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Polls are open in Wisconsin on this election day.Statewide, voters will decide whether to re-elect Justice Ann Walsh Bradley to a third 10-year term on the Supreme Court or to elect her challenger, Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley.

Danielle Josey Davis had been married only seven months when a devastating motorcycle accident left her husband on life support and in a coma.

The makeup of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and how its chief justice is chosen are at stake in an election that has drawn little attention in the state.

A woman asked her husband for a divorce over Facebook and at least one New York judge says, it's perfectly legal.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - In central Wisconsin, fans also struggled with the Wisconsin Badgers' tough loss in the NCAA National Championship game.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW)--The Wisconsin Rapids Police Department is attempting to locate a missing 16-year-old Wisconsin Rapids teen. 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden is planning to give a major speech Thursday about the progress that's been made to strengthen Iraq's government and beleaguered military.

FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) -- A state police crime lab is examining "clothing and other evidence" found at an abandoned industrial site in southeastern Michigan during the search for a 22-year-old woman who disappeared from a Halloween party last year.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) --Both teams are sticking with their Final Four starting lineups.That means the Badgers will send out seniors Frank Kaminsky and Josh Gasser along with junior guard Sam Dekker and sophomores Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig. 

Stevens Point fire officials say a car crashed into a school building Monday night sending the driver to the hospital.

Neighbors are describing the scene of a deadly car fire in Wausau.

SLINGER (WAOW) - A Wisconsin-based company that provides home care and other services to thousands of elderly and disabled people across the state is laying off 700 workers, including 172 in central Wisconsin, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. 

The waist-expanding wager has been placed for the NCAA men's basketball championship as the governors of North Carolina and Wisconsin, and two of their congressmen, are putting their faith - and their food - behind their respective schools.

Heavy snow in the Northwoods has caused power outages, according to Wisconsin Public Service.

A Wisconsin farm has caught basketball fever, and not even the cows can avoid it.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is taking his signature town hall events on the road.

The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court are making a final push to connect with voters before Tuesday's election.

Two people in Lincoln County are dead after a car left the road early Sunday morning, hit a tree and caught on fire, according the Tomahawk Police Department.

Wisconsin Badgers fans around long enough to remember the lean years are among those especially enjoying the team's latest success.

A Wisconsin mother and stepfather accused of locking their 13-year-old daughter in a cold basement with no running water are due in court.