Posted: 6:33 AM The heat is slowly rising in the Chippewa Valley, and that means it's time to protect your pets while they exercise.

Posted: 6:26 AM The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' carnivore specialist says attacks by black bear in Wisconsin are unusual, despite two such incidents so far this spring.

Posted: 6:24 AM The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on passing the state budget after debate barely got off the ground on Tuesday.

Posted: 6:22 AM A new survey shows Wisconsin's ruffed grouse population has declined slightly.

Posted: 11:22 PM The buckling happened near the Highway 29 and Highway 53 interchange around 4:40 p.m.

Posted: 11:18 PM The Eau Claire County Highway Department says 4 miles of West Lowes Creek Road south of Eau Claire will be under construction starting next Monday.

Posted: 11:17 PM Altoona Police Chief James Small says the man was working on an apartment that's being built at 251 North Wilson Street.

Posted: 11:09 PM The Lake Hallie Police Department says an officer saw Chad Mondeau, 33, going 70 miles per hour in a 50 mile per hour zone.

Posted: 11:03 PM The Wisconsin State Patrol says a man hit a guard rail before 7 p.m. and went into the median.

Updated: 10:54 PM Emily Butler and her friends love taking their tubes on the river.

Updated: 6:17 PM The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging beachgoers to play it safe this summer. The DNR says some lakes may have higher levels of contamination, harmful toxins and bacteria.

Posted: 5:52 PM Tuesday more than 100 nine-year-old's got to learn the ropes of safety at a free camp offered annually by Mayo Clinic Health System.

Posted: 5:50 PM Officers following up on a tip went to a house in St. Paul and were told a car leaving the house had the baby. Police stopped the car and found the baby Tuesday afternoon.

Updated: 5:42 PM Altoona Police Chief, James Small, says the man was working on an apartment that's being built at 251 North Willson Drive around 8:45 Tuesday morning when he fell and landed on the concrete.

Posted: 4:59 PM Under the ordinance, people who have a minimum of 1.5 acres of a residential lot will be allowed to raise up to five chickens, none of which can be roosters.

Updated: 6:36 PM An area hospital is remembering a doctor who was killed in a plane crash.

Updated: 5:00 PM The FBI saw enough merit in a reputed Mafia captain's tip to once again this week break out the digging equipment to search for the remains in an Oakland Township field, about 25 miles north of Detroit.

Updated: 4:31 PM Debate began around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Republican Majority Leader Scott Suder says after about three hours of debate Tuesday, the Assembly will spend about six hours on it Wednesday.

Posted: 3:27 PM Thirty-seven-year-old Tina Marie Garrison and Junior Lee Dillon, both of Preston, were charged last month with receiving stolen property and theft.

Posted: 3:17 PM The venture capital program created under the bipartisan proposal would contain $25 million from the state and at least $50 million in private money.

Updated: 4:16 PM DNR carnivore specialist David MacFarland says the man's dog apparently had initiated contact with the bear before the man was attacked.

Posted: 1:23 PM The Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday finalized their proposed kill quotas for the state's second wolf season, setting the mark at 275 wolves.

Updated: 6:39 PM A charge of First Degree Intentional Homicide was filed against Ying Xiong, 41, of Altoona on Tuesday. An autopsy says Panhia Vue, 35, of Altoona was strangled.

Posted: 11:47 AM Pittsville district administrator Terry Reynolds says about 400 Chinese students will begin studying toward a Pittsville High School diploma this fall.

Posted: 11:45 AM The Wisconsin Realtors Association says May sales are up about 18 percent compared to the same month last year. It's the 23rd consecutive month of growth.