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SportScene 13 for Friday, February 7, 2014 includes highlights from these games: Girls: E.C. North at E.C. Memorial, River Falls at Chippewa Falls, Cadott at E.C. Regis, Altoona at Osseo-Fairchild, Colby at Neillsville Boys: E.C. North at E.C. Memorial, Plum City at Elk Mound, Glenwood City at Colfax, Loyal at E.C. Immanuel

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a garage fire at 2208 Crescent Ave. Friday afternoon.

A man is arrested after a standoff in Wood County.

The City of Eau Claire is asking drivers to give road crews plenty of space as they work to clean up snow piles.

Police in western Wisconsin are looking for a man they say robbed a check cashing business.

It was a scary moment on Lake Wissota, when a bulldozer went through the ice.

Winter isn't over yet, but some people are already planning their outdoor summer adventures.

Families who can't afford to go to the dentist received free dental care for their children Friday.

A meeting in Chippewa Falls is bringing people of all backgrounds together.

With no verdict on two counts, the state has the choice on whether to bring him back to trial.

On Friday, the chamber held a surprise party for Bob McCoy.

State public health officials said Friday a child in northern Wisconsin who was not vaccinated against influenza has died from complications of the virus.

A preliminary investigation shows authorities got a call around 7:30 a.m. about a red Saab driving erratically.

On Friday, crews cut a hole in 30 inches of ice on Tainter Lake to prepare for Menomonie Elk Point Polar Plunge.

The 46-year-old Hoffman was found dead Sunday of an apparent heroin overdose in his apartment.

Forty-one-year-old Salah Salahadyn and 36-year-old Universal Knowledge Allah are each charged with party to robbery. Salahadyn was previously identified as Salah Jones.

It means Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will have to employ bookkeeping maneuvers to keep the government functioning until Congress further raises the borrowing limit.

Turkish security officials searched a passenger plane at an Istanbul airport after a bomb threat was made and a passenger demanded to fly to Sochi, Russia

Cargill also says it has developed a website to answer questions about finely textured beef, GroundBeefAnswers.com.

An earlier version of the bill proposed closing failing public schools or forcing them to become charters.