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Public school districts could take a hit if caps are lifted from Wisconsin's voucher school program, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says.

Amtrak now says its rail service between New York and Philadelphia will probably be suspended through Monday, while tracks and other equipment are repaired in the area where a derailment Tuesday night killed eight people.

The jury deliberating the fate of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has reached a verdict.

Two local groups aiming to stop a recently approved high-voltage transmission line across western Wisconsin have petitioned state utility regulators for a new hearing on the $580 million project.

A commercial real estate company says the owners of the downtown Milwaukee post office building are selling it for $12.8 million.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says a 2016 rematch election with Democrat Russ Feingold will be close but he's optimistic that Republican grassroots campaigning will help him to victory.

The legal fight over who is chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is returning to a federal courtroom.

NFL officials say Commissioner Roger Goodell will personally hear Tom Brady's appeal of his four-game suspension over deflated footballs.

A northwestern Wisconsin poultry processor is recalling more than 2,000 pounds of chicken over concerns it may have been contaminated with an industrial disinfectant.

The Nepalese army says a rescue helicopter has spotted the wreckage of a missing U.S. Marine chopper in the mountains northeast of Kathmandu.

`King of the Blues' legend B.B. King is dead at age 89. King's attorney says he died peacefully in his sleep Thursday night at his home in Las Vegas.

Most mothers will tell you it's never easy trying to juggle a full time job, while having a family life. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, women now make up half of all workers in the United States.

Last year in the just the City of Chippewa Falls, there were 101 cases of financial crimes. That's why the Chippewa Falls Police Department is teaching the public what to look for.

The Eau Claire Fire Department has received a higher rating, which could mean cheaper property insurance for people living inside the city limits.

It wasn't your average school day for students at Mondovi Elementary School.

A man from River Falls is killed after a crash Thursday afternoon in Pierce County.

Police arrest two people when hundreds of pictures of child pornography are found at their homes in Chippewa Falls.

Throughout the past few months the Tomah V.A. has been under scrutiny, but now, members of the community are trying to shine a new light on the medical center.

The gift of a birthday is making its way to less-fortunate children around western Wisconsin.