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Summaries outlining the impact of state funding cuts to higher education say University of Wisconsin System campuses have laid off employees, consolidated administration, reduced advising services and cut course offerings over the past year.

TOWN OF MATTESON, Wis. (AP) -- Investigators have questioned a man who had a run-in with another man later found dead in a Waupaca County ditch. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Milwaukee man arrested in what Marshfield police called the largest heroin drug bust in their city worked out a plea deal Tuesday to avoid a planned three-day trial. 

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - Two Marshfield teenagers have been sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting young girls in the basement of a home, a court official said Tuesday. 

A U.S. Navy officer is talking about last week's rescue of three castaways on a remote Pacific island. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander John Harkins, says he's never seen or heard another rescue quite like it.

Firefighters have rescued a kitten that was trapped inside the wall of a South Florida home, bringing an end to a family's confusion about where a certain meowing sound was coming from. 

Sheriff's officials say the woman struck and killed by an SUV on the grounds of the Medical College of Wisconsin was a student at the school.

 GULFPORT, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities in Florida say four Tampa Bay area high school students were hospitalized after eating drug-laced gummy candies. 

One Starbucks really got the name wrong on one customer’s order label last Friday. 

Federal authorities have announced that they are reviewing the possibility of loosening the classification of marijuana, and if this happens, it could have a far-reaching impact on how the substance is used in medical settings, experts said. 

Federal health officials said in a joint conference today the mosquitoes species that spread the Zika virus are now in 30 states. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says any talk of him being Donald Trump's running mate is shocking and breathtaking. 

 A remote Canadian aboriginal community of 2,000 has declared a state of emergency after 11 people attempted suicide over the weekend. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says state attorneys plan to seek a stay of a ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law as soon as a judge enters a formal order solidifying the decision. 

Turkey's state-run news agency says several people were wounded in a car bomb attack in a mainly Kurdish region in southeastern Turkey.

Governor Walker signed two new bills into law on Monday that offer more protection and services for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault.

Church Mutual Insurance Company donated $250,000 to the Wausau Commerce Foundation on Monday to create a new business program at Northcentral Technical College. 

This week is National Work Zone Awareness Week.

The body of a missing kayaker has been recovered from a lake in Oneida County.

 NASA says its Kepler spacecraft has been recovered from emergency mode.