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Rare Stradivarius violin worth millions has been recovered in Milwaukee. Three people are in custody. Police will hold a press conference later today.

Local athletes share their insights on what they look forward to most of all with the winter Olympics

Wisconsin wildlife officials say hunters killed dramatically fewer turkeys during the fall hunt.

Gov. Scott Walker's half billion property and income tax cut plan is scheduled for a committee vote, clearing the way for the full Assembly to take it up on Tuesday.

The Sochi 2014 Winter Games are officially underway and that means the world will be watching the Russian Resort town of Sochi.

According to the Black River Falls Fire Department, a tree cutter erupted in flames late Wednesday afternoon while on a logging operation in the Township of Millston.

A dedication ceremony is held Wednesday for the newest building at UW Eau Claire.

A long time Eau Claire banker and community leader has announced he's retiring after 42 years in the business.

The Food and Drug Administration is spending $115 million on an anti-smoking campaign, through fees collected from tobacco companies, that targets teens by showing them the real cost, including yellow teeth and wrinkled skin.

Visiting a ski-hill during school hours, taking a field trip to a cheese factory or learning stories in several different languages all in one day, all of that was possible for many kids in the area and across the country, as learning communities, businesses and school districts came together for the National Digital Learning Day.

An area school district is trying to decide what to with one of its school buildings.

From breaking language barriers to pioneering roads to education and jobs, the Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association is helping both refugees and Hmong families who simply choose to call the Chippewa Valley home.

Prosecutors say they don't expect any decisions about charges to be made before Thursday.

Biden is due at a Democratic National Committee event in Minneapolis on Feb. 19, a DNC official said Wednesday.

The Republican-sponsored measure originally sought to eliminate both the treasurer and secretary of state offices.

A federal district court has ruled that Sparx Restaurant of Menomonie, Wis., must pay back pay and interest to a former employee who was fired in retaliation for complaining about a racist display in the workplace.

On Wednesday, a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesman told WEAU 13 News the organization came to that determination while working with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

The company said Wednesday that it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1 in its 7,600 stores nationwide.

Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that the best way to increase wages in Wisconsin is to help employers create more jobs that pay far higher than the minimum wage. Walker says that's been his approach.

It happened around noon Wednesday at a railroad crossing on 220th Street in Baldwin.