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The Germantown school district administrator plans to run for state schools superintendent.

HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) -- An 83-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two women were found shot to death at a home in Harpers Ferry.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker is calling for a number of changes in Wisconsin's plan to combat chronic wasting disease but they don't include widespread killing of deer.

Republicans controlling the House are proposing $23 billion worth of food stamp cuts over the coming decade.

A house in the town of Sugar Camp exploded Friday morning, according to a release from the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office.

Madison-area law enforcement officials are asking for the public's help in solving three fatal shootings in the past three weeks that they say are linked.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has appointed its first female president in the institution's 127-year history. 

Two girls who put dishwashing liquid and a piece of dead skin in baked treats for students visiting a western Pennsylvania junior high school have been suspended and cited for disorderly conduct. 

Officials say the firing of the State Fair Park executive director this week came after he ignored the state approval process and gave himself and 31 other executives merit pay increases totaling about $78,000.

The Obama administration tomorrow will instruct public school districts nationwide to allow transgender students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, sources tell ABC News. 

A London woman's petition asking the U.K. government to make it illegal for companies to require that women wear high heels to work garnered over 100,000 signatures as of today -- meaning that Parliament now must consider debating the issue. 

A sense of fear filled employees and patients at North Central Health Care Thursday afternoon after a gun scare left the building on lock down for nearly four hours.

The Dane County Medical Examiner has released the name of the man killed in a shooting in the Town of Madison Wednesday night.

Authorities say the 57-year-old man accused of abducting his niece from school more than a week ago was captured by two men who held him at gunpoint until law enforcement could arrive. 

Wisconsin Republicans struggling with accepting Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee gather this weekend for the annual state convention in Green Bay. 

Finding out what life is like for a Marathon County teenger was the focus of a new health department report.

The son of a Packers legend was the keynote speaker at an event put on by Junior Achievement of Wisconsin.

A Central Wisconsin woman is warning others after her dog was killed by a wolf over the weekend.

Some students in Marathon County are getting a jump start in the job world.

Marathon County law enforcement gathered Thursday to remember officers killed in the line of duty.