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The proposal would make changes to welfare, food and housing aid, among other programs, to increase work requirements, make the aid more efficient and allow states to make more decisions about how it is distributed.

Boscobel's Drew Brown earned the regular-season statewide championship for a scoring average of 23.60 out of 25.

Farmers had trouble getting into their fields last week because of persistent thunderstorms raking Wisconsin, but the rain pushed crops along to growing levels ahead of the curve.

A motorcycle driver from Illinois died Monday night after crashing his vehicle in Janesville.

Aaron J. Wiater was convicted of second-degree reckless injury.

The program matched 166 employees of Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. with students from Gompers Elementary and Black Hawk Middle School.

Evgeni Malkin scored one goal and assisted on another, Matt Murray made 23 saves and the Penguins took a 3-1 series lead in the Stanley Cup Final by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Monday night.

MILWAUKEE — Craig Counsell has been asked several times this season about the base-running blunders from shortstop Jonathan Villar — enough times that, quite frankly, he’s sick of hearing about it.

On Sunday, Middleton High School seniors walked across the graduation stage to receive their diplomas. For most, the ceremony closed the book on a chapter in their lives.

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Anti-Semitic remarks could lead to hate crime charge.

The junior holes out for a 30-foot birdie to close his round at University Ridge.

The deal was a necessary step in meeting a tight timeline for the Judge Doyle Square project.

Search warrants shows drive-by shooter had plenty of guns and ammunition inside his vehicle.

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LONG POND, Pa. — Kurt Busch felt like a game show contestant who had to beat the clock to win a prize.

Research suggest benefits could include higher attendance rates and improved academics.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison zoo has euthanized a 44-year-old white rhinoceros.

A $47 million renovation project planned for UW-Madison's Witte residence hall would bring major changes to the building's appearance and add new amenities.

Two female students at Randall Elementary School were on the playground Friday and heard a stranger speaking to them through a fence, police said. The man wanted the girls to see a "cool video," but showed them pornography instead, authorities…