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The owners of the Downtown New Orleans restaurant The Bayou are closing after dinner tonight or when food runs out.

A Wisconsin delegate describes how security is even tighter than it was in 2004 after the 9/11 terrorist attack.

It could be a long, hot 72 hours in Madison.

Scott Baio and John Ratzenberger spoke to the Wisconsin delegation about why they support Donald Trump.

Republicans are Carolina fans rooting for Duke (Donald Trump) because it’s better than Russia (Hillary Clinton)

A grandmother and her grandchildren were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning during a home invasion in the town of Viroqua, while the parents of the kids were away from home.

CLEVELAND -- We are husband and wife, and this week we are in Cleveland, protesting the Republican National Convention and the Republican Party’s pick for president.

The four-term governor also gave advice to Donald Trump on what he must say on Thursday to unify the party.

A number of prominent Wisconsin Republicans are scheduled to address the Republican National Convention in Cleveland between Monday and the convention's close on Thursday night. We will collect videos of those speeches as they become available.

The big heat of 2016 is ready to pounce on southern Wisconsin, with officials hoping residents stay cool during the dangerously hot weather.

The lawsuit alleges the school district denied the student access to boys' restrooms and directed staff to monitor his restroom usage, forcing him and other transgender students to wear green wristbands to help staff recognize them.

The Hermann Trophy is the most prestigious individual award in college soccer presented annually to one male and female athlete.

Madison-based Placon, a plastic packaging designer and manufacturer for the food, retail and medical markets, has purchased Brookdale Plastics in Plymouth, Minn.

The training of Afghan security forces by American troops is now under the command of a Wisconsin native.

A Minnesota man convicted of extorting thousands of dollars from a Wisconsin man, the man getting threatened with violence at the hands of a motorcycle gang if he didn't pay, has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison.

A chain-reaction crash on Highway 51 south of the Beltline on Tuesday sent four people to the hospital.

UW-Madison's medical school became a victim of its own popularity this year, officials say.

CLEVELAND -- The Trump campaign has lately alternated between disaster and farce: the awkward rollout of Mike Pence, the botched logo, two parliamentary disputes on the convention floor, a muddled message, a plagiarized speech by the would-be first lady.

A fire of unknown origin heavily damaged a car on Madison's North Side Tuesday, with the fire extending to a second car nearby.