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Longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette plans to file paperwork tomorrow to run for governor if a recall election is ordered against Republican Governor Scott Walker. La Follette says today he still...More >>

Longtime Democratic Secretary of State Doug La Follette plans to file paperwork on Thursday that would allow him to run for governor if a recall election is ordered against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.More >>

Gov. Scott Walker says in a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that he supports Wisconsin's application for a federal waiver from the No Child Left Behind law, but he has concerns with how it treats private...More >>

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is one of two Wisconsin residents who has been tapped to serve as national "co-chairs" for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign.More >>

A Sparta pastor is jailed in Monroe County on allegations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl.More >>

The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a bill placing new requirements on doctors and women before abortions can be performed.More >>

A fire caused extensive damage to a church school in Oconto Falls, canceling classes on Wednesday.More >>

A new poll says Gov. Scott Walker's favorability rating has dipped in the past month.More >>

A new poll shows President Barack Obama easily leading each of his four Republican rivals in Wisconsin.More >>

Sheboygan's departing mayor says he won't run for the job again.More >>

Wisconsin education officials will apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, hoping to join 11 other states that were already granted breathing room from the landmark educational requirements.More >>

The state Assembly has passed a bill that would put an end to punitive and compensatory damages for workplace discrimination.More >>

Authorities are investigating an apparent homicide in Grand Chute, after a man's body was found with in a hotel room with stab wounds.More >>

Debate on a bill that would help developers win wetland construction permits has begun in the state Assembly.More >>

The Obama administration is awarding loans totaling more than $638 million to start up new health care cooperatives serving eight states.More >>

Environmental groups say they may renew a legal battle if the federal government doesn't toughen proposed regulations of ship ballast water that has brought invasive species such as zebra mussels to the Great Lakes.More >>

The state Senate is set to take up a contentious bill Tuesday that would further mandate how a physician makes sure a woman isn't forced into an abortion.More >>

Authorities say a caller who contacted the Shawano County Sheriff's Department about a man's death Tuesday morning was taken into custody.More >>

Polls are open in Wisconsin's primary. And for the first time, voters must show photo identification in order to cast a ballot.More >>

Statewide home sales rose nearly 11 percent in January, a typically slow period for the housing resale industry.More >>

The state Assembly is set to take up a bill that would extend no-call prohibitions to text messages.More >>

The Sheboygan city clerk is expecting turnout as high as 50 percent for the city's first-ever mayoral recall election.More >>

A Wauwatosa judge says there will be no criminal charges for a Shorewood teen accused of giving birth in her bathtub and burying her baby in the back yard.More >>

A court commissioner has decided that Milwaukee County Supervisor Johnny Thomas will go to trial on bribery allegations.More >>

A Florida girl who fell 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride has returned to the state for the first time since the accident, walking up to a news conference at a Madison hospital under her own power.More >>

The person who died when his snowmobile broke through ice on Beaver Dam Lake has been identified as a 45-year-old man.More >>

Police investigating an apparent drunken-driving crash in Fitchburg that killed three passengers say a fourth person has now died.More >>

The chief of staff for former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain will be speaking at Marquette this week.More >>

The Austin Straubel International Airport was evacuated for about an hour and operations were disrupted for even longer while authorities investigated a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax.More >>

On the surface, Edward Maher and his wife appeared to enjoy a comfortable middle-class life. They had homes in quiet neighborhoods, drove late-model cars and took occasional weekend trips. They raised two sons.More >>

A Duluth, Minn., man who died after a shooting with police in Superior had lost his brother under similar circumstances in Alaska about six years ago.More >>

Two disabled Eau Claire residents were at risk of having their house condemned because of health-code violations, until a handful of caring strangers pitched in to help them clean up.More >>

Authorities in Wisconsin's southwest corner say a pilot from Nebraska made a rough landing near a highway and ended up in a ditch after his plane ran out of fuel. The 68-year-old has been treated for minor injuries.More >>

The Wisconsin Lottery says a lottery ticket worth $1 million has been sold in Marshfield. It's the second million-dollar winner in the state in less than a week.More >>

Police in Milwaukee County say a 19-year-old man has been shot and killed at a house party.More >>

Republicans in the state Senate say they're working toward a compromise on a bill that would jumpstart an iron mine in far northwestern Wisconsin.More >>

A Wisconsin business owner is charged in federal court with torching his business and offering to kill someone's wife in payment for helping set the fire.More >>

A former Beloit public works supervisor has pleaded guilty to federal charges of stealing city property and making unauthorized purchases.More >>

The father, stepmother and stepbrother of a Wisconsin teen who was allegedly starved and tortured all remain in jail on cash bail ranging from $22,500 to $30,000.More >>

A Sheboygan man is charged with causing fatal injuries to a 2-year-old boy.More >>

Assembly Republicans have refused to take up a bill that would limit Wisconsin's divisive school voucher program after Democrats tried to force a vote.More >>

The Washington County sheriff says a heroin overdose caused the death of a jail inmate last September.More >>

A federal court in Milwaukee has issued another scathing order against Republican lawmakers, forcing them to make public emails and other documents related to redistricting that they wanted to keep secret.More >>

A new health maintenance organization has been authorized to operate in Minnesota for the first time in 14 years.More >>

Assembly Democrats are proposing a series of reforms that would make the state Legislature subject to the open meetings law and force members of the Supreme Court to step down from cases involving law firms they've...More >>

Candidate for governor Kathleen Falk has picked up support from an influential Democratic group in her bid to replace Republican Gov. Scott Walker if a recall election is called.More >>

Police and airline employees have prevented a pilot they suspected of being drunk from boarding a flight in Omaha.More >>

A Sheboygan elementary school stopped a second-grader from distributing valentines he made for his classmates because they included a religious message.More >>

Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to speak Thursday at the annual business day gathering organized by the state's largest business lobbying group.More >>

"Got milk?" is getting to be a difficult question when it comes to organic. While more consumers are willing to pay premium prices for organic milk, supermarkets are having trouble keeping it on the shelves as high feed and...More >>

Sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness - again.More >>

A Wood County sheriff's dispatcher is on suspension in the case of a man now missing for a month.More >>

Republicans in the state Assembly say they'll likely take up a bill to help developers obtain wetland fill permits next week.More >>

Gov. Scott Walker wants an additional two weeks to review signatures on recall petitions, saying he doesn't have enough time to go over the estimated 1 million signatures submitted last month.More >>

Federal funding of sewage system improvements in the Great Lakes region would drop about $110 million next year under President Barack Obama's proposed budget.More >>

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and its exclusive athletics sponsor will mediate a dispute over the treatment of Adidas factory workers in Indonesia.More >>

Charges are pending against a Madison man and wife arrested for allegedly torturing and starving the man's 15-year-old daughter.More >>

A company with three manufacturing plants in southern Minnesota wants a change in state law in order to shield itself from future asbestos claims.More >>

A survey crew from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' St. Paul District will begin measuring the ice thickness on Lake Pepin Wednesday.More >>

The West Allis woman who won $1 million in a Powerball drawing over the weekend has stepped forward to claim her prize.More >>

Pointing to a rebound in manufacturing, President Barack Obama in Wednesday is visiting a Milwaukee plant that has brought back jobs to the United States.More >>

Wisconsin school officials are investigating irregularities in standardized testing at a Green Bay elementary school.More >>

Madison police are investigating what they call a "significant" child abuse and neglect case involving a 15-year-old girl.More >>

A state agency head in Gov. Scott Walker's administration late last year gave the wife of a Republican Party official a political appointment and a $27,000 raise.More >>

Minority Democrats in the state Senate have used a procedural maneuver to delay a vote on a Republican bill that would ease regulations on wetland development.More >>

An Illinois man is facing charges for allegedly sneaking his sick daughter out of a St. Louis hospital, a move that doctors say could have threatened her life.More >>

A Racine County district attorney said the scene inside a Racine home where a 27-year-old was found fatally stabbed looked like something from a slasher movie.More >>

President Barack Obama will try to use his visit to a Milwaukee padlock manufacturer to highlight an improving economy and companies that are creating jobs in the U.S. rather than shipping them overseas.More >>

Police in Kentucky have arrested a man who is suspected of robbing banks in five states.More >>

Three Republican legislators say they won't seek re-election to the state Assembly this fall.More >>

The latest state budget analysis in Wisconsin may have dashed hopes for a compromise on venture capital legislation this floor session.More >>

Wisconsin exported a record $2.8 billion in agricultural goods last year.More >>

The state Senate is poised to adopt a pair of bills that would relax portions of Wisconsin's air pollution regulations.More >>

Wisconsin lawmakers are considering whether to lift an unpopular cap to a state program that keeps elderly and disabled people out of nursing homes.More >>

President Barack Obama's upcoming West Coast fundraising trip will feature a musical lineup worthy of Grammy gold.More >>

Frontier Airlines will cut nearly 500 Milwaukee area employees as part of a major service reduction in Milwaukee.More >>

The governor's office says Wisconsin's exports have improved over the last year by several billion dollars.More >>

A Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's report says a 1-month-old baby who was pronounced dead at Children's Hospital in Milwaukee may have been accidentally suffocated while in bed with her mother.More >>

President Barack Obama is requesting $300 million to continue funding a wide-ranging Great Lakes environmental cleanup program in the 2013 fiscal year.More >>

Family and friends gathered in the cold Sunday night outside the apartment of a woman whose life ended in violence.More >>

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pressing the Brown County Board to drop its prayer before monthly meetings.More >>

A self-help author imprisoned for the deaths of three people following an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony no longer is seeking indigent status.More >>

The big Powerball winner over the weekend may have been in Rhode Island, but one person who bought a ticket in Wisconsin has won a nice consolation prize.More >>

A 43-year-old Madison man has been arrested for drunken driving for a seventh time.More >>

Residents of Madeline Island normally see a bright spot this time of year: it's usually so cold they can take an ice road to get to the mainland.More >>

A Door County man convicted of causing the hit-and-run death of a man in a wheelchair has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.More >>

This year's sturgeon-spearing season on Lake Winnebago has gotten off to a slow start because of poor ice conditions and low water clarity.More >>