Updated: 11:49 AM Stuart Akerley is back behind bars in Lincoln County.

Updated: 10:04 AM He might still be a powerful figure in the state senate it weren't for a possible jail sentence about to be handed down.

Updated: 11:55 AM It's likely if you open your medicine cabinet, there will be a few bottles of prescription medication with lots of colorful stickers on them. Although they're meant to be helpful, some doctors say they could be harmful.

Updated: 10:05 AM Doing away with a nuisance and giving out free venison is the result of a special deer hunt in Stevens Point.

Updated: 12:21 PM Amy Statz, come on down!

Updated: 12:22 PM Greg Apfelbeck cannot own any animals for the next four years. Tuesday's (October 25, 2005) Wausau Daily Herald reports he was convicted of animal abuse after a deal with prosecutors.

Updated: 12:20 PM The case of a missing 88-year-old woman is progressing with the filing of a murder charge.

Updated: 12:23 PM The feds are going to let us know Tuesday (October 25, 2005) what they found in their investigation of the deadly bus crash in Osseo.

Updated: 12:24 PM Former state senator and candidate for governor Chuck Chvala is apparently striking a deal in the case against him as well.

Updated: 12:24 PM The Weston woman accused of hundreds of burglaries across the state is apparently striking a deal with prosecutors.

Updated: 5:27 PM It's going to be a sleepless night ahead for some Wisconsin soldiers and their families, but it's not a bad thing.

Updated: 7:19 PM Gas prices are finally heading down, but some filling stations are offering an even cheaper type of fuel that's made with about 85 percent ethanol. Ethanol is made from corn and some politicians are eager to use more of it in our gasoline, but fueling up with higher levels of ethanol could spell car trouble if you don't have the right equipment.

Updated: 12:26 PM With the price of fuels going up and down, more people are asking for help to keep their heat on. That leaves county energy assistance programs struggling to keep up with the pleas for help.

Updated: 10:36 AM There is no question that Marathon County will have to either add on to its existing jail, or build a new one. That's the word from county officials after problems of overcrowding at the jail.

Updated: 12:32 PM Logs are worth less and less these days because of delays in shipping.

Updated: 1:14 PM Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig calls him one of the great general managers of our generation. Harry Dalton led the Brewers in 1982 to their only World Series appearance. He died Sunday (October 24, 2005) from Parkinson's disease.

Updated: 12:34 PM Out of town students are not invited to UW-Madison this Halloween.

Updated: 12:35 PM It's mating season for deer, and authorities say that's making for a record number of deer darting across our highways throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Updated: 12:33 PM Duwayne Lewis is going to be sentenced Monday (October 24, 2005).

Updated: 12:35 PM A proposal to make one unified health plan for all Wisconsinites is on the table.

Updated: 12:37 PM American Wood Fibers in Schofield should be starting production again in about two weeks.

Updated: 12:36 PM This week the state Senate will vote on a bill that would wipe out all local smoking ordinances and replace them with one, statewide law.

Updated: 9:39 PM Some plane and boat model lovers are flying high after a day full of trading and bargaining.

Updated: 12:38 PM There are piles of stuffed animals sitting at a local school, ready to be shipped off to orphans affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Updated: 12:37 PM Halloween's right around the corner, and families are getting all the essentials to make things magical. We found out what costumes are casting spells over local kids.