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Gov. Scott Walker announced a series of changes in Wisconsin's chronic wasting disease plan Friday, calling for more studies and guidelines for the deer farm industry but rejecting suggestions to resume thinning the state's herds.

Dane County will issue domestic partnership declarations to opposite sex-couples, giving them the same legal benefits of same-sex couples, Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said Friday.

In 48 states, there are more public sector employees (federal, state, and local government) than people working in manufacturing. Only two states have more manufacturing jobs than government jobs.

Some non-conference events face cancellation (will not be rescheduled) because the end of the regular season is coming up.

Since the 2012 Olympic Trials, Heather Koehl made four U.S. World Cup teams as one of the country’s top female archers.

DEFOREST - Adeline F. Marty, age 102, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Artisan Assisted Living in DeForest. She was born on Aug. 7, 1913, in Fisk, Wis., the daughter of William and Augusta (Schiefelbein) Trapp.

BLUE MOUNDS TOWNSHIP - Earl Shelstad, age 78, died on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb, Wis.

GREEN BAY / NEW LISBON - Cora Rae Friske, age 16, of Green Bay/New Lisbon, drifted into God's heavenly arms on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. She was born May 26, 1999, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

Madison native Jerry Kelly is in contention for his first win in more than seven years at the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

The GOP senator says as a businessman he sympathizes with the presumptive nominee getting up to speed on policy.

Outdoor activities might get a little wet in Madison Friday afternoon into the evening, as a cold front starts moving through the region.

When my little girl was born shortly after President Barack Obama’s first presidential victory, I wrote a journal entry infused with my optimism about her future. Still giddy over the election of the nation’s first black president, I wrote confidently…

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

At one point in the video Pavelski, a Plover native, reads a tweet that says he is "the best thing to come out of Wisconsin probably ever."

The second-generation family business in Fitchburg has diversified since it was founded in 1951 in central Madison.

Giant steel girders to support the new westbound Beltline bridge over Verona Road will be coming to Madison soon, with installation of the girders set to begin in about a week.

By Renee Meiller

The issue affects middle school students who opted out of the Badger Exam last spring and are now taking high school-level courses this year while still in middle school.

A highly contagious virus found in a horse in West Bend caused state officials to put the stable under quarantine and to issue a warning to horse owners to get their animals checked if any symptoms show up.