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In the first big fight between the new Republican-controlled Congress and the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is hosting a high profile, drawn out debate over the keystone pipeline.

Republican congressman Paul Ryan says he will not run for president in 2016.

Wisconsin state senators would not be allowed to take pictures with their cellphones or any other camera inside the Senate chamber under a proposed new rule.

Jackson County will be a having a scheduled outage of their phone system tomorrow, January 13, 2015. The outage is to last for about one hour and the phone lines should be back online before 8:00 AM.

The White House says it erred in not sending a high-level official to an anti-terror march in Paris on Sunday.

Madison's police chief is venting his frustrations at black protesters accusing his department of bias and contributing to racial disparity in the criminal justice system.

Mauston police are recommending charges of battery and substantial bodily harm against a man accused of spitting and spattering blood on officers.

The twitter site of the military's U.S. Central Command was taken over Monday by hackers claiming to be working on behalf of the Islamic State militants.

With the introduction of an affordable electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge, General Motors is setting up a showdown with Tesla to sell an electric vehicle to the masses. It may also upstage a car of its own.

Scientists on Monday recorded five small earthquakes within 5 1/2 hours in the same area of eastern Connecticut, including a 3.1-magnitude tremor felt more than 60 miles away in Massachusetts.

Jeff Thompson, MD, has announced his intent to step down as chief executive officer of Gundersen Health System in 2015.

France ordered 10,000 troops into the streets Monday to protect sensitive sites - half of them to guard Jewish schools - as it hunted for accomplices to the Islamic militants who left 17 people dead as they terrorized the nation.

The Golden Globes seemingly honored every type of content service feeding television's changing world, except for the four major broadcast networks still watched by most Americans each week.

A cybersecurity research lab is opening at the University Research Park in Madison.

Governor Scott Walker's fifth State of the State speech comes as he's ramping up exploring a run for president and amid questions closer to home about how he's going to solve a $2.2 billion budget shortfall.

Nearly a half-century after the original Ice Bowl, Packers fans from Western Wisconsin made the trip to Lambeau Field to witness Ice Bowl 2 and another thrilling playoff victory over the Dallas Cowboys.

City Engineer Dave Solberg says the first traffic lights will be installed over the next few days.

The Chippewa County Sheriff's Department says 71-year old Lielani Volkman of rural Bloomer was driving on County Highway SS north of 75th St. south of New Auburn when she went off the road, went down a ditch and rolled several times.

Family, friends, and football. Three things that Packer fans across the state look forward to on Sunday’s.

The Cowboys' first postseason trip to Green Bay since the 1967 Ice Bowl for the NFL championship was their first road defeat of the season after eight victories.