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From Washington state to North Carolina, federal lawsuits are challenging the efficient, profitable livestock industry to change its ways.

Lawyers for a subsidiary of the world's largest pork producer want litigation targeting the stink of industrial-scale growing operations scrubbed of references to the Chinese government, corporations and country's demand for pork.

Guests at a hotel in Onalaska were evacuated when a fire broke out in a laundry room.

A trailer house was destroyed in a fire early Monday morning.

A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources biologist says the sturgeon spearing season on Lake Winnebago may continue through Sunday while it may last another two or three days on upriver lakes.

Authorities say a 22-year-old Brodhead man is dead following a single-vehicle crash in the town of Spring Valley.

Waushaura County authorities say a motorist suspected in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist has turned himself in.

Wisconsin zoo is celebrating the upcoming arrival of an orangutan expected to be born in six to eight weeks.

Fire crews say a heat lamp is to blame for a shed fire Sunday morning.

Even with the frigid temperatures, close to 100 people came out to Lake Wissota, to swing their golf clubs, for a good cause.

For the third time in a year, rescue crews were called to a sledding accident at Pinehurst Hill in Eau Claire.

Sturgeon spearers took 467 fish on Lake Winnebago on the opening day of the season.

As Wisconsin schools prepare to give new standardized tests this spring, teachers and administrators say the time, effort and money they're putting into the exams may be pointless.

Several hundred University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty and staffers braved subzero temperatures to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to cut $300 million over the next two years from the UW system.

A judge will soon consider whether two young Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate to please a fantasy character called Slender Man should stand trial for attempted homicide.

Fire crews in Ladysmith battled both flames and frigid temperatures for more than nine hours Saturday night, lasting into the early morning hours Sunday.

The last day to sign up through the government website, healthcare.gov is Sunday.

This Valentine’s Day Mayo Clinic Health System is sending a heartfelt message to people, encouraging them to stay healthy.

According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, 37.8 percent of Americans will buy flowers for Valentine's Day 2015, spending a total of 2.1 billion dollars.

A new permanent Wisconsin GOP office opened up in Eau Claire Saturday.