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Hoops rule this Saturday on SportScene13. We start down in Madison on championship Saturday for boys basketball, where Thorp claimed the Division 5 championship, while Rice Lake and Blair-Taylor finished fine seasons as runners-up. Then we head to girls hoops, where Regis and Neillsville punched their tickets to next week's state tournament. Click here for all the action on SportScene13!

The Eau Claire Police Department is hiring - hoping to fill spots of retiring officers.

A baby sitter has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for violently abusing an infant and his 2-year-old brother.

The luck of the Irish was with hundreds of people celebrating the Irish heritage this weekend in the Chippewa Valley.

Vintage furniture, knick knacks and fixtures were auctioned off at a historic building in downtown Eau Claire on Saturday.

A sawmill in Clark Co. is at a total loss following a fire Friday night.

Public officials in Wisconsin can be fined hundreds of dollars for violating Wisconsin's open government laws. But court records show only seven citations have been imposed in the past five years for open meetings violations, and none for public records cases.

Cows have long been the stars of Wisconsin's dairy industry, but goats and sheep will share a bigger portion of the spotlight when the World Championship Cheese Contest begins Tuesday in Madison.

The state Senate could take up early next month a bill that would require Wisconsin police departments to enlist outside investigators to probe officer-involved deaths.

A fire has broken out inside a fenced in area outside of Mark's Auto Body, located on Alpine Road in the Town of Union.

A new study by the University of Minnesota surveyed thousands of students, showing those who start the day later in the morning had better attendance, test scores and overall health.

A local health leader is leaving her position after nearly four decades.

The community is coming together to help the victims of a fire that broke out this week in Elk Mound.

Governor Scott Walker was back in western Wisconsin Friday, visiting an area high school.

On Friday, Monroe County District Attorney Kevin Croninger announced that Sergeant Booker Ferguson acted appropriately on October 4, 2013.

The first day of spring is less than a week a way, and some businesses says they’re ready for a change of seasons.

The car went airborne, hit a power pole, and then hit a railroad crossing arm.

The banks, which include Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase in the U.S., are among the world's largest.

The Department of Natural Resources made 237,765 permits available this year. The agency awarded 135,893 through its annual lottery and had planned to sell the remaining permits by management zone starting Monday

Lodi and Elk Mound matched each other shot for shot during most of the Friday's division three WIAA State Boys Basketball semifinal, but in the end, the Mounders fell short in overtime, losing 50-47.