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A state senator in Minnesota is pushing to make the official state color purple in honor of music superstar Prince.

Iowa and Minnesota lawmakers are exploring a system to allow Iowa residents to buy medical marijuana oil from their northern neighbor, lawmakers from both states have told The Associated Press.

The Milwaukee Public Schools system says a teacher's aide has been fired after pushing a student to the floor in an incident caught on video.

Milwaukee County has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to cover the legal costs of lawsuits brought by the county sheriff.

Different groups along the bluffs heard calls for help, prompting a rescue response from the La Crosse Fire Department.

Power outages in south western Wisconsin left thousands of residents without power Saturday morning.

The sheriff's office executed a search warrant Friday morning and the owner of the facility was booked in the Pierce Co. jail.

In today's Eye Piece, Photographer John Schmidt takes us to Brice Prairie, where the department of Fish and Wildlife showed their love of nature in a different way.

If you were out near Copeland Park in La Crosse for lunch Friday, you may have noticed some mini volunteers cleaning up our community.

Volunteers celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up Cameron Park, which is just one of the attempts to breathe new life into the downtown green space.

La Crosse is celebrating Earth Day with an Earth Fair this weekend.

Friday was Earth Day and the US Department of Agriculture is awarding a local community a grant for upgrades to an old facility.

Democratic legislators are pushing for additional funding to educate Wisconsin voters about the state's voter identification requirement.

A northeast Iowa town will lose dozens of jobs with the closing of a button company facility.

Officials in Iowa and Minnesota are exploring a system to allow Iowa residents to buy medical marijuana from their northern neighbor, lawmakers from both states have told The Associated Press.

A man was knocked unconscious when he confronted a man who dropped a wrapper out the window of a minivan, according to a release from Madison police.

The parents of a 3-year-old Dubuque boy who shot himself in the face have pleaded guilty in federal court.

Two middle-school-aged girls seriously injured when they were struck by a truck in Middleton have had their conditions stabilize overnight, according to Middleton police.

The daughter of a jogger killed in a drunken crash has filed a lawsuit against a university adviser who had been texting with the driver. The woman contends the adviser offered to counsel her in an attempt to gain information about his friend's prosecution.

Stevens Point police say a suspect in a fatal shooting has been arrested in Colorado.