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SportScene 13 for Tuesday, February 25, 2014 includes WIAA Boys Hockey highlights: Rice Lake at Regis/McDonell, Hayward at E.C. Memorial WIAA Boys Basketball highlights: Boyceville at E.C. Regis, Durand at Altoona, Mauston at Bloomer, Glenwood City at Colfax, Mauston at Bloomer, Bruce at E.C. Immanuel, Prairie Farm at McDonell

A New Auburn man accused of exposing himself at a fast food restaurant is now charged.

Slipping and sliding all over the roads -- it has become part of the daily commute in Western Wisconsin. Highways departments are still working to cut down on the ice that seems to be everywhere we drive.

The plans for the gateway to the city were discussed at Chippewa Falls Main Street's annual dinner.

Two new positions have been added to an area police department to help increase safety in the community.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on a pair of lawsuits challenging the state's voter photo identification law.

An area nursing home is being recognized for a new support system designed to help people dealing with dementia.

There’s a scam that’s going around like a virus. Actually, it’s spreading viruses to computers, with the help of the owner of the computer.

Students at one school in Chippewa Falls are improving their reading and smiling more since a special visitor started stopping by.

On Tuesday, in a Chippewa County courtroom, Officer Drew Zehm was sworn in as the newest member of the Chippewa Falls Police Department.

Gov. Scott Walker's spokesman Tom Evenson says "the email is in poor taste and there is no room for this poor conduct" in Walker's administration.

The commission says Dunn County Transit has a route to the transfer center that operates three times a day, making the Eau Claire transit route obsolete.

46-year-old Jeffrey Pritchard is charged with several counts of possession of child pornography.

On Tuesday, a judge handed down the sentence to Brian Thomson, 44, of Holmen. He was also sentenced to three years of extended supervision and three months of house arrest.

RGA spokesman Jon Thompson said Tuesday that Burke's attacks aren't valid because her campaign employs someone who was convicted of illegally soliciting campaign donations on state time.

A family member found Cheryl Gilberg in her home in the Village of Mazomanie Sunday evening.

The Food and Drug Administration heard from supporters and opponents of the provocative technique Tuesday.

The former vice presidential candidate and possible contender for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination was the guest speaker at House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's campaign breakfast in Richmond on Tuesday.

On Monday, prosecutors filed criminal charges against Odis Jones, 35, of Duluth, MN.

He replaces Teresa Carlson, who was sent to Washington last year for a temporary duty assignment that was later made permanent.