Updated: 2:26 PM The state's finance committee has approved a budget for the next two years.

Updated: 9:29 AM Hundreds of athletes from across the state are converging on Stevens Point, and they're ready to get in gear for the Summer Games of the Wisconsin Special Olympics.

Updated: 5:43 PM The Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way to Stevens Point Thursday after police officers ran separate legs from seven different locations throughout the state.

Updated: 4:12 PM Lots of volunteers have been pouring themselves into the preparations at the Special Olympics in Stevens Point.

Updated: 1:00 PM Call it the Ice Bowl, part two.

Updated: 12:58 PM It'll get your blood pumping and your heart in the giving mood.

Updated: 12:59 PM 120,000 tons of concrete will go into the Weston Four power plant Thursday (June 9, 2005.)

Updated: 1:01 PM The driver of that car that flew through a concrete barrier on I-794 Saturday (May 28, 2005) in Milwaukee was drunk.

Updated: 1:03 PM Dozens of area soldiers are now headed to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 105th Cavalry out of Merrill and Antigo was called up for duty about a month ago, and now they'll spend the next several months serving our country overseas.

Updated: 5:49 PM They're installing Biohazard Detection Systems in seven different distribution plants throughout Wisconsin, which are the most technologically advanced ways of detecting anthrax.

Updated: 8:28 PM Farmers say the weather has been very conducive to growing strawberries, and they're right where they should be right now. As long as the weather keeps up, they should be ready for picking in a couple of weeks.

Updated: 5:30 PM Tree trimmers aren't the only one who are busy after a storm hits.

Updated: 8:29 PM For homeowners, downed branches are a hassle, but for tree service professionals, they're a boost to business.

Updated: 4:43 PM The judge says the Chai Vang trial will not be moved out of Sawyer County, where he's accused of murdering six people, and that a confession police say Vang made will be admitted during the trial.

Updated: 7:56 PM We got a chance this "Your Town" to see exactly how the beer at the Point Brewery goes from ground barley malt to stacks of beer cases.

Updated: 1:13 PM Authorities now have new guidelines to follow when using tasers.

Updated: 1:11 PM Motion hearings begin Wednesday (June 8, 2005) for Chai Vang, the man charged with November's hunter shootings in Sawyer County.

Updated: 1:11 PM Hundreds of Wisconsin soldiers will soon to the war zone in Iraq, including ones from Antigo and Merrill, but before they shipped out they got one last send-off from families, friends and the communities in which they're based.

Updated: 8:02 PM Suspected arsonist Jeremy Van Ert is getting a medical evaluation after police say he tried to commit suicide while in jail.

Updated: 8:00 PM A Weston woman charged with more than 90 burglaries across north Wisconsin says she's not guilty.

Updated: 7:20 PM The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says they found the body of 36-year-old David Koch washed up into a gully Tuesday, and it appears to be an accident.

Updated: 8:03 PM It was obviously an emotional day for the troops up in Merrill. After all, they are an infantry unit and they are about to be taking on a dangerous duty in the Middle East.

Updated: 6:28 PM The Golden Kiwanis of Wausau hosts its annual 'Special People Picnic' for the developmentally disabled people in the area who look forward to it all year long.

Updated: 8:12 PM A herceptin study proves beneficial in stopping recurrence.

Updated: 8:02 PM Ever wish you could venture onto the African savanna or travel back in time to see the dinosaurs? You don't have to look too far past Central Wisconsin to do either. All you have to do is make a trip to the UW-Stevens Point campus.