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Wisconsin revenue officials say if you are one of the taxpayers whose state return is targeted for possible identity theft, it could take up to 12 weeks if you're getting a refund.

It's Gun Day at the Minnesota Legislature.

The state Supreme Court says tenants evicted from federally subsidized housing for using drugs have no opportunity to correct the problem under Wisconsin law.

A trial has begun for two felons charged in the shooting death of a Milwaukee man.

Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting that happened on the north side of Milwaukee.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol says two people were arrested after troopers seized 25 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop east of Evanston.

The changes come after a report showed the Tomah VA was over-prescribing opioids to patients.

The freezing and thawing over the winter causes some cracking and old patchwork to pop.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said La Crosse is the economic center of the region, but that means a lot more traffic congestion in the city -- and the DOT is asking for the public's help to solve the problem.

Every year in the United States, about 230,000 women hear the words "you have breast cancer." That means almost everyone has been touched by the disease in some way.

The fire department saw the same problem last year.

Many of La Crosse's streets are looking a whole lot more bare. The city has cut down 2500 trees and counting as part of its emerald ash borer removal plan.

Protesters are occupying Madison's Worthington Park ahead of a rally planned outside the Department of Corrections.

An unidentified white man was found dead in a Tomah hotel early Wednesday morning.

The U.S. Labor Department is seeking to recover back pay and damages for more than 100 employees in a lawsuit against four El Azteca restaurants in the Fox Valley of Wisconsin.

The authors of a Republican bill that would eliminate Wisconsin's 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases are trying to persuade the state Senate's judiciary committee to approve the measure.

Assembly Republicans are once again delaying action on a bill imposing sanctions on failing public schools in the hopes of reaching a compromise with the state Senate.

Unemployment rates are up in every Wisconsin county and major city.

Center States Tower and Verizon Wireless want to build a 125-foot telecommunication (cell) tower in Onalaska.

Several middle school basketball players in Kenosha have taken a stand against bullying in a unique way.