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President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.9 trillion election-year budget that would funnel money into road building, education and other programs aimed at bolstering the economy and creating jobs.

Stevens Point city leaders say the team needs to pay off its debts over ice costs from this season and last season before it can return to K.B. Willett Arena.

It happened Tuesday at the Cedar Country Cooperative on County Road B in Menomonie.

A news release from the American Red Cross says the fire happened on Hurin Road in Tony.

Real estate data provider CoreLogic says prices rose 0.9 percent in January after dipping 0.1 percent in December.

The facility originally was scheduled to reopen March 10, but the reopening has been pushed back to March 17.

Rep. Bill Kramer has checked himself into an unspecified treatment facility and is not expected to be at the meeting. He has not commented on the allegations.

Bloomer Fire and Rescue responded to a call Monday night reporting a family may have been exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning.

The state Senate is set to vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's $504 million tax cut plan.

Thirty-three-year-old Jessica Strom of Merrill appeared in court Monday. She's charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide.

With the green light from the City Plan Commission, some changes are on the way for a couple of Eau Claire businesses.

At a meeting Monday night, the Eau Claire Area School Board heard its options when it comes to providing health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to its part-time employees.

A local care center is joining an international shoe charity by increasing efforts to provide shoes to those in need.

After nearly 20 years with the Sparta Police Department, Lt. Dave Livingston has now moved to the Altoona Police Department, becoming its first Lieutenant.

The State Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would create a state wide standard for how officer-involved shootings are investigated.

A common traffic mistake got caught on a squad car dash camera in Chippewa Falls. Now the Chippewa Falls Police Department wants to remind drivers to use caution when driving near car accidents.

Since November, Wisconsin State Patrol Northwest Region troopers and inspectors have responded to more than 640 traffic crashes (including 120 crashes with injuries) and more than 740 instances in which drivers lost control and slid off the roadway.

The Wisconsin Council for Problem Gambling says March is a common time for problem gamblers to fall back on old habits.

It happened around 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of S. Hastings Way and Brackett Avenue in Eau Claire.

The sheriff's office says a garbage truck driver discovered the body and called police at about 10:30 a.m. Monday.