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Gov. Scott Walker plans to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper while in the country for a trade mission.

Youth ages 8 through 17 have the opportunity to get a free ride in an airplane on Saturday, June 13 in La Crosse.

A dedicated committee in Onalaska is one step closer to itsgoal of updating the Onalaska Cemetery.

Town of Shelby police arrested a 71-year-old man for negligent handling of burning materials after a fire at the Edwards Storage units.

A 39-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl while camping on La Crosse’s south side.

The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the right to be drunk on your front porch.

The state veterinarian has some new guidelines for showing birds at a fair in Wisconsin this summer.

The state Department of Justice quietly fired the Madison crime lab manager last summer for what agency officials called an unsatisfactory performance, citing instances of failing to address staff performance issues, misstating policies and struggling to come up with a plan to process DNA samples taken at arrest.

A Wisconsin wildlife official says the state's gray wolf population has gone up by about 13 percent in the past year.

The Detroit Pistons have acquired veteran Ersan Ilyasova from the Milwaukee Bucks, adding a long-range shooter to their frontcourt.

The city of Onalaska is standing firm against proposed changes to the state's room tax law.

La Crosse police could soon have a new way of getting around town.

A new survey shows more Americans are trying to cut back on the amount of food they waste.

Though the four-year project on I-90 has begun, last month the city of La Crosse asked the Wisconsin Department Of Transportation to make some changes, and time may be running out.

Around 90 percent of La Crosse residents have a documented plan for what they want in end of life care. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is hoping to get more people to do that across the country with a bill that would make planning ahead part of Medicare benefits.

Trempealeau County authorities arrested a 29-year-old man for felony possession of crystal methamphetamine and two counts of felony delivery of methamphetamine.

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The city of Milwaukee has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from a woman punched by a Milwaukee police officer and pulled out of a police car by her hair.

Police in Baraboo are trying to determine how a toddler ended up at a construction site.

Oneida County sheriff's deputies and Minocqua police officers will be training for a possible shooter at Lakeland Union High School.