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Wisconsin attorney general hopefuls Brad Schimel and Susan Happ have agreed to a debate next month.

An Oregon State Police trooper shot and killed a black bear that wandered near an elementary school in Pilot Rock.

A recent survey released by the U.S. Census Bureau has found poverty is increasing for single mothers in Wisconsin.

32-year-old Jared Brendel made the plea Wednesday to possession of a firearm by a felon and operating with a restricted controlled substance.

Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer head-butted his wife and broke her nose after she refused his sexual advances, and punched her in the face the next day, police said Thursday.

On Thursday, the Eau Claire Community Foundation said in a release that the last day of voting for the People's Choice Award for Sculpture Tour Eau Claire is September 30.

New data released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows private-sector job growth in Wisconsin grew nearly 1.3 percent for the 12-month period ending in March.

Gov. Scott Walker says he's not getting involved with the lawsuit that two Republican lawmakers filed this week over newly redesigned ballots.

The U.S. director of national intelligence says a group of al-Qaida fighters in Syria poses a potential threat to the U.S. equal to that of the Islamic State militants.

The World Health Organization says more than 700 more Ebola cases emerged in West Africa in one week, a statistic that shows the outbreak is accelerating.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says just a third of healthy adults ages 18 to 64 got vaccinated last year.

Work could start this fall on building a nearly 2 mile-long earthen berm through a northeastern Indiana marsh considered a possible pathway for Asian carp to reach the Great Lakes.

Marshfield police say a local man has admitted to scamming football fans who thought they were buying Packers' tickets.

University of Wisconsin System campuses will issue free voter identification cards to students that request them.

Wisconsin officials have been given until Tuesday to respond to a request that a federal appeals court reconsider its decision to reinstate a requirement that voters show photo identification at the polls.

Think rivals can't come together? Think again. FFA members from Eau Claire North and Eau Claire Memorial are working together to collect food for the hungry on game-day.

Wisconsin officials say a 640,000-gallon manure leak at a Door County farm hasn't contaminated drinking water.

State transportation officials say a memorial to a woman killed by a drunken driver must be removed in Sun Prairie because someone complained about it.

The latest jobs numbers showing how well Wisconsin is doing creating jobs compared with other states is set to be released.

Authorities have been searching a Kenosha County lake for a missing fisherman from Illinois.