Newscast: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

State officials have recommended that 99 homes that were heavily damaged or destroyed by floods last year be bought out. Staff workers at the University of Vermont are petitioning the Vermont Labor Relations Board to allow them to hold a union election. Authorities say a northern New York man charged with impersonating a police officer has a history of similar behavior in the North Country and in Vermont. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $1 million available this summer to farmers to reduce pollution in streams.