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LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Transgender issues are the next frontier of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement. A string of high-profile cases, such as a Kansas judge’s decision to…

And the winner of a presidential straw poll during the convention of the Republican Party of Wisconsin in La Crosse is — drum roll, please — surprise! It’s Gov. Scott Walker.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton issued a challenge to Minnesota lawmakers Saturday as they rushed to cobble together the terms of a sweeping budget deal the governor isn't on board wit…

WINONA, Minn. -- Police responding to a report of a possible homicide Friday found a 75-year-old woman dead in a home in the 1500 block of West King Street.

Longtime Republican volunteer Pam Johnson has a conundrum: She’s an avid supporter of Gov. Scott Walker, but she would rather not see him living in the White House.

BARABOO — There’s nothing like a trip to the old ballgame to make a guy feel, well, old.

At the famed Norske Nook, there is a wide variety of ingredients used to make the café’s popular pies. Secrets, though, are not among them.

Scientists have found the first known example of a fish with warm blood.

MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources plans to ask its board this month to prohibit hunters from killing antlerless deer in 13 counties, including part of Jackson County, in…

VIROQUA — The Vernon County Board’s Land and Water Conservation Committee will recommend to the county board June 9 that the county buy the land that makes up both Jersey Valley and Sidie Holl…

OGDEN, Utah (TNS) — Jeremy Trentelman recalls the very moment he lost control of his own story, not to mention his privacy and a good measure of his sanity: when he posted the evidence of his …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Almost from the day Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defeated his Democratic predecessor Russ Feingold five years ago, both sides have anticipated a rematch.

Lanterns like this one, pulled from the wreckage of the steamboat War Eagle, were a welcome improvement over candles in the 1860s and 1870s.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Public school districts could face an additional $48 million hit over the next two years under the voucher program included in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget, accordi…

MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker called on legislators Friday to reform his economic development agency in the wake of another scathing audit that found the organization hasn’t followed state law o…

GALESVILLE, Wis. — With more than 80 percent of the towers in place, a new high-voltage power line known as CapX2020 is taking shape — with some bangs — along the Wisconsin side of the Mississ…

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WINONA, Minn. — The foundation walls were already going up and backhoes busied themselves in the distance, but Friday marked the official groundbreaking for WinCraft’s new manufacturing and di…

GALESVILLE, Wis. -- With more than 80 percent of the towers in place, a new high-voltage power line known as CapX2020 is taking shape - with some bangs - along the Wisconsin side of the Missis…

WINONA, Minn. -- The foundation walls were already going up and backhoes busied themselves in the distance, but Friday marked the official groundbreaking for WinCraft's new manufacturing and d…