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A new analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau says a Republican-approved expansion of the private-school voucher program could cost up to $800 million over the next decade.

Mercury Marine has announced plans for a 45,000-square-foot expansion at its Fond du Lac headquarters, solidifying its presence just a few years after considering a move.

Gov. Scott Walker says allowing local taxes set to expire in Milwaukee County to continue and be used to help pay for a $500 million new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks is not a tax increase.

A drawing found outside the home of a community member/teacher placed all schools in the Tomah Area School District on closed campus on Thursday.

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A Marshfield man has been found guilty for allegedly stealing more than $50,000 in a Green Bay Packers ticket scam.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Legislature's finance committee have rejected Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to create a new office to ensure the government continues following a disaster.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature's finance committee has authorized borrowing tens of millions of dollars for building projects around the state.

The Wisconsin contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been eliminated.

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An Oshkosh zoo had to euthanize a wolf after the animal bit a child.

A farmer in Beaver Dam is being accused of defrauding a crop insurance company.

Two men have walked away from a small plane that crashed at Superior's Bong Memorial Airport.

 The Legislature's budget committee has approved a Republican plan that calls for looking to lease state office space outside Madison and Milwaukee.

It's a project the school district has been working on for about two years.

Two young girls from West Salem just thought they were doing what's right when they donated their Christmas money to the families of two fallen police officers, but their generosity has brought much more than they ever imagined.

It's been a disastrous decade for the bee industry. Over the past 10 years, the U.S. has gone from producing more than half of all honey it consumes to importing the majority of it. But one local beekeeper is hoping a new grant from the government is what the industry needs to keep buzzing.

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