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The Dunn County Sheriff's Department says the 39-year-old, whose name hasn't been released, was moving a liquid storage tank with some other people when a chain broke, causing the beam to swing and hit him.

"With the severity of this past winter, recommending a buck only hunting season for much of Northern Wisconsin is a first step in allowing the deer population to recover," said DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp.

The Department of Public Instruction reports Wednesday that 43.3 percent of students were receiving free or reduced price lunches this school year. That is up by 625 students, or 0.1 percent, from the previous year.

A city committee is scheduled to look over plans for proposed Chippewa River bridge projects in Eau Claire.

Coming up Wednesday night, we’ll hear from Edward Snowden in an NBC News special.

Additional testing has shown the virus did not, in fact, spread to an Illinois man from a traveler he'd met in a business meeting.

A person close to an investigation of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign says Walker's attorney is discussing a possible settlement with the lead investigator that would end the probe.

Mayo Clinic Health System will attempt to reassign affected employees to other vacancies within the organization, if qualified.

A delegation of 19 people is planning to go to the awards competition on June 15.

Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said Tuesday that the threat was turned over to Major League Baseball security.

A Wisconsin woman who says she became extremely ill after having an abortion is testifying in federal court in a trial challenging a state law requiring abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges.

Wisconsin is accepting bids in a renewed effort to self-insure more than 200,000 state employees who receive health insurance through the Department of Employee Trust Funds.

Obama is outlining his foreign policy vision for his final two years during a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy.

A woman is grateful her family is safe after a 200 pound deer leapt from an overpass, landing on their minivan as it traveled along an interstate.

A judge in La Crosse County ruled Tuesday in the case of Malachi Hankel, 28.

The Legislature last year unanimously passed, and Gov. Scott Walker signed, a bill allowing for the sale of stocks through crowdfunding.

All public beaches on Eau Claire County land are within acceptable standards and therefore open.

Thirty-six-year-old Universal K. Allah is scheduled for a plea hearing Wednesday morning. His sentencing hearing is set for late July.

Maya Angelou, the renowned poet, author, and civil rights activist, has died, officials in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, told NBC News.

A FedEx trailer caught fire late Tuesday night near Eau Claire, closing parts of I-94 at WIS 37.