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Winona Middle School students got a lesson in helping out their environment.

The actor who portrayed Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" wants to use a concealed carry instructor as an expert at his trial next week.

The new space is about three times larger than the old teen center.

Enrollment at the La Crosse Area YMCA at an all-time high, both locations are bursting at the seams, and the La Crosse branch is a bit outdated.

Wisconsin schools would be able to hire people who don't have a bachelor's degree to teach subjects like math, science, technology and engineering under a proposal.

Gundersen Health System held a multi-media Compassion Project performance Tuesday.

La Crosse County's latest prescription drug take-back day is another success.

We're only five months into 2015 but more than 170 people have already died in traffic-related accidents; making this one of the deadliest years on Wisconsin roadways.

This Facebook post by Madison photographer Peter F. Castro has really taken off.. and now he needs your help finding one of his unsuspecting subjects.

Gov. Mark Dayton kept his promise Tuesday and vetoed an education bill he said was too small, setting up a summer return for the Minnesota Legislature just when they have no place to meet.

Xcel Energy says it has approval from federal regulators to use drones to inspect more than 320,000 miles of electric and natural gas infrastructure.

U.S. Silica announced about 30 employees will be laid off this summer at its Sparta location.

Investigators in Oconomowoc says the death of a 50-year-old man found shot in the basement of his home is apparently a homicide.

Authorities are finishing up an investigation into the background and mental health history of a gunman who killed three people and wounded another before taking his own life during a random shooting on a bridge in eastern Wisconsin.

A newspaper is reporting that records suggest Gov. Scott Walker received a letter pledging a $500,000 loan to a campaign donor's construction company.

State agriculture officials have lifted a quarantine zone around a Juneau County farm that had poultry infected with bird flu.

A liberal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker, saying he is illegally withholding records related to his proposal to rewrite the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin known as the "Wisconsin Idea."

The Legislature's budget committee is set to vote on Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to require drug screenings for recipients of public aid programs like food stamps and unemployment benefits.

The mother who survived a shooting on a Menasha bridge that took the lives of her husband and daughter is expressing gratitude for the support she's received.

A Minnesota man accused in a fatal stabbing along the St. Croix River is back in court, accused of violating terms of his bond.