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The Pentagon's spokesman says the attack in which IS fighters penetrated Kurdish Peshmerga lines and killed U.S. Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Keating was a surprise.

Work on the exterior of the Haymarket Landing in downtown Eau Claire continued Thursday, with some of the beautification being done.

A local retired police officer is charged with sexually assaulting a child.

After two and a half years of planning, a downtown hotel is finally open

As wildfires continue to rage across Canada’s Alberta province, smoke from the fires are expected to drift into Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin group that advocates for separation of church and state is suing Congress for barring its co-president from giving an opening invocation before the U.S. House.

The head of Wisconsin's prisons plans to hand out millions of dollars in raises in hopes of boosting recruiting and retention.

The proposed budget for the Chippewa Valley Technical College means a slight reduction in property taxes.

Students from around the state of Wisconsin got the chance to experience a different type of career fair.

Emerald ash borer has been confirmed in Wood County.

The Obama administration has announced sentence commutations for 58 federal convicts, including 18 who are serving life sentences.

A Mesa high school student won't be prosecuted on a felony charge after police say he exposed himself in a football team picture that ended up in the school yearbook.

The nation's largest retailer says in a blog post this week that it's bringing back door greeters to a majority of its more than 5,000 stores by mid-summer to improve customer service.

An activist monitoring group says at least 28 people have been killed in an airstrike on a refugee camp in northwestern Syria, near the Turkish border.

A federal jury in Iowa has convicted campaign advisers to 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul on charges they conspired to cover up campaign payments to a former state senator.

Several Mid-Michigan stores were singled out in a list of potentially contaminated foods after an arrest of someone caught intentionally spraying salad bars and produce areas with a mixture of chemicals.

A Kentucky teenager remains hospitalized after a crash Saturday morning that nearly took her life.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is slated to appear at a campaign rally with Republican Sen. Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, the day after Donald Trump's path to the GOP presidential nomination became clear.

Democrat Russ Feingold has launched an attack ad against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson related to problems at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Tomah.

Michelle Obama says the next White House occupant should keep making it a national priority to support service members, veterans and their families.