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A man from Loyal was killed after a moped accident.

The Democratic leader of the state Assembly says Gov. Scott Walker's proposed merger of the state's chief economic development agency with one that hands out low-interest housing loans should be "put on ice."

The man who leads the company that bears his name in Kohler is ending his 43-year tenure as its chief executive.

Wisconsin regulators are considering a $9 billion transaction that combines Wisconsin Energy Corp. and Integrys Energy Group.

The family of a man killed by a Milwaukee police officer plans to mark the one-year anniversary of his death with a march that ends in the downtown park where he was shot.

Half Moon Lake in Eau Claire will be closed to boaters and swimmers Thursday as the DNR prepares to use a chemical treatment to rid it of invasive plants.

A man is killed Wednesday when deputies say a tree fell on top of him in Wood County.

Things may be speeding up soon on interstates as Wisconsin Republicans say they've reached an agreement to increase the speed limit to 70 mph on some stretches of interstates and highways.

After months and months of planning, construction began this week on a new development in downtown La Crosse.

A fifth grader from Osseo is teaching the community what it means to pay if forward.

The department has not identified the man.

It happened north of Mondovi on State Highway 37 late Wednesday afternoon.

Russell is a graduate of Fall Creek High School and attended UW-Eau Claire in the spring and summer of 2014.

On the national level, regulation is tightening to ensure for-profit college students get what they pay for, but Wisconsin is about to back away from that.

A Minneapolis man has been ordered detained after authorities say he threatened law enforcement officers after six other men were arrested for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria.

Being a mother can be hard, but an event held today in Eau Claire hopes to provide some balance for mothers and their families.

Dr. Bradford Saron, who has been with the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District since July 2013, has verbally accepted the position of District Administrator for the Sun Prairie School District.

Ryan Braun hit his fourth career grand slam and a solo homer Wednesday, powering the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds that provided a one-day respite from their awful start.

Authorities have announced charges against dozens of people in an alleged drug-dealing operation in southeastern Wisconsin.

The National Association of Letter Carriers are having their 23rd Annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive on Saturday, May 9th. Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest single-day food drive, having collected more than one billion pounds of food since its inception as a national food drive in 1993.