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Members of congress were in Tomah hearing testimony Monday, as investigations into the VA hospital continue.  

Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely campaign manager is traveling to the early voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa this week for meetings with key Democratic activists as the former secretary of state prepares for an expected presidential campaign.

A Mosinee man is now charged with hitting a woman and firing a gun outside a bar early Saturday morning.

Governor Scott Walker clarified his views on immigration Monday at a groundbreaking in Portage County.

 Members of Congress say they expect the Department of Veterans Affairs to hold responsible parties accountable as it continues investigations into an embattled VA hospital in Tomah.

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW) – A 53-year-old construction worker was injured Monday when a steal beam broke loose from a crane, hit him and pinned his leg underneath it, the Rothschild Police Department said.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – Authorities say a young boy fell out of a chairlift at Granite Peak Ski Area on Monday and was taken by helicopter to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

Attorneys for the wife and adult children of Robin Williams have agreed to try to resolve their dispute out of court involving personal items of the late actor.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a St. Paul man found guilty of killing his wife and dumping her body in the Mississippi River.

The Florida Highway Patrol says eight people died and 10 were injured when an overloaded van from a church ran through a stop sign, crossed four lanes of a rural highway and nosedived into shallow waters of a canal in Florida.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A 27-year-old Portage County man pleaded no contest Monday to giving a deadly dose of heroin to a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student, according to online Portage County records.

A French police official says European investigators are focusing on the psychological state of the 27-year-old German co-pilot who deliberately smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside.

Police in Minneapolis say a missing University of Minnesota student for three days went into the Mississippi River, and they're starting a water recovery effort.

Wisconsin lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose statewide regulations on online ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft.

After years of investigative work, authorities in Fond du Lac County have finally filed a murder charge in the death of a young Sturtevant woman whose body was found in a ditch about a month after she disappeared.

A senior U.S. official says preliminary reports from the scene at Fort Meade, Md., indicate one person is dead after a car with two people tried to ram a gate at the base.

 If you liked the look of last year's Final Four, you will love the 2015 edition.One game -- Kentucky vs. Wisconsin -- is not only a matchup of two No. 1 seeds, it's a replay of last year's semifinal won by Kentucky 74-73.

A pair of U.S. House and Senate committees will hold a joint field hearing on allegations of narcotic overprescribing practices and retaliatory behavior at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah.

By Gordon Severson Madison (WKOW)-- A controversial bill in Indiana has inspired one die hard Badger fan to speak out.

It has been an exciting winter in the world of high school sports.