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Dozens of people voiced their opinion on their frac sand mining concerns in Houston County Wednesday morning.

A woman has pleaded guilty to lying to investigators of a man's whereabouts in the hours after he shot a Sioux City police officer.

Stringent fishing rules imposed on Mille Lacs Lake last year to try to reverse the decline of the popular lake's walleye population did not violate the state constitution, the Minnesota Court of Appeals determined.

Participation in clay target shooting is booming at Minnesota schools.

It's been a rough month for the mayor of Sun Prairie.

A three-year-old Holmen child's October death is ruled a homicide by a medical examiner and the couple taking care of her is now facing related charges.

A Maplewood man is being held on $1.5 million bail in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter.

Authorities have seized a shipment of marijuana worth about $750,000 following a surveillance operation in Plymouth.

Four communities along Lake Michigan are hopeful that a federal designation will help preserve pieces of Wisconsin's maritime history.

Members of the Menominee Nation are planning to march through the streets of Madison and hold a rally in the state Capitol to protest Gov. Scott Walker's decision to deny the tribe permission to build a casino in Kenosha.

We started our new Random Acts of Compassion segment on News 8 This Morning to highlight some of those people anonymously doing kind things for others.

Authorities say a 28-year-old Hartford man was killed when the vehicle he was driving rear-ended a school bus in the Town of Addison.

Police say two 16-year-old girls were struck by a pickup truck as they were crossing a busy street in Milwaukee.

An attorney for one of two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing their classmate to please horror character Slender Man tried to convince a judge Tuesday to move her case into juvenile court, arguing that his client is mentally disturbed and believed she had to kill to protect herself and her family from the creature.

A bill aimed at increasing the speed limit on Wisconsin highways is cruising through the Capitol.

Wisconsin state troopers would see an average pay increase of 17 percent under terms of a contract negotiated with Gov. Scott Walker's administration, a deal that Republican legislative leaders said Tuesday would be rejected because the proposed raises are too high.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has received multiple informal complaints of suspicious people entering unlocked homes and vehicles

A major rail disaster in West Virginia is highlighting the need for first responders in the Coulee Region to be prepared.

Empire Screen Printing in Onalaska picked Freedom Honor Flight to get the proceeds from the company's annual chili cook off.

The race for La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge is now down to two candidates.