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Crews plowed and scraped roads throughout Eau Claire Wednesday, but there's still a lot of work to be done.

With a shortage in physicians plus more patients with health care under the Affordable Care Act, one residency program says there is a greater need for family physicians.

As parents, we all know sleep is something you can’t seem to get enough of.

Xcel Energy announced Wednesday it will donate $100,000 to the Keep Wisconsin Warm Fund, which is a non-profit, public/private partnership that provides energy-related assistance for customers.

The WI State Patrol says last month was the safest month of February in terms of traffic fatalities since monthly records were first compiled in 1937.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says lots of water is stored in the huge snowpack that will melt this spring.

The fire happened Wednesday morning near River Falls. No one was hurt.

Target disclosed the data breach compromised 40 million credit and debit card accounts between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15.

It was the 50th time that Republicans have forced a vote to repeal, gut or change the law championed by President Barack Obama.

Chippewa County started using TAC10 Software in late February. It lets officers access a central database that has shared law enforcement records.

The Senate's mining committee passed the measure 3-2 on Wednesday. The vote clears the way for a full vote in the Senate.

Police have evacuated the Wisconsin state Capitol building while firefighters investigate an alarm.

The Board of Trustees of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library passed a resolution of support at its monthly meeting in February.

Mary Burke's spokesman says the ad will air in multiple markets starting Friday.

Both bills are moving quickly in the waning days of the legislative session. They were introduced on Monday and scheduled for a public hearing before the Senate Elections Committee on Wednesday.

Target Corp. says Chief Information Officer Beth Jacob is resigning effective Wednesday as the retailer overhauls its information security and compliance division in the wake of a massive data breach.

President Barack Obama is proposing using disaster funds to help fight wildfires to avoid draining forestry budgets, a move that could help boost Wisconsin's timber industry.

Find out more information about Meals on Wheels and how the winter has affected volunteers.

A federal judge says she won't block Wisconsin's gay marriage ban while a lawsuit challenging it moves forward.

Ray Cross is set to address the Board of Regents for the first time as the new University of Wisconsin System president.