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Winter tornadoes are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a study showed.

Heavily impacted residents from the town of Porter gathered Friday night to ask questions and learn more about their plight.

Investigators are assessing the strength of the Evansville area tornado that had winds of 135 mph and was throwing debris east of Evansville 10,000 to 15,000 feet into the air.

"I do not believe you," Circuit Judge Mario White told Janessa Cardenas, who said she was not driving, after initially telling police she was.

Love and support from her teammates and the hockey community is what's kept the Sun Prairie East senior coming back. Meet Cap City Cougars' Kaitlyn Nelson.

Milwaukee took control in the first quarter in its victory over visiting Charlotte.

David Silye scored key goals as the Badgers men's hockey team overcame Notre Dame at the Kohl Center.

Laila Edwards and Kirsten Simms both had hat tricks as the Badgers women's hockey team won its 12th straight game.

The cleanup has begun in Rock and Green counties following the unusual February event.

Profiles of candidates vying for public office in April.

"I can't believe she didn't get hurt or killed. Very, very lucky."

The man died in a head-on collision with a semi on Highway 23 in the town of Excelsior on Monday, authorities said.

"For us it's growing the business," said Kimberly Dorn, operations manager of Portage Lumber. "For them they can expand further north."

"A Young Family Took Their Chicago Budget to Madison, Wis. How Much House Could They Afford?", the headline read.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used an interview with a former Fox News host to push his narrative on the war in Ukraine, urge Washington to recognize Moscow's interests and press Kyiv to sit down for talks.

A tornado, or even a tornado warning, had not occurred in Wisconsin in February since at least 1950, when the weather service started keeping records on them.

Theater, music, gardening -- even a winter bike ride -- could be in your future this weekend.

JD McCormick Properties says it has provided new information on the condition of existing buildings to merit demolition for a six-story mixed-use project on the 400 block of State Street.

The DOT said the key to such fraud are large warehouse-like facilities that may house several hundred licensed wholesale dealers at one time within a shared space.

Firefly Events Decor & Flowers had its grand opening Thursday in Mount Horeb.