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The man who walked away from the Stillwater prison at Bayport has been found in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin's private-sector job growth ranked 38th in the country last year, trailing the national average.

A small town in central Wisconsin is continuing its legal battle against a proposed dairy farm that's expected to be classified as a concentrated animal feeding operation with 5,300 animals.

Authorities say the carcass of a young black bear that was struck by a vehicle has been found in northeast Iowa.

Officials have changed a southeastern Wisconsin city's rules on service animals after a woman took a baby kangaroo into a McDonald's restaurant.

An 18-year-old Madison woman told police that a man who tried to coax her into his car was “dirty, old, and creepy.”

The training scenario included a shooter in city hall with multiple victims along with a suspicious bag left by the shooter.

It's called the Jason Simcakoski Memorial Opioid Safety Act, in memory of a veteran who died while in the care of doctors at the Tomah VA.

The group is taking part in a hand-to-hand exchange of the "Special Olympics Flame of Hope" across the country.

The group is visiting La Crosse while on their nationwide tour.

The La Crosse Co. Highway Department started posting the new speed limit signs along I-90 Tuesday morning.

The warmer weather is helping the tick population grow, putting people in the area at risk for multiple tick-borne diseases.

The Salvation Army in La Crosse feeds thousands of hungry people every year and it wouldn't be able to do it without the many donations it gets from the community. Among them, some home cooking from a local couple.

A 71-year-old man was charged Tuesday with negligent handling of burning material in connection to a fire at the Edwards Storage units on June 2.

An 80-year-old man from Memphis, Tennessee, is paddling his way down the entire length of the Mississippi River.

Emergency crews found the body of a reported missing woman in Lake Onalaska near the BNSF railroad tracks near 2nd Avenue North Tuesday afternoon.

The Monroe County Combined Tactical Unit (CTU) was called to the 1400 block of Butts Avenue early Tuesday morning for a report of a 48-year-old convicted felon who was believed to be intoxicated and armed with a firearm.

Heart disease has touched everyone one way or another. It's the No. 1 killer of women causing one in three deaths a year. Although you may have been impacted by the disease, two La Crosse women prove it doesn't have to define you and say it's never too late to take back control of your heart health.

A few years ago, a former La Crescent High School teacher started a non-profit organization called 'Hosea's Heart'

Xcel Energy is encouraging customers who think they are being targeted by a scammer to end the conversation by “slamming” down the phone.