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Republicans in control of the Wisconsin state Assembly are meeting to select a new majority leader.

The Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire’s Carson Park is opening a new major exhibit, called Changing Currents: Reinventing the Chippewa Valley, on Sunday, December 7, 2014.

Aaron Rodgers threw six touchdown passes to tie the Green Bay game record and match the NFL record for a half, and the Packers routed the reeling Chicago Bears 55-14 on Sunday night.

A Florida mother says she's savoring every day of her busy life after doctors believed she had died less than a month ago.

Investigators in Milwaukee are looking into the death of a 10-day-old baby.

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The first major winter storm of the season is expected to leave 10 to 18 inches of snow in its wake in some parts of northwestern Wisconsin.

Family, friends and neighbors of a 5-year-old Milwaukee girl who was fatally shot while sitting on her grandfather's lap have honored her with a candlelight vigil.

A Wisconsin man accused of masterminding the theft of a $5 million Stradivarius violin faces up to a decade in prison when he is sentenced Monday.

The state Department of Natural Resources has developed new software for identifying terrain susceptible to agricultural runoff.

The La Crosse Co. Sheriff's Office says a man has died after an ATV crash in the town of Farmington.

A state recreation council is asking hikers, bikers and other outdoor enthusiasts to fill out a survey detailing how they use non-motorized trails.

A man and a woman at the home told deputies they were assaulted by 42-year old Eric Thompson of Barron. Deputies say Thompson met them at the door of the home with a large knife and told deputies he wanted to shoot them.

The first big snowfall of the year always seems to catch people off guard.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says governors make much better presidents than members of Congress.

Hennepin County prosecutors have filed a second child protection petition in the case connected to Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

Officials say a 21-year-old Army veteran was shot to death after a dispute at a party to celebrate his return from Afghanistan.

Flight attendants at American Airlines have rejected a five-year contract, forcing the world's largest carrier and its union for cabin-crew workers into binding arbitration.

Republican Glenn Grothman was elected Tuesday to succeed retiring longtime Congressman Tom Petri.

The National Weather Service says 8 to 16 inches of snow could fall north of a line from Marshfield to Crivitz beginning Monday morning into Tuesday evening.