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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship - common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead.

Home builders, sellers praise tax credit

Home builders and home sellers in the Chippewa Valley welcomed the extension of a home buyers' tax credit signed into law on Friday.

State law guards safety services from cuts

Local governments in Wisconsin looking to make up budget shortfalls by reducing police or fire department expenses had better think again.

State soldier dies in Fort Hood attack

WAUSAU (AP) - A 29-year-old soldier from eastern Wisconsin who joined the Army after the 2001 terrorist attacks - and told her mother to "watch me" take on Osama bin Laden - was among the soldiers killed in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

Demise of Chippewa parks department final

CHIPPEWA FALLS - Despite strong public support to bring it back, the Forestry and Parks Department was not reinstated Thursday night by the Chippewa County Board.

Legislature approves DNR secretary change; Doyle opposes move

MADISON (AP) - The secretary of the Department of Natural Resources would no longer be appointed by the governor under a bill passed Thursday by the Legislature.

Death toll in Fort Hood shooting at 13; state soldier praised for actions

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.

Congress passes home buyer tax credit

WASHINGTON (AP) - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time home buyer, get up to $8,000.

Cadott native at base unhurt in rampage

Cadott native Arthur Osvold II was working at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, the scene of Thursday's mass shooting, just two months after returning from his third tour of duty in Iraq.

Psychiatrist goes on rampage at base

FORT HOOD, Texas - An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the worst mass shooting ever at a military base in the United States.

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Jail ordered for police chase, sex with minor

An Eau Claire man will spend 90 days in jail and three years on probation for crashing his vehicle on Eau Claire's north side after leading police on a high-speed chase, and for having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl.

Bond at $20,000 each for drive-by shooting suspects

MENOMONIE - Bond was set at $20,000 Friday for each of four men charged in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in the town of Rock Creek.

Tests find UW-Stout elevator free of asbestos

Tests performed on a freight elevator this week at UW-Stout in Menomonie came back negative for any presence of asbestos, according to a Lake Mills-based environmental consulting company.

Chippewa County Forests, Parks Department gets final kill vote

CHIPPEWA FALLS - Despite strong public support to bring it back, the Forest and Parks Department was not reinstated Thursday night by the Chippewa County Board.

Driver of robbery getaway car awaits sentence

MADISON - Eau Claire-area authorities followed a trail of cash into a woods, where they found two suspects wanted for the July 15 robbery of U.S. Bank at Old Mill Plaza.

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Sports

LIVE - Scoring updates from today's WIAA football state quarterfinal games

Need to know a score from today's WIAA football playoff games? You've come to the right place.

Macks advance to state title match

ASHWAUBENON - For a moment Friday morning, the Chippewa Falls McDonell volleyball team wildly teetered between exhilaration and exasperation.

Brewers swap Hardy for Twins' Gomez

MINNEAPOLIS - The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process.