Updated: 11:25 PM Wednesday, people took some time out to join in a worldwide celebration of the freeing of the slaves following the civil war.

Posted: 11:19 PM The Clark County Health Department says the swimming area near Snyder Park Beach near Neillsville tested for high levels of the E. coli bacteria.

Posted: 11:17 PM Joseph Reinwand, 54, is charged with death of Dale Meister. Meister was found shot to death in his Wisconsin Rapids home in March of 2008.

Updated: 10:57 PM Evelyn Rose Hoppe's mom says she started walking. Now, she is scooting around the neighborhood on her scooter and cannot get enough of the world around her.

Posted: 6:43 PM A Burnett County man lost an eye after being attacked by a black bear.

Updated: 6:20 PM The city of La Crosse is worried about what could happen if problems aren’t fixed at its downtown parking ramp.

Updated: 5:41 PM Intense summer heat has not hit Wisconsin yet, but in less than a week, parts of two major highways in the area have buckled. One of them was in Eau Claire on Sunday; the other, in Chippewa Falls Tuesday night. Experts say this is highly unusual for the temps we've had this June.

Updated: 6:29 PM A local organization that helps families going through emergency has reached a big milestone.

Updated: 5:28 PM Police Chief Wendy Stelter says it's not because the system before wasn't working, but says this way, officers can have every other weekend off.

Updated: 6:28 PM The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, along with hundreds from the Mormon community visited Black River Falls. Some were there to dedicate a plaque to their forefathers who worked as loggers back in the 1840's.

Posted: 4:44 PM According to court records, 36-year-old Robert Charles Boles made the plea and was found guilty of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. Two other charges were dismissed.

Updated: 4:16 PM The president also declared that his far-reaching surveillance programs had saved lives on both sides of the Atlantic, as he sought to defend the controversial data-mining to skeptical Europeans.

Posted: 4:04 PM Police say the 3-year-old boy and his 2-year-old sister were seen playing on U.S. Highway 75 Wednesday morning. A passer-by called police after spotting the children.

Posted: 4:02 PM Walker was scheduled to appear at a $250 dinner and reception Wednesday night at the Chicago-based Heartland Institute.

Updated: 3:46 PM DHS released a statement saying Rhoades' leave began on Wednesday. She hopes to return by the end of July.

Updated: 3:27 PM Steven Struensee with the Clark County Sheriff's Department says medical results did not show a clear reason for the deaths

Updated: 2:03 PM The pre-application notification and preliminary project description are the first formal steps in the mine permitting process established in the new iron mining law.

Posted: 1:53 PM The Assembly passed the budget Wednesday after only about 90 minutes of discussion.

Updated: 3:31 PM Men's Wearhouse says it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."

Posted: 1:48 PM The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that there have been 13 reports that the battery caught fire. One consumer suffered a serious burn on the leg.

Posted: 12:10 PM Impersonators have shown up at customers' homes and told customers that their meter is broken and immediate payment is needed for repairs. Customers are told that the utility later will refund the money.

Updated: 11:23 PM INSIDE: Reaction from local lawmakers to the assembly's passage of the 2013-2015 biennial budget.

Updated: 9:56 AM Speaker Robin Vos and Majority Leader Scott Suder both said Wednesday they would not be moving ahead with the proposal.

Posted: 9:55 AM Doctors who violated the ban could face a $25,000 fine or nine months in prison.

Updated: 11:52 AM Maplewood Acting Police Chief Dave Kvam says the pilot was the only one on board.