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UW student's stolen credit card used to pay for motel room, suspect arrested
A credit card stolen from a UW-Madison student early Sunday was used by a woman to allegedly pay for a motel room for a week's stay, with the woman and a man found and arrested in the room.
State gives grants to UW, Mayo for rural doctor residencies
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Monday it has awarded more than $1.8 million for graduate medical education programs at UW Hospital and Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire.
Victim identified in fatal Dodge County crash
The driver killed Saturday night in a one-car rollover crash in Dodge County has been identified as Austin Reifsnider, 17, rural Juneau.
On Campus: New UW-Milwaukee chancellor named; Ferguson talk on Wednesday at UW-Madison
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.
Purse stolen off wheelchair at Downtown library, man arrested
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.
Badgers men's basketball: UW stays at No. 5 in AP poll
Kentucky remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the poll, followed by Duke, Arizona, Louisville and UW.
Bangor residents to decide fate of siren blasts
BANGOR, Wis. (AP) — The village siren in a small La Crosse County community has been sounding at least four times a day for decades.
La Crosse Tribune: We must do more to ensure rail safety
The public is getting railroaded when it comes to tracking the safety of rail bridges.
School Spotlight: Sun Prairie students join Hour of Code project
Horizon Elementary wins a $10,000 prize.
Concrete chunk hurled through State Street coffee shop window, man arrested
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.
WEDC hires new VP of international business development
Katy Sinnott, a Wisconsin native and UW-La Crosse grad, formerly was the CEO of a chain of China-based salons.
Roll Call: Key votes from the Wisconsin Senate delegation on Saturday
Here's how members of Wisconsin's Senate delegation voted on Saturday.
Highway 41 going Interstate in 2015
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.
Man killed in Walworth County crash
A man from Sharon, Wisconsin was killed early Sunday when his pickup truck left a Walworth County highway and struck a tree.
No garbage pickup on Christmas, New Year's
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.
Roundabout under Verona Road closed on Friday
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.
Gang beats up disabled person in Janesville, police say
A disabled person suffered significant injuries early Sunday after being attacked by a gang of about five men in Janesville.
Trudy Rubin: Israel faces a big election
While Arab countries are struggling to redefine themselves amid violence, Israel is poised to wrestle with its own identity crisis — at the polls.
Scrapbook Dec. 15
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 …