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There were dire warnings for the Boy Scouts of America a year ago when the group's leaders, under intense pressure, voted to end a long-standing blanket ban on participation by openly gay adults. Several of the biggest sponsors of Scout units, including the Roman Catholic, Mormon and Southern Baptist churches, were openly dismayed, raising the prospect of mass defections.

Milwaukee police officers shot and killed a suspect in a fatal stabbing after he allegedly lunged at them with a knife.

If you were traveling the country roads in Vernon county last weekend you may have seen more traffic on the road than usual.

A new walking trail in La Crosse is designed to help kids learn while also getting outdoors.

Independent rating agency Moody's recently gave the county a rating of "AA-1," which is the second-highest bond rating a local government can receive. 

The La Crosse area is infamous for its huge amount of mayflies that come from the river, but the big hatch many people are accustomed to hasn’t arrived…yet.

Our warmer temperatures can cause problems with certain medications.

Another possible case of the Zika virus contracted within the United States is being investigated in Florida.

The cooling center will again be open Friday evening for those in need of cooling off.

A west Madison woman was the sixth victim in a string of incidents in which a man exposed himself to strangers, police say.

It took about 8,000 construction workers to build the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium. And, at Friday's ceremonial ribbon-cutting, some of them will still be on the job at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Two men charged in the murder of a Sparta man appeared in court Friday.

The Latest on Gov. Scott Walker's appointment to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (all times local):

Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson sees Donald Trump as the big winner at the recently completed Republican National Convention, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the biggest loser.

An anonymous donor is showing support for the Elroy Police Department by treating the officers in the department to a free breakfast at Benders Family Restaurant.

A person with direct knowledge of Mark Gundrum's candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court said he's out of the running.

Gov. Scott Walker plans to announce his latest appointment to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday afternoon.

Officials say four campers were hurt when thunderstorms packing strong winds ripped through northwestern Wisconsin.

A stretch of John Nolen Drive near the Beltline and Rimrock Road was closed Thursday afternoon when 50-75 protesters refused to leave the roadway, police say,

A man accused of fatally shooting his former co-worker because he thought she got him fired pleads guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless endangerment.