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Firefighters in Madison will soon be wearing bullet-proof vests.

A 30-year-old man has died from gunshot wounds following a homicide that happened outside a restaurant just north of the West Towne Mall early Tuesday morning.

Allegations of abuse by staff at a troubled youth prison in northern Wisconsin have resulted in overcrowding and understaffing at the juvenile detention center in Milwaukee County because local officials have objected to keeping young offenders at the Irma facility.

Gov. Scott Walker is set to sign a half-dozen bills cracking down on child abuse and sex trafficking.

A pool under construction in the Wisconsin Dells will be the largest in the state, according to the general manager of Mt. Olympus.

As enrollments at several schools in the La Crosse School District  continue to grow, finding room for all them is becoming more difficult.

A local hospital is honoring the hundreds of people who lend them a helping hand.

A two year Safety Improvement Study focuses on 150 miles of county highways just north of Interstate 90.

The Jaycees have partnered with the Family & Children's Center of La Crosse.

Crews started demolishing the former Village Kitchen in the Village Shopping Center Monday on State Road.

Monday is tax day across the country. The day comes a few days later than the usual April 15th since last Friday was a holiday.

After a disagreement over a local hospital’s proposed surface parking lot on the south side, both parties are happy to find compromise.

A well-known face in the La Crosse area is jumping back into the political scene.

State attorneys have asked a Madison judge to stay his ruling declaring Wisconsin's right-to-work law unconstitutional.

A jury awards Verona-based electronic medical records company Epic System $940 million in a lawsuit against an Indian company accused of stealing trade secrets.

A brand of jarred fruit is being recalled because of the possibility of glass in the product.

UWL Police officers uncovered a ‘chop shop’ for high-end bicycles over the weekend after one of its ‘bait bikes’ was stolen.

A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again thanks to a Wisconsin middle school teacher and a 3D printer.

A La Crosse man has been arrested after driving his truck into the river Sunday night. 

St. Paul police have made an arrest in a shooting at a park that left one man dead and another injured.