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The future of the Sauk County-owned nursing home in Reedsburg is uncertain after the facility’s private buyer seems to have exited negotiations with the county.

Above: Menjadi, a 3-year-old orangutan, takes a sip from a water bottle at the Vilas Zoo on Monday, when humans and animals alike were looking for any way to stay cool after temperatures crept into the low 90s for a…

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. Monday for counties that include Dane, Columbia, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette, Marquette, Sauk, Dodge, and Fond du Lac.

OMAHA, Neb. — During its rise as a national power in the 1990s, LSU built its identity on prodigious home run numbers, a style coined “Gorilla Ball.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for…

Kore D. Bommeli Adams, who last lived in Oklahoma, was only charged with trying to kill Mike and Sharon Ziegler in 2021.

"We’re saddened to say goodbye to these valued colleagues and shows that have been an important part of our recent history," WPR Director Sarah Ashworth said.

A 35-year-old passenger was taken to Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam and then flown to University Hospital in Madison with serious injuries.

Detectives are searching for Jamell D. Grant-Amos, 22, for shooting a man in a store parking lot in the 4400 block of Milwaukee Street.

The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.

Animals at Henry Vilas Zoo received special treats and enrichment to help them get through the heat on Monday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are scheduled to gather Tuesday for a summit that could unite the world’s biggest security organization around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32…

"All I would get is a robotic answer. It would kick in and it would say, it will have to get back to you. Nobody ever called me back."

The driver, a 34-year-old man with no permanent address. admitted to having several grams of cocaine on him, police said.

“I do believe that there is a way that fitness fits into everybody’s lives,” Liz Grosspietsch said.

The administration is willfully ignoring a robust scientific consensus on an issue that will continue to negatively impact our world and the world inherited by our children and grandchildren.

The suspect, who apparently entered the business by breaking a window, had fled by the time officers arrived.

The man was mowing on a steep incline when the tractor rolled, authorities said.

The name of the person who died will be released by the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Office.

U.S. officials say Operation Midnight Hammer was characterized by a "precision strike" that "devastated the Iranian nuclear program."