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Authorities say an Austin man has died after he was hit by an SUV in a field during a party.

A "Saturday Night Live" skit that appeared to promote the use of heroin was labeled as distasteful, inappropriate and irresponsible in a release by the Dodge County Sheriff's Office Sunday morning.

Authorities say a Janesville man has been fatally shot by a member of his turkey-hunting party in an apparent accident.

Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs is What's For Dinner on April 18, 2016.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the risk for a brush fire spreading out of control is high in every county.

It could be more difficult to find a parking space in downtown La Crosse over the next few weeks.  City crews will be pressure washing the ramps.

Police in western Wisconsin are investigating the death of a University of Wisconsin-Stout student from Minnesota.

The selection for delegates for the Presidential race is underway at UW-La Crosse.

A local event celebrated creative works from teenagers in our area Sunday.

For most of us, prom is a night to remember, but for one local kid, his prom included a special guest.

New figures show nearly 30 job vacancies among employees who guard residents and work most closely with them at a troubled Wisconsin youth prison.

State health officials say people are unlikely to contract the Zika virus from mosquitoes in Wisconsin this summer, but they can't rule out it.

An event in La Crosse Sunday highlighted a local program that helps children move on from their past.

The first time Ann Stanton stole drugs, she says, came after she watched one of her patients die in intensive care.

A motorcyclist has been killed in a crash during the 51st annual Spring Flood Run in southeastern Minnesota.

A 20-year-old Winona State University student passed away Saturday.

A Winona music festival expanded to La Crosse for the first time Saturday.

The state Justice Department fired former prisons secretary Ed Wall from his fallback job as an administrator in the department over a letter he sent to the home of one of Gov. Scott Walker's aides advocating destroying public records.

Records show Wisconsin health officials waited several months to announce an outbreak of a rare bloodstream infection to the public.

Communities in our area took advantage of the beautiful weather and did some good for their neighbors.