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Federal aid for Wisconsin highways dropped by 3.6 percent, nearly $28 million, over the five years ending in 2013, according to data obtained by The Associated Press, exacerbating the state's woes in finding money for road projects.

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO plans rallies Tuesday and Wednesday in Madison to protest a bill that would make Wisconsin a right-to-work state.

Minneapolis police arrested someone Saturday in the early-morning wounding of an officer who investigators believe was shot because he was a member of the police force.

In making his case for higher state transportation taxes, Gov. Mark Dayton regularly points to a slowing flow of money from Washington for highway construction as a reason Minnesota taxpayers are stuck with a bigger burden.

A Minnesota group is hosting a food drive to help children who have been left orphaned and neglected by the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Young musicians in the area are showing off their talents this weekend in La Crosse.

Like any team sport, practice makes perfect.

Last year more than 7 million animals were put into a shelter.

It's your chance to get rid of unwanted items in your medicine cabinet.

Major flooding problems are not expected this spring.

La Crosse County and the city of La Crosse are not seeing eye to eye on terms of the future development of county Lot C.

Many Wisconsin lawmakers woke up Friday morning to a surprise bill that will be fast-tracked through both houses.

One man has died in a construction accident in Madison.

An Iowa woman has been acquitted of two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of her husband and his girlfriend more than 30 years ago.

Police say a Waterloo man arrested on forgery charges used counterfeit money to buy meals at several fast-food restaurants.

A Cedar Rapids brewing company has made an unusual arrangement to provide craft brewing byproduct to a farm to use as chicken feed.

Regional experts for the National Weather Service say the risk of flooding is at or below normal for Iowa this spring.

Minnesota's first big run with no-excuse absentee voting has some lawmakers setting their sights on a more-expansive form of early balloting for future elections.

Walmart has started taking applications for about 400 job openings in Mankato.

Fewer students are being pulled from Minnesota classrooms for disciplinary reasons, but the gap between white and minority students is growing.