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Sheriff's Captain Picked Up for Drunk Driving
A sheriff's department employee has been arrested for driving under the influence in a county car.

Captain Mike Winberg from the St. Croix County S...
May 8, 2008, 7:01 pm
 Local Headlines
Eau Claire Tour Bus Crashes in Missouri Click Here For Video!
The Jaws of Life are needed after a tour bus from Eau Claire crashes in Missouri.
May 8, 2008, 9:03 pm
City Taps Into Water Loss Problem Click Here For Video!
Big savings on water rates could be behind big losses in Altoona.
May 8, 2008, 9:03 pm
Teen Killed in Crash Click Here For Video!
A Chi-Hi student has died in a crash.
May 8, 2008, 9:03 pm
RX Roundup: Just What the Doctor Ordered Click Here For Video!
A recent roundup turns out to be the right prescription for unused drugs.
May 8, 2008, 7:44 pm
YMCA Bus Crashes into Light Pole Click Here For Video!
A YMCA minibus drove off the road and into a light pole on Thursday morning.
May 8, 2008, 7:48 pm
UWEC Tests New Emergency Alert System Click Here For Video!
A new emergency alert system passes its first test at a local university.
May 8, 2008, 7:48 pm
Higher Beer Tax Brewing? Support Builds Click Here For Video!
There is a movement to raise a tax in Wisconsin, one that hasn't been touched in almost 40 years.
May 8, 2008, 7:48 pm
Local Parents Petition for Safer Crossings
Chippewa Falls parents call for safer crossings near an elementary school.
May 8, 2008, 9:04 pm
Students Close History Books for a Trip Back in Time Click Here For Video!
Chippewa Falls fourth graders are taking a step back - into the past.
May 8, 2008, 9:03 pm
Water Gun Puts UW-Eau Claire Officers on Alert
A toy gun gets the attention of UW-Eau Claire students and police.
May 8, 2008, 7:45 pm
Local Student Expelled For Making a Bomb Threat
A bomb threat leads to an expulsion at a local school.
May 8, 2008, 7:45 pm
 Regional Headlines
Will Love Of Mom Overcome Economy Worries On Mother's Day?
Mother's Day is a great time to take Mom out for dinner, but not everybody thinks so this year.
May 9, 2008, 8:38 am
10-Year-Old Had Gun, Ammo In Cudahy School
Police in Cudahy are investigating after a boy turned up with a handgun and bullets in his desk at Lincoln Elementary School.
May 9, 2008, 6:48 am
SUV Driver Arrested For Ramming Motorist
A Waukesha County woman says she thought she was going to be killed when an SUV driver started ramming her car, and now that driver has been charged in court.
May 9, 2008, 6:48 am
Schneider National Cuts Top Speed To 60 mph
One of the nation's largest trucking companies is cutting the top speed for its 10,600 rigs to 60 mph.
May 9, 2008, 6:48 am
DNR Reissues Permit For Oak Creek Power Plant
A state agency has reissued a water pollution permit for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling.
May 9, 2008, 6:48 am
La Crosse Diocese Dealing With Priest Shortage
The La Crosse Catholic Diocese is making plans to deal with a shortage of priests.
May 9, 2008, 6:48 am
Southwest Tech Closed After Threat
FENNIMORE, Wis. (AP) -- A former student at Southwest Technical College in Fennimore faces a disorderly conduct charge regarding a threat the shut down the college Wednesday.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 am
Sept. 11 Conspiracy Theorist to Run for Congress
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A former University of Wisconsin-Madison lecturer who taught that the U.S. government was behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is running for Congress.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 am
Indonesian Convicted Of Trying To Export Rifle Scopes
A federal court jury in Madison found an Indonesian man guilty of trying to ship dozens of rifle scopes out of the country.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 am
Appleton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Student
A teacher at a parochial school in Appleton is accused of using conversations about sex in the fifth-grade classroom to groom a student for sexual encounters.
May 9, 2008, 6:45 am
Former Adviser Charged After Investors Lose $1.3M In Baraboo
Authorities say investors lost $1.3 million after they followed the bad advice of a former Baraboo investment adviser.
May 9, 2008, 6:44 am
 National/World Headlines
U.S. Military Says Leader of Al-Qaida-in-Iraq has Not Been Arrested
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military says the leader of al-Qaida-in-Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been not been captured.
May 9, 2008, 8:25 am
Storms Hit Southeast
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Parts of the Southeast are dealing with a battering from severe storms.
May 9, 2008, 8:23 am
Myanmar Seizes UN Aid Material
YANGON, Myanmar - U.N. officials say Myanmar's military government has confiscated all cyclone relief supplies, including food, that the U.N. has sent to the country.
May 9, 2008, 8:19 am
Texas Sinkhole
Regulators checking equipment swallowing sinkhole in Texas.
May 8, 2008, 10:03 pm
Panel Falls Off American Airlines Plane
American flight lost panel after takeoff, continued safely to Paris.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Interpol Manhunt
Suspect in child sex abuse cases in Southeast Asia arrested in New Jersey.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Obama Courts Superdelegates
Obama gets big welcome and fresh support on Capitol tour.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Severe Weather
Storm damage in 3 states.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Climbers Light Olympic Flame Atop Everest
BEIJING - The Olympic flame has reached the highest peak on Earth.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Pentagon Steps Up Prep for Myanmar Humanitarian Mission
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is stepping up preparations for a humanitarian mission to Myanmar.
May 8, 2008, 8:59 pm
Clinton Back On Campaign Trail, After Indiana Win, NC Loss
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va.- Hillary Rodham Clinton is plunging right back into her presidential campaign, a day after her loss in North Carolina and narrow win in Indiana.
May 8, 2008, 8:58 pm
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