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 The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle alleged safety violations at four of its plants.

Police say a Florida man tried to kidnap a teenage girl inside a store and that it was captured on surveillance video.

A Houston man convicted of drunken driving nine times since 1980 has been sentenced to life in prison.

President Barack Obama is undertaking a determined fence-mending mission to unite the Democratic Party behind Hillary Clinton and draw in Bernie Sanders supporters reluctant to give up after a grueling primary fight.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) -- Summer hasn't offically started but for many students the school year is coming to an end. But, with the final bell, summer break started in Wausau.

The nonprofit organization run by the Democratic wife of Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has sued the first-term Republican amid the state's unprecedented budget impasse.

The Republican-controlled House has taken aim again at President Barack Obama's environmental agenda.

Authorities say a 9-foot alligator found near a lake with a body in its mouth had human remains in its stomach.

A federal judge will not put a lawsuit over Wisconsin's voter identification law on hold while another similar challenge is pending in a different court.

The Tel Aviv district police commander says the shooting that killed three people was a "harsh terror attack" carried out by two Palestinian gunmen from the West Bank.

The security program in place at Lambeau Field has received a designation from the Department of Homeland Security under a federal act enacted after lawsuits were filed after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is wavering on his support of Donald Trump.

Gov. Scott Walker is defending his job-creation record as governor, even as Wisconsin continues lagging the national average.

The Merrill School Board released text messages between two top district administrators who resigned late April.

Rep. Cory Mason is urging Great Lakes governors to reject a Milwaukee suburb's request to draw water from Lake Michigan, pointing to shortcomings in state enforcement. 

The westbound lanes of Highway 29 at County Road O in the Town of Stettin are reopened after being closed for around 30 minutes on Wednesday.

Staff at the Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo are trying to figure out what happened after three North American otters died unexpectedly last week. 

Authorities in northeastern Wisconsin are investigating the deaths of two people and injuries to two others. 

(ABC) -- The Latest on the crash of two South Carolina Air National Guard fighter jets in Georgia.

There were lots of questions from homeowners who live on Lake Michigan and are watching the rising water eat away at their property.