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The membership of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted to move the discussion regarding the impact of nonpublic schools on the Association to committee at the Board of Control meeting Wednesday in Stevens Point.

A newly added bus route gets the ax because not enough people were using it.

Governor Scott Walker put some more power behind domestic-violence laws Wednesday, by signing three new bills that would create a process for seizing an abuser's guns.

The day after Governor Scott Walker launches his campaign for re-election, his challenger Mary Burke stops by the Chippewa Valley, to discuss her 'invest for success' jobs plan.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) signed a new minimum wage law raising wages to at least $9.50 an hour by 2016.

A group at UW-Eau Claire is hoping to fight autism by teeter tottering for 24 hours. The unique fundraiser kicked off Wednesday at noon outside the Davies Center.

An area sheriff’s department has received grants which will help keep the roads safer.

Mumps is a viral illness that affects the salivary glands. Mumps spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or shares drinking or eating utensils with someone who is not protected from mumps by vaccination or from life-long immunity from mumps disease.

The university has launched a rebranding campaign and it comes with a new slogan: ‘The Power of AND’. The former motto which has been around for decades is ‘Excellence. Our motto, our measure, our goal’.

Eau Claire Police say the owner of the Antique Emporium, which is on Main Street, reported the statues missing last Thursday.

Nickolas Raether, 22, of Chippewa Falls is in the Chippewa County Jail. Earlier this month, a judge set his bond at $5,000 cash.

Leonard Pope, who is 28 and from Altoona, faces misdemeanor charges in Eau Claire County of bail jumping and disorderly conduct.

On Wednesday afternoon, Chilson Subaru presented a check for more than $10,000 to the food bank in Eau Claire. The dealership raised money for the food bank as part of the Subaru "Share the Love" event which ran from November until January of this year.

A judge hasn't yet ruled on the issue and will continue the hearing Thursday.

Current UW System and UW-Madison policies bar researchers from performing work on campus that can't be published, prohibiting them from doing classified government projects on campus.

Current state law prohibits advertising children for adoption through a range of mediums, including newspapers, radio and television but doesn't address the Internet.

Walker on Wednesday was asked if he would commit to serving the full term and he said, "I'm committed to running for governor."

Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't think voters will penalize him if he doesn't meet his 2010 campaign promise to create 250,000 private sector jobs by the end of this year.

On Wednesday, Regis Catholic Schools announced the Department of Workforce Development's decision regarding Tim Nelson.

Hoffner was dismissed by the school in 2013, several months after he was arrested on a child pornography charge that was later dropped.