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A jail inmate who ran away while being escorted from court in the Upper Peninsula has been captured a year later in Costa Rica.

A balloon handler has died following an accident in upstate New York. State police say 34-year-old Ryan Almeter was holding onto the basket allowing passengers to get off when wind caused the balloon to take flight Friday night. 

By NICKI MAYO and GREG SCHREIER Associated Press A gunman opened fire at a Florida concert venue as singer Christina Grimmie signed autographs for fans after a show, killing the onetime star of "The...

MINOCQUA (WAOW)-- Severe storms brought heavy rains and strong winds to the Northwoods Friday afternoon. 

Police say a rancher jumped on his horse and lassoed a man who was trying to steal a bicycle in the parking lot of an Oregon Walmart. 

Owning a dog or a cat – like nearly half of all Americans do – can be very rewarding, but it’s also a big responsibility. 

Wisconsin Department of Corrections records show former "Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond violated his probation last month by using a painkiller without permission.

Olivia Quigley, a gold medal Special Olympian track sprinter, battled stage four breast cancer last year while she competed at the Special Olympics World Games. 

A Lincoln County man stood before a judge today in his preliminary hearing for allegedly burning down a Merrill home with seven people inside last fall.  

A brand new state-of-the-art swimming facility opened its doors for the first time on Friday, the first public pool in Merrill since 2012.  

Thousands of customers are without power at this hour. 

Wood County investigators continue to search for clues -- ten years after the death of a Wood County woman.    

Our second "Golf Card" stop brings us to MGC, which was recently ranked as one of the 10 most difficult courses in central Wisconsin.

A state official says there is no health care facility willing or able at this time to accept to Andrew Steele, a former Dane County Sheriff's deputy who killed his wife and sister-in-law, but was found by a jury to be not responsible for the acts because of mental disease.

Authorities say a 20-year old Dane County jail inmate hatched a plot to kill a Madison Police officer, after he fought with the officer and was arrested last year.

An airport spokesman says police have a "situation" at Dallas Love Field under control after reports of shots fired outside a baggage claim.

A Republican senator says conservatives should pray for President Barack Obama using a biblical passage that says, "Let his days be few." 

A federal appeals court rejected former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s appeal of his sentence of more than 15 years in prison Thursday for child pornography offenses and illicit sexual conduct with a child.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin regent is questioning whether it's worth continuing athletics at UW-Milwaukee. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Madison's police chief says federal, county and local investigators have uncovered a credible threat to the life of one of his officers by an inmate who solicited a hit while in the Dane County Jail.