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Minnesota's zoos are taking steps to protect their birds from the avian influenza.

A Minneapolis man was charged Friday with threatening law enforcement officials and writing on Twitter that a "massacre" would happen if authorities did not free six men who were arrested earlier this week and accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

House Republicans are finalizing their bid in Minnesota's education funding debate, setting up a clash with Democrats calling for the state to invest a bigger chunk of its projected fiscal windfall in children and schools.

Officials say a Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Las Vegas to Milwaukee was diverted to Denver Friday night after reporting "pressurization issues."

A Wisconsin teen accused of killing her mother and stepfather carried out the slayings the same day they warned her 22-year-old boyfriend to stay away from her, according to court documents made public Friday.

A month after a white Madison police officer shot and killed an unarmed biracial man, the sheriff's department is trying to build understanding of the training it gives on how to deal with split-second life and death decisions.

Six people are injured after a dump truck hit a restaurant in central Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin man climbing Mount Everest has survived a powerful earthquake that shook Nepal on Saturday.

New numbers are shedding light on La Crosse's binge drinking problem.

People from all across the nation will be in town to sample the best beer, wine, and cheese the Midwest has to offer.

In this week's Eye Piece, News 8 Photographer John Schmidt introduces us to one fisherman who's involved in every level of the process.

Carlos Martinez struck out eight in seven innings, Jason Heyward and Jhonny Peralta homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 Friday night.

The number of kids in La Crosse County public schools who are homeless has more than quadrupled in the past 10 years.

Students help celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees across the area.

A 14-year-old girl from Iowa has died and three others have been injured in a two-vehicle crash in southern Minnesota.

The La Crosse-Bantry Friendship Association donated $5,000 to the International Friendship Gardens at Riverside Park. The City of Bantry is in Ireland.

A roof collapse at a waterpark is shining a light on how few Minnesota counties enforce a state law that requires inspections throughout new construction.

A 58-year-old man has died from his injuries after he became trapped when a building he was demolishing collapsed in the Town of Grant in Clark County.

A Monroe County judge found enough evidence to bind over two suspects for trial who are charged in the stabbing death of a 43-year-old man in a Tomah hotel.

Alliant Energy Corp. is asking regulators to build a $750 million gas-fired plant near Beloit.