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Gov. Scott Walker has officially asked the Legislature to keep the University of Wisconsin's guiding principle known as the "Wisconsin Idea" intact.

The Rock Creek Fire Department says an electrical problem is to blame. It started in the shed and spread to the grass but was quickly contained from there.

In a letter to the state dated April 8, Sodexo says it will close its business on campus.

Telecommunicators provide behind-the-scenes work to law enforcement and emergency medical services.

Bruce Moores will be residing in the 100 block of Randall Street in the City of Eau Claire under the supervision of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Sen. Marco Rubio says the White House is not reserved for the rich and powerful, and says he, the son of a bartender and a maid, has the same chance to serve as those who come from power and privilege.

The Wisconsin DNR says about 44 homes were evacuated. The fire burned about 150 acres.

The Eau Claire City Clerk says eight votes separate Assemblyman Bob Von Haden and Challenger Sandra McKinney. The final tally came to 766 votes for Von Haden and 758 for McKinney.

The West Central Regional Planning Commission is gathering public input at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Library in Eau Claire.

Gov. Scott Walker wants to cap the University of Wisconsin System's ability to raise tuition if they decouple from state oversight.

Bond is set at $10,000 cash for a teenage driver involved in a crash that killed three young passengers last fall in Shawano County.

Police have arrested the father of a 10-year-old boy whose body was found in the Mississippi River over the weekend.

The Pentagon says that while Islamic State militants have lost control of up to 6,500 square miles in Iraq, they have gained a bit of ground in Syria since last August.

Jurors in the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are set to return to court so the judge can review the schedule for the second phase.

A judge has formally sentenced convicted murderer Jodi Arias to life in prison, ending a nearly seven-year-old case that attracted worldwide attention.

The BA Mason Trust, a philanthropic arm of Mason Companies in Chippewa Falls, announced it will donate $100,000 to the Confluence Project’s performing arts center’s fundraising campaign.

A Wisconsin lawmaker says the state should legalize marijuana to reduce crime and improve the state's economy.

Authorities are investigating after a dead man was discovered in a lake on the north side of Madison over the weekend.

The first votes on Gov. Scott Walker's two-year state budget will come this week, but the most difficult decisions likely won't be made until next month.

Wisconsin has confirmed its first case of a dangerous bird flu strain that has struck several other Midwest states.