Posted: 9:23 AM The plan is for 2014 rates to be 14 percent of payroll for teachers and general employees, with workers and their employers each paying half.

Posted: 9:22 AM Commissioners approved the rules 3-2 Monday.

Posted: 9:13 AM The bridge across the St. Croy River between Minnesota and Wisconsin is scheduled to close at noon. Transportation officials say the bridge is expected to reopen to motorists by 4 p.m.

Updated: 12:19 PM 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.

Updated: 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: 11:09 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: 3:50 PM The victim has been identified as James P. Bridges, 65 years old, from Eau Claire.

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: 12:55 PM David Chasnick represents 85-year-old Tony Zerilli. Chasnick says the 2 1/2-day excavation of an Oakland Township field by about 40 FBI agents is commendable, but may have been too limited in scope. Agents called off the search Wednesday morning.

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.