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MADISON (WAOW) - A two-month-old filly from Forest County is the first reported Wisconsin horse to have become infected with mosquito-carried eastern equine encephalitis, the state Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Department said Wednesday. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Florida-based company that represents the investors who hold the debt on the financially troubled Wausau Center Mall have no plans to put it up for sale and instead intend to invest more into it, Wausau's economic development director said Wednesday. 

A Wisconsin legislator says he plans to introduce a bill outlawing a new synthetic drug.

With less than 10 weeks to go until the election, about a third of Wisconsin voters say they don't know enough about incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson to form an opinion of him.

Vandals climbed the roof at Stettin Elementary School during the early morning hours of August 22  and went on a rampage.

University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders have set up a multi-pronged plan to give minorities a better experience on campus.

Gov. Scott Walker and state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the state's largest veterans home in King.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Authorities say a vibrating device that claims to fights wrinkles as it rolls over a person's face has forced a Southwest Airlines flight to evacuate in New Mexico.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Lawyers for "affluenza" teenager Ethan Couch argue in a court filing that he should be released from jail because the judge in his case had no jurisdiction in the matter.

Marshfield Clinic will borrow about $1 billion to acquire Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital and upgrade its medical facilities in central and northern Wisconsin.

Harley-Davidson plans to lay off 39 union workers at its Tomahawk location, according to a representative with the company. 

The Wisconsin Badgers kick off the 2016 college football season on Saturday, Sept. 3, with the Lambeau Field College Classic, presented by Carmex.

A state lawmaker says police officers threw him to the ground and put him in handcuffs as he tried to de-escalate tensions after 10 people were arrested at the scene of a recent fatal police shooting on Milwaukee’s north side.

A new exhibit honoring Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre will open Wednesday morning in the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame at Lambeau Field. Packers president/CEO Mike McCarthy and Packers Hall of Fame president Perry Kidder will lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the exhibit at 9 a.m.

The state Department of Transportation plans to ship voting credentials overnight to people who try to obtain photo identification during election week.

For 37 years bikers parked their Harleys in front Sauk Prairie's Harley Davidson dealership.

As schools are forced to run with less funding, parent-teacher organizations are stepping in to help fund projects that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

Q. What are some ideas to help the pets and kids? A. Summer seems to be the ideal time to get a family pet. 

The Department of Health and Human Services is awarding millions of dollars in opioid grant money.

Friends of a Milwaukee chef fatally stabbed outside a bar in Milwaukee say he was trying to help an acquaintance who was being attacked by her boyfriend.