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A police officer fired several shots at a gunman who opened fire on students outside a prom at a northern Wisconsin school.

A former employee of the Green Bay Area Public School District is accused of stealing students' medication.

A Sun Prairie man accused of killing his mother with a sword has been ruled competent to stand trial.

State police say an upstate New York mayor illegally provided his village with 111 road signs belonging to the state Department of Transportation. 

Republican Donald Trump is aiming for a sweep of all five Northeastern states holding primaries Tuesday.

The more rice products they consume, the more infants are at risk of developing increased levels of arsenic, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics. 

With summer approaching, entrepreneurial children across the country will be setting up lemonade stands and earning a few extra bucks for ice cream and toys. 

More than 50 opponents of North Carolina's new law curtailing protections for LGBT people and limiting public bathroom access for transgender people were arrested at the statehouse Monday night. 

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill hindering Milwaukee's efforts to provide local photo IDs to the homeless, immigrants in the country illegally and others who have difficulty obtaining state IDs.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is preparing to take a no-confidence vote on UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents for changing the school's tenure policy.

Hillary Clinton says she will aim to have a Cabinet that is half women if she is elected president.

Kid Rock's assistant was killed in an ATV accident overnight at a suburban Nashville property belonging to the singer. 

ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) -- The mother of a man accused of shooting two people outside a Wisconsin prom says her son "wasn't a monster."

The Antigo Police Department held a press conference inside of Antigo's City Hall on Monday afternoon to release the latest information on the Saturday night prom shooting at Antigo High School. 

Disbelief and devastation washed friends of Jakob Wagner just days after he opened fire outside the Antigo High School prom.

FRIENDSHIP (WAOW) - The 40-year-old owner of an Adams County ambulance service was convicted Monday of attempting to sexually assault a young girl in 2011, according to online Adams County court records. 

ANTIGO (WAOW) - Under heightened security, Antigo High School students returned to classes Monday, barely 35 hours after a gunman wounded two teens outside the spring prom. Police patrolled the campus as students arrived.

A top Ted Cruz aide says the campaign has identified a "short list" of possible vice presidential candidates.

ANTIGO (WAOW) - The teenage gunman who wounded two teens at the Antigo High School prom rode a bicycle to the school, carrying a rifle, Police Chief Eric Roller said Monday.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate is preparing to take a no-confidence vote on UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents for changing the school's tenure policy.