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The state Department of Natural Resources has approved permanent regulations allowing captive deer farmers to opt out of the state's chronic wasting disease monitoring program without upgrading their fences.

The state Department of Natural Resource's board has approved a land swap with one of Gov. Scott Walker's key donors.

(CNN) --Officials are ramping up their efforts to fight the Zika scare in Florida.  

After almost 80 years, the Bearskin Bridge came down Wednesday morning.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A mysterious burglary at Daisy Mae Daycare just outside Wausau has investigators baffled.

   LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The brother of JonBenet Ramsey will publicly discuss his younger sister's death for the first time in an interview to be broadcast on "Dr. Phil" next month.   

Gov. Scott Walker won't join GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on a Wisconsin campaign stop this week. 

   LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A stunt performer says he's OK after being hit in the neck with a flaming arrow during a live broadcast of NBC's "America's Got Talent" on Tuesday.  

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Veterinarians at Busch Gardens had to euthanize "Pinky" the flamingo after a man grabbed her from an animal viewing area and threw her to the ground. 

STANTON, Del. (AP) -- A mystery involving a Delaware pet cemetery has now been solved. A 21-acre graveyard the SPCA hoped to sell for nearly $10 million contains about 1,600 buried animals, and as it turns out, one human. 

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Maryland State Police say a nurse who stopped to help at a pre-dawn crash scene on an interstate highway bridge fell at least 100 feet into a river after jumping over a concrete barrier. 

TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto city officials are asking the developers of the popular mobile game Pokemon Go to remove locations from the city's downtown ferry terminal that has been overwhelmed by thousands of players. 

A petition to reverse the suspension of a Marathon County Administrator has more than 2,000 signatures.

The chairman of the state Public Records Board says members won't reconsider changes to its policy on how long government agencies must retain their records for several years. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq.

A veteran police officer with one of the nation's most prominent transit systems has been arrested for allegedly trying to help ISIS, as first reported by ABC News.

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson says Donald Trump should apologize for disparaging the bereaved parents of U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, a Muslim who was awarded a Bronze Star after he was killed in 2004 in Iraq.

Gov. Scott Walker has asked President Barack Obama's administration for a federal disaster declaration for nine northern Wisconsin counties and the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal nation in the wake of torrential rains and flash flooding.

A state appeals court says Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions voided retirement benefits for Neenah teachers.

House Speaker Paul Ryan's underdog primary challenger is trying to capitalize on a burst of attention after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump complimented him and said he wasn't ready to endorse Ryan.