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The state Department of Public Instruction reports Thursday that the class of 2013 had an 88 percent graduation rate.

Analysts can turn to familial testing when DNA from a crime scene doesn't match any profiles in state and federal databases.

The drop follows two weeks of increases that reflected mostly temporary layoffs around the Easter holiday.

The boy was playing with his brother at the Green Acres mobile home park in Weston Wednesday.

Incidental take permits essentially allow people to unintentionally kill a limited number of endangered or threatened animals in the process of pursuing an otherwise legal activity.

The person heading one of the country's largest discount retail companies has roots firmly planted in Wisconsin.

An area high school student is honored for the brightening the lives of kids with cancer.

Downtown Eau Claire is once again transformed into a sculpture gallery.

13 students are on track to graduate with a 4.0 GPA this year at Chippewa Falls High School.

In the coming years more nurses will be needed in the area and that has educators and employers looking to the future.

The end of the school year is drawing near, but students at UW Eau Claire made their way out of their dorms and classrooms to take a stand.

Five people at one area university were recognized Wednesday for their life-saving actions.

More than a month has passed since voters in Eau Claire and Eau Claire County decided they want to move the Confluence Project forward. UW-Eau Claire is working on submitting its 2015-17 Capital Budget recommendation. It wants $25 million for the Confluence Project’s arts center which would cover half the cost of building.

The Eau Claire County Board banned the use of e-cigarettes within 25 feet of county buildings.

May 7th is weather radio awareness day and with severe weather in the forecast the time to prepare for your safety is now.

In the next few weeks, President Barack Obama's administration is set to unveil unprecedented emissions limits on power plants across the U.S.

Federal and state officials said Wednesday that the suspects are linked with a company called Heart of Asia that distributed the drug to smoke shops in several states, including Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's Chippewa tribes have pushed for years for a tribal night deer hunt. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb rejected the notion in 1991.

Court records show Paul Biver, 21, of Rice Lake entered the plea on Wednesday.

NBA owners have held their second discussions about ending Donald Sterling's ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.