WEAU News Headlines

The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau announced a new twist on an old scam that is targeting college students.

A Minnesota man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group will be released to a halfway house while his case is pending.

A Republican state senator says he does not believe the state can force failing public schools to be converted into independent charter schools.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first formal step toward running for president. He has formed a new tax-exempt group that can facilitate paying for his activities as he seriously eyes a 2016 White House bid.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the state will help the Milwaukee Bucks pay for a new basketball arena with $220 million in bonds that would be paid for by projected growth in income taxes from NBA players.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is looking for a dog that bit a man, Sunday Jan. 25 at approximately 1:15 p.m.

Japanese officials have held emergency meetings after the release of an online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warning that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live."

The University of Wisconsin System will be given more autonomy, while having its state funding slashed by 13 percent over the next two years.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for a brand of cleaners commonly sold at discount stores.

Authorities have raided a suspected cockfight operation in western Wisconsin.

A BP executive has taken the stand as lawyers for the oil giant make their case for a federal Clean Water Act penalty well under the $13.7 billion maximum for the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

A Columbia County judge has postponed a homicide trial after questions were raised about the analysis of some evidence by the Wisconsin Crime Lab.

Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche are recalling about 27,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. to fix fuel leak problems.

Two police officers who were shot by a gunman inside a suburban Minneapolis city building are expected to recover.

Wildlife experts say wolves have killed or seriously injured six dogs in Wisconsin this month.

A man being treated in a Milwaukee hospital emergency room was burned when he started a small fire.

Failing public schools would have no sanctions under a bill scheduled for a public hearing before a state Senate committee.

A 48-year-old Illinois woman is considered a hero by many after preventing a serious tour bus accident in Kenosha County after the driver suffered a medical emergency.

A high school in Waukesha County is hosting visits from therapy dogs to help students cope with the stress of finals week.

Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a 13 percent cut in state funding for the University of Wisconsin System, at the same time he wants to give all campuses more freedom from state laws.