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Wisconsin's elections chief says he expects 20 percent turnout for the April 7 election.

A clinical review found Tomah VA patients were 2.5 times more likely than the national VA average to be prescribed high dose opioids.

Three construction workers fell to their deaths when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Raleigh, NC.

The crash happened Monday morning near Ellsworth.

More than 250 flights have been canceled today at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. And flights that are getting out are seeing significant delays.

Authorities have captured a fugitive accused of abducting a woman from a southeastern Wisconsin hospital and fleeing in an exchange of gunfire.

A hearing on whether a white Milwaukee Police officer fired for improperly trying to frisk a black man before he killed him deserves to be reinstated is entering its fifth day.

The NFL will not block any games from local television during the 2015 season.

Former Packers and Vikings safety Darren Sharper has pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court to charges of drugging and raping two women.

The University of Wisconsin System will no longer cover the cost of a dual-enrollment program for high school students to earn college credit.

Opponents to a constitutional amendment on the April 7 ballot changing on the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is selected are urging rejection of the measure.

The head of elections in Wisconsin says he anticipates that there will be special elections later this year where photo identification will be required for people to vote.

Gov. Scott Walker says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear a challenge to the state's voter identification law is "great news for Wisconsin voters."

Spring came crashing down on winter weary residents in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa with more than a foot of new snow in some areas.

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a federal appeals court to block implementation of Wisconsin's voter identification law for an election that's less than two weeks away.

The Director of State Courts in Wisconsin says medical malpractice claims hit a record low last year.

There have been several reports of crashes on highways across Western Wisconsin.

Crews are on the scene of an early morning fire in Thorp.

Sam Dekker scored 17 points to lead four Wisconsin players in double figures, and the No. 1-seeded Badgers are headed back to the Sweet 16 after defeating Oregon 72-65 in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night.

For about a year dogs from the Eau Claire Humane Association have been paired up with kids at Eau Claire’s Juvenile Detention Center through the "Underdog Program".