WEAU News Headlines

Gov. Mark Dayton is seeking a meeting "as soon as possible" with Target Corp.'s chief executive about the significant layoff affecting employees at the company's Minnesota headquarters.

The Republican-controlled Senate has failed to override President Barack Obama's veto of a bill approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation, in partnership with the city of Winona, is soliciting public review and comments on the conceptual site plans for underneath the new and existing Winona bridges in the “south plaza” and Latsch Island areas.

Prosecutors filed a charge of Operating While Intoxicated - 7th Offense against Dennis Wilcox, 55.

Gov. Scott Walker says he plans to sign a right-to-work bill into law on Monday, not by the end of this week as he had previously said.

Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst jokes that if he can get a college degree, it's not too much to ask of his players.

A Democratic state senator says taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for Republican Gov. Scott Walker's State Patrol bodyguards on trips to address national conservative donors and powerbrokers.

The Justice Department says it won't prosecute former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old that led to weeks of protests.

The Dunn County 911 Center has been receiving numerous calls from concerned citizens who are receiving fictitious calls that appear to be originating from the Sheriffs Office non-emergency number of 715-232-1348.

Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson expects the price of oil to remain low over the next two years because of ample global supplies and relatively weak economic growth.

A top adviser to Gov. Scott Walker as he considers a likely presidential run is speaking to Wisconsin's state chamber of commerce at its annual business day event.

The Supreme Court is sharply divided over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans under President Barack Obama's health overhaul.

On Wednesday morning, the NEFL announced on its social media pages that the Eau Claire Crush had been removed from the league.

State Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb is defending Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan to borrow $1.3 billion for road construction.

Authorities have charged a prisoner with first-degree intentional homicide in the strangulation death of a cellmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage.

Highway 53 South, near the Melby exit, is dealing with major slowdowns right now.

Authorities have identified an Appleton woman who was killed in a crash on U.S. Highway 41 in Brown County of northeastern Wisconsin while a winter storm brought snow and high winds to the state.

A second teenager has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a Milwaukee couple.

The Wisconsin state Assembly's Labor Committee is meeting to consider changes to the right-to-work bill, although it's nearly certain that none will be adopted.

Police have arrested a 27-year-old Racine man accused of killing his roommate at an apartment on the city's north side.