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It happened around noon Wednesday on Beulah Lane in the Town of Washington, which is in Eau Claire County.

Two officers have been taken to a hospital after a Las Vegas police helicopter crashed in a street northeast of downtown.

The Milwaukee Police Department has temporarily taken down its news website after the site possibly was hacked.

During unannounced tobacco sale inspections in 2014, 90% of retailers were in compliance with the law.

New York City has its famous ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve. But, a small Wisconsin community knows how to celebrate in its own rite -- with its annual giant cheese drop.

31-year-old Loren D. Johnson, a Motor Vehicle Inspector for the State Patrol, was arrested for operating while intoxicated, causing injury.

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says he is "pleased" that the NFL has decided not to suspend him for Sunday's NFL playoff game at Dallas. And that's about all.

Two teenage boxers from Clark County are about to take part in a national boxing tournament in Nevada.

The former boyfriend of a woman fatally stabbed in St. Paul is charged with her murder.

Police say the body of a 14-month-old boy missing in central Ohio has been found.

Too much sun could cause a delay in the start of the Winter Classic.

A sex offender is going to be released in Chippewa Falls January 6.

The Volkswagen Group of America is recalling about 38,000 cars because a fuel leak in the engine may cause a fire.

A former West Salem man serving two life sentences for the murder of his parents is appealing the conviction.

Police say a theft ring used Facebook to take "orders" and would then fulfill the requests by stealing high-end merchandise from big-box stores in the Twin Cities area.

A northern Illinois has pleaded not guilty to charges of killing his wife with a hatchet in Wisconsin.

Clark County snowmobile trails are now open.

Wisconsin has seen a 92 percent decrease in the number of residents who received a high school equivalency certification this year due to higher testing standards and fees.

Emails related to a probe of Gov. Scott Walker's associates when he was Milwaukee County executive show his staff referred to his gubernatorial campaign as "the dark side."

More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but the number of applications continues to be at historically low levels that suggest solid economic growth will continue.