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The Wisconsin DNR hosted an “Ask the experts” online chat on its website Thursday afternoon to talk about wildlife and ways to keep them safe.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent in April, down from 4.6 percent in March.

The Legislature's finance committee is expected to consider changes to Gov. Scott Walker's floundering job creation agency.

Highway construction work will be halted during the busy Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin, but motorists will likely encounter delays on some major roadways, transportation officials said.

Racine County sheriff's officials say one man has died in a house fire on a Fox River island in Waterford.

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that a DNA surcharge applied to a convicted felon was too high because it was based on a law that was not in effect at the time he committed his crimes.

Wisconsin officials say they are closing a 75-foot observation tower at Peninsula State Park in Door County due to safety concerns.

Police say an 8-year-old boy is accused of stabbing a dog he had played with in Dane County.

The rideshare service Uber is expanding to five more Wisconsin cities.

A district attorney says he's reviewing a report from the Wisconsin Department of Justice on the shooting of a man who Green Bay police say stabbed an officer.

The family of a nurse practitioner from Wisconsin killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting is set to receive his Purple Heart.

When the phone rang in JoEllyn Belka’s home the voice on the other end of the line appealed to her emotions and her checkbook.

It started around 4:30 Wednesday afternoon on the 2200 block of Kane street. 

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning on widening the road near Rose and George streets and that may force some businesses to close their doors.

To make sure safety is at the top of the list this summer, hundreds of third-graders participated in the annual Slide into Safety event at Loggers Stadium.

Independent Public Charter schools outperform traditional public schools in student growth and achievement gap scores, according to a new report by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Library.

Republican state lawmakers say they hope to pass a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation before the budget is debated in June.

La Crosse police arrested an intoxicated man for disorderly conduct after he was reported as possibly trying to abduct or entice young children Tuesday evening.

La Crosse’s Riverfest announced Steve and Jill Doll are the 2015 Commodore and First Mate for this year’s event.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that allows state transportation officials to raise the speed limit to 70 mph on some Wisconsin roads