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Authorities in Spokane, Washington, are investigating whether the president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP misrepresented her race when applying for the city's Office of Police Ombudsman Commission.

Republican leaders in Iowa have agreed to end the state's straw poll because of waning interest from presidential hopefuls and questions about its relevancy.

The 26th annual Wisconsin River Pro Rodeo begins Friday in Merrill.

It was a close call for an infant whose stroller was sent rolling downhill on a downtown Madison street where an SUV without a driver crashed into a tree.

The state veterinarian has some new guidelines for showing birds at a fair in Wisconsin this summer.

One Central Wisconsin city is getting high marks nationally.

Spelling counts -- and sometimes it costs money.

A Wausau student is being recognized for her art work.

A Sheldon man convicted of drunken driving and plowing into a group of deer hunters, killing one, is set to be sentenced in Taylor County court Friday.

A Wisconsin wildlife official says the state's gray wolf population has gone up by about 13 percent in the past year.

By Howard Airbrush, MN (WXOW) - The city of Rushford has become a popular summertime destination. Some come to hike the trail, while others visit to shop the downtown stores or sample local cuisine; however, Rushford's best known summer residents come for the grass.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Madison police say the discovery of a sophisticated methamphetamine lab is a rarity for the area.

All of the rain hitting central Wisconsin puts farmers at Hsu Ginseng in Wausau in a situation they don't want to be in.  

It's been a rainy day Thursday in central Wisconsin. More rain means slick roads.  

The owner of the Church Street Little Caesars in Stevens Point was assaulted and robbed early Monday morning as he was closing up shop. The robbery took place in the ally next to the store."The person approached them, from the side, immediately sprayed them with pepper spray, and slammed the person against the wall," Stevens Point Police Department Assistant Chief Tony Babl said.The masked robber then stole two bank bags containing money and receipts.Because the owner, who wished to stay anon...

A new medical clinic is coming to Autumns Health Care announced today it will begin construction on the center this summer.

 Advocates for ailing Sept. 11 first responders say Congress should permanently extend a law providing medical monitoring and treatment for the rescue workers so they can feel assured that their health care will not be cut off.

 Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to draw on her mother's difficult upbringing to cast herself as a fighter for ordinary Americans in the first major speech of her 2016 campaign.

Authorities say a South Florida woman who called 911 to report that she was getting stiffed in a drug deal ended up reporting on herself: She now faces charges including drug possession.

The former head of Al Jazeera America's documentary unit has sued the news network, claiming it is biased against non-Arabs in stories that it produces and how it treats employees.