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A new legislative committee plans to study whether schools are collecting too much data on students and how to keep the information safe from hackers.

Police in Racine, Wisconsin, say they've arrested a man who allegedly posted calls on social media for black men to kill white police officers and their families.

Police in Mishicot say they've captured a python that attacked a poodle.

Can this really be America in 2016?

Minnesota's capital kept its cool entering a third straight day of protests over the killing of a black man at the hands of police, with demonstrators encamped outside the governor's mansion looking set for the long haul.

A Green Bay roller-coaster is set to re-open after a crash last month sent three people to the hospital.

A mining company plans to construct a $10 million railroad terminal near Tomah to ship frac sand to new markets.

A UW-La Crosse alum visited the Boys and Girls Club to talk about his life, and it's quite the story.

Local students were getting their hands dirty, tending to tomatoes and potatoes Friday.

In light of what's happened over the past several days, La Crosse's Diversity Council is trying to spread a message of inclusion.

Right now, the waitlist for someone with mental health issues to be seen by a provider who can prescribe medications is hundreds deep at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, and many people are waiting months to get an appointment.

With summer weather upon us, that leaves some area residents looking for a way to cool off.

One man from Iowa has been arrested after a Hit and Run crash in Prairie du Chien.

A Sparta man has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl multiple times.

All eight people on a small transport bus that rolled over on a Jefferson County highway have been taken to hospitals.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he's praying for unity against "senseless violence" in the wake of the killing of five officers Thursday night in Dallas.

Eight people were taken to hospitals Friday morning after a bus rollover Eight people were taken to hospitals Friday morning after a bus rollover crash near Fort Atkinson.

A youth baseball coach from Wisconsin has been arrested after Orange County deputies say he groped three children at a Disney resort.

A man accused of holding his 1-year-old daughter in the middle of a busy intersection in Cottage Grove has been released on bond.

The U.S. government is investigating complaints from Harley-Davidson riders who say their motorcycle brakes failed without warning.