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STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - Police say counterfeiters are targeting businesses and churches in Stevens Point and passing out fake $20 bills.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A document obtained by The Associated Press shows the Justice Department is investigating whether airlines are colluding to grow at a slower pace as part of an effort to keep airfares high.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Senates Republican leader says he plans to vote on a bill to fund a new Milwaukee Bucks arena next week.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Hundreds of Milwaukee County union bus drivers are on strike.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is hoping for the biggest crowd yet in his longshot bid to upset expected nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton when he speaks in the reliably liberal Madison.

A female driver got sick on a Wisconsin Rapids road, hit a parked truck and flipped over, according to Wisconsin Rapids Police Lt. Kevin Schwartz.

Family, friends, food and of course fireworks. Those are just a few of the 4th of July fundamentals. And while the bright lights in the sky are a form of celebration, for some, the loud sounds can trigger unwanted memories.

The Fourth of July is almost here and that means fireworks! 

An East Tennessee hardware store owner who put up a No Gays Allowed sign in response to the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage says he decided to take a bold stand for his beliefs.

Jeremy Stamper said he was heartbroken when he learned that his wife of just a few short weeks, Justice Stamper, had forgotten the details of their wedding day after losing her short term memory in a car crash.

The allotment of tickets for UW- La Crosse students and staff ran out in twenty minutes on Tuesday as close to a thousand people stood in line looking to see the president in person.

President Obama will visit the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Thursday.

Former Sen. Russ Feingold says he raised more than $2.2 million in the second quarter as he seeks a return to the Senate.

Former Sen. Russ Feingold says he raised more than $2.2 million in the second quarter as he seeks a return to the Senate.

Four of the five performers have already been announced for the Wisconsin Valley Fair.

Oklahoma's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments must be removed from the State Capitol grounds.

Authorities say the two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in northern New York conducted a practice run the night before they made their daring breakout.

Milwaukee police say officers are investigating the death of a 3-month-old child.

Tens of thousands of people who use the Milwaukee County Transit System to reach their destinations will have to make alternative plans.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Firefighters are trying to extinguish a blaze at a prominent black church in South Carolina.State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel said the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church in Williamsburg County caught fire Tuesday night. The church was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan in 1995, but Keel says it is too early to say what the cause of Tuesday nights blaze is.