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Mark Mone, who's been interim chancellor at UW-Milwaukee since the departure of Michael Lovell for Marquette, will have the job on a permanent basis, the university announced Monday.

A homeless man who allegedly stole the purse off the wheelchair of an at-risk woman on Saturday was arrested near State Street, the woman's purse found in an alley.

Kentucky remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the poll, followed by Duke, Arizona, Louisville and UW.

BANGOR, Wis. (AP) — The village siren in a small La Crosse County community has been sounding at least four times a day for decades.

The public is getting railroaded when it comes to tracking the safety of rail bridges.

Horizon Elementary wins a $10,000 prize.

A homeless man kicked out of a State Street coffee shop Sunday night was arrested after he allegedly threw a chunk of concrete through the front window of the store.

Katy Sinnott, a Wisconsin native and UW-La Crosse grad, formerly was the CEO of a chain of China-based salons.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's Senate delegation voted on Saturday. 

An iconic U.S. highway that stretches from Miami to the northernmost tip of Upper Michigan will become an interstate highway in Wisconsin in 2015.

A man from Sharon, Wisconsin was killed early Sunday when his pickup truck left a Walworth County highway and struck a tree.

Madison residents who normally put out the trash for Thursday pickup should wait until the day after Christmas and the day after New Year's.

The roundabout built under the new Verona Road bridge will be shut down for about five hours on Friday so inspectors can make its first inspection of the underside of the new bridge.

A disabled person suffered significant injuries early Sunday after being attacked by a gang of about five men in Janesville.

While Arab countries are struggling to redefine themselves amid violence, Israel is poised to wrestle with its own identity crisis — at the polls.

Military honors: Stephen Denker, graduate of Sauk Prairie High School, was recently promoted to the rank of major general in the U.S. Air Force. He is assigned to Headquarters Air Force Space …

The first time the young international sensation Hayley Westenra performed in Madison, the grass was green, the weather was warm and huge crowds showed up to hear her sing at a 2004 Concerts o…

Opponents say the policy could endanger student safety, while supporters say it preserves it.

Do we really want to go there? Again?