to six years in prison if a judge decides she failed to comply with a deferred prosecution agreement and repay money she allegedly embezzled.

A 45-year-old Madison man is facing criminal charges after police say he caused a fight on the dance floor of Gov. Scott Walker's inaugural ball celebrating his second term in office.

Attorneys for the state Department of Natural Resources are planning to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appellate decision ordering a judge to revisit a decades-old ruling barring Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes from hunting deer at night.

School districts across Wisconsin have called off classes because of the dangerously cold weather.