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It won't be complete until 2016, but a new bridge on Water Street will better accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians. Tonight, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation held a public meeting to show off the final design.

Students at one area university have approved a project that would improve its athletic facilities, but that's only the first step.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released general state aid figures showing about half of public school districts will get more state aid this year than the previous school year.

One person is arrested after three schools went into lockdown Thursday morning.

It's starting to look a bit like Christmas in Chippewa Falls.

A run/ walk designed for people of all fitness levels is coming back to Eau Claire this weekend.

Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs released an online survey for veterans. You can find a link to the survey in this story.

Mary Burke's predecessor as head of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce referred to her as a "disaster" in a 2006 email sent to a top official in Gov. Jim Doyle's administration.

It happened just before 1 p.m. Thursday west of the State Highway 37 exit in Eau Claire.

Hunters have killed a dozen Wisconsin wolves over the first day and a half of the season.

Visitors to the ice caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore may have to begin paying more to see the Lake Superior wonder.

Area businesses got a first-hand look at how students in Chippewa Valley Technical College's law enforcement program learn in today’s Ready {Eat} Fire event.

The last jobs report before the Nov. 4 election contains a double-dose of good news for Gov. Scott Walker.

Republican attorney general candidate Brad Schimel now says he shouldn't have answered a question on whether he would defend interracial marriage bans.

The comedian, who was 81, died Sept. 4.

Cade Clark was arrested for First Degree Intentional Homicide on Wednesday, October 15,2014, at a family home in Tomah.

A House GOP chairman says the public is losing confidence by the day in the government's strategy on Ebola. He says mistakes and errors in judgment have been made.

Democrat Mary Burke and her supporters hope that Republican Gov. Scott Walker's adamant opposition to the minimum wage will be the deciding factor in the race for governor that polls show is tied just over two weeks until Election Day.

A gun rights group is renewing its effort to change Wisconsin law prohibiting firearms on school property.

Republican attorney general hopeful Brad Schimel says he would devote state Justice Department resources to helping Milwaukee prosecutors go after gun crimes -- if they agree not to drop charges in plea deals.