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The polls were busy in one area city .

Wisconsin election officials say turnout is on pace to meet predictions of about 2.5 million voters or about 56.5 percent of the voting-age population.

After being open for just a year, the only restaurant at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport has shut down.

Across Eau Claire, voters have been heading to the polls since 7 a.m., Tuesday.

Tonight at the Overture center Mary Burke was preparing for speeches. We saw her on the stage doing a final run through just over an hour ago.

Governor Scott Walker's watch party is expected to be packed with supporters Tuesday night. It's being held at the State Fair Park Exposition Center in West Allis.

District Administrator Cheryl Gullicksrud said Tuesday that the district had 16 confirmed cases of the disease.

Today, one local hospital was nationally recognized for its transplant program.

Pa Xiong, 32, Eau Claire, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to six years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.

Zachary Froehlich was convicted in August on one count of first-degree reckless homicide as party to a crime for the June 2012 assault of Kerby Kniess.

Deputies say a woman and her mother tried to hire someone to kill two of the daughter's ex-lovers.

Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson will avoid jail time after reaching a plea agreement in his child abuse case.

A city clerk believes that the Altoona School District referendum is one of the reasons why a relatively-high number of people have already showed up to vote Election Day morning.

Wisconsin voters are deciding whether to change the state constitution to prevent transfers of money from the state transportation fund.

The hard-fought Wisconsin governor's race, with its implications for the 2016 presidential campaign, is nearing an end.

Polls have opened in Wisconsin, where voters are deciding close gubernatorial and attorney general races, filling an open congressional seat and telling legislators whether money collected for state roads should be dedicated to that purpose.

Voters are choosing between two county prosecutors who want to become Wisconsin's next attorney general.

Four of five people charged in the death of a man during an attempted robbery in Superior remain in jail following court appearances.

An attempt by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to mark his Green Bay Packers' allegiance on the new Minnesota Vikings stadium didn't go as planned.

Wisconsin crews are building an artificial reef in the Milwaukee River to support rock-spawning fish populations.