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A group of wildlife researchers will meet with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in September to discuss a conservation plan for the salt marsh sparrow. 

Unemployment rates have fallen to very low levels in a third of U.S. states, a trend that may push up wages in those states. 

Police say they've confiscated 25 dogs and arrested five people amid an investigation into dog-fighting in two Detroit suburbs. 

Federal authorities have arrested nearly three dozen people in Wisconsin as part of a multi-state sweep targeting criminal aliens and other immigration violators. 

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials plan to ask their board for permission to start drafting a rule prohibiting gill nets on Lake Pepin. 

Kia is recalling about 98,000 minivans in cold-weather states for a second time because some suspension parts can rust.

Governor Scott Walker weighed in on a number of political issues from the presidential race to his recent trip to Mexico– during a visit to Ripon Thursday night. 

Authorities say two teens are dead following a shooting outside a home near Orlando. 

Police are trying to determine whether a Burmese python is on the loose in Oshkosh.

Bernie Sanders did not formally concede or back his primary rival Hillary Clinton during a live online address to his fans Thursday night, despite Clinton last week securing enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s nominee. 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies a variety of public health threats every year, from infectious diseases to automobile safety. But for 15 years, the CDC has avoided comprehensive research on one of the top causes of death in the U.S.: firearms. 

A Vilas County boating accident sent two people to the hospital Thursday night, according to the Vilas County Sheriff's Department.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted a video Thursday of the company's rocket crashing a day earlier as it attempted to land on an ocean barge in the Atlantic Ocean. 

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)-- A new program, led by the Prime Water Anglers company, is helping area children with disabilities learn how to cast a line. 

Nearly 100 people stood on the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point campus to remember the victims and their families of the Orlando shooting.

Devices on the market can help save the life of someone who is overdosing, but they can be expensive. 

Melba Guzik lost her daughter, Autumn Woodward, to a heroin overdose back in February, but she wants the conversation on drug addiction to get louder.

An alligator attack that killed a two year old in Florida earlier this week has many on edge.

Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Marathon County, according to the sheriff's department.

STOUGHTON, Wis. (AP) -- The Stoughton County Fair has canceled a pig wrestling event amid pressure from city officials and animal rights activists.