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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Gov. Tommy Thompson are among the 18 at-large delegates who will represent the state at the Republican national convention this summer in Cleveland.

A Tennessee man has been arrested after Eau Claire police found enormous amounts of hidden hotel camera footage at an area Hampton Inn.

A Democratic lawmaker and the League of Women Voters is urging the state elections board to seek more money to education people about photo identification requirements at the polls.

Wisconsin schools will be required to provide CPR training in every health course between seventh grade and 12th grade under a bill Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign Tuesday.

Gov. Scott Walker is poised to sign a bill Tuesday that would allow judges to place offenders in a sobriety testing program rather than force them to drive with ignition interlock devices.

One man is hospitalized after being pinned against a steel pen at a meat store in Viroqua. 

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Wisconsin paper mill's operator for safety violations after a worker's death.

A shooting during the Antigo High School's prom last weekend has other school districts reviewing their own security plans for the spring dance.

A former employee of the Green Bay Area Public School District is accused of stealing students' medication.

A Sun Prairie man accused of killing his mother with a sword has been ruled competent to stand trial.

Emergency sanitary repairs are causing the highway to close starting Tuesday, April 26.

Starting May 9th, State Street between third and fourth street will be closed.

The detour affects I-90 drivers want to exit to La Crescent.

This week is being declared National Re-entry Week by the Department of Justice.

A group of  area students is getting ready to take on the world of robotics.    

The school shooting at Antigo High Schoool is leaving parents with a growing concern about safety at school events such as prom.

It's a battle the city of La Crosse has been fighting for the past few years, but the emerald ash borer continues to spread even quicker than expected, so city officials are once again teaming up to deal with the beetle head-on.

A La Crosse woman was arrested for her sixth OWI after police pulled her over for driving down Third Street the wrong way.

Jackson County officials have identified the man responsible for maintaining the "one-pot" meth lab they busted last week.

The death of a woman found on the Northside in February has been ruled accidental.