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Xcel energy is asking customers to conserve their natural gas due to a Canadian pipeline rupture that happened early Saturday.

The fundraiser collected a record amount of donations at $253,607, all given from the community and local businesses.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) reminds motorists throughout Wisconsin to plan for freezing and potential life-threatening cold winter weather conditions as a mass of arctic air approaches the state tonight, Sunday morning, and then lingers during the upcoming week.

The sub-zero temps and gusty winds didn't stand in the way of the Township Fire Department on Saturday. The members of the Special Rescue Services put on their water suits and jumped into the bitter cold Half Moon Lake, all to make sure they're prepared for any icy situation thrown their way.

Numbing cold temperatures will likely have school administrators deciding once again whether to cancel classes in the week ahead.

Students of a Middleton school teacher who viewed pornography at work are being allowed to transfer to a study hall if they are uncomfortable in his class.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports it's on Thursday as part of his itinerary after his State of the Union speech.

A probiotics company plans to triple the size of its building and add jobs in central Wisconsin.

Three men are dead after a sports utility vehicle went into a ditch and overturned in a creek in northern Wisconsin.

Police in Maryland say three people are dead in a shooting at a mall in suburban Baltimore.

A Cornell man has been charged in the death of his friend.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fatal snowmobile crash in Chippewa County.

SportScene 13 for Friday, January 24th includes highlights from these prep basketball games. Boys: Rice Lake at Chippewa Falls, Hudson at E.C. North, Elk Mound at Glenwood City, Spring Valley at Mondovi, Boyceville at Colfax, CFC at Eleva-Strum, Lincoln at E.C. Immanuel Girls: Superior at E.C. Memorial

It's a tournament that brings together athletes from all over the state and generates a lot of excitement. But for the 2nd year in a row, the annual Special Olympics winter games has been canceled.

The 34th annual Star Fest Telethon benefiting families served by the United Cerebral Palsy of West Central Wisconsin is upon us. But Friday marked a special day for this year's UCP featured teen.

The governor's plan to help people with disabilities find jobs is moving forward with some saying action is needed now.

Wesley United Methodist Church in La Crosse wants to make sure people have a warm place to go.

Deputies say Eric Pettis was heading south on County Road R when he crossed the center line and collided with a semi truck. No one was hurt but deputies arrested Pettis for OWI.

High demand during the cold weather coupled with depleted supplies from fall corn-drying and pipeline problems have combined to drive up prices across the country. According to the latest federal data, residential prices in Wisconsin averaged $2.30 per gallon on Jan. 20, up 13 percent from Dec. 16.

27-year-old Reavon Taylor is charged in Clark County with one count of 1st-degree reckless homicide in the 2012 death of 19-year-old Monica Cooper.