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Local elementary students got the chance to hear from area celebrities.

A new playground has finally been installed at an Altoona park.

A popular choir visited the Chippewa Valley Wednesday in order to raise money for orphans.

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have launched into a rhetorical scrum, with the Republican front-runner eliciting a backlash that highlights his perilous standing among female voters who could help propel the likely Democratic nominee to the White House.

A $250,000 contribution from Royal Credit Union Foundation has been given in support of the new Discovery Center in Osceola.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wants to review state elections officials' request for money to educate the public about Wisconsin's voter photo identification law.

The Wisconsin DNR will be spraying for gypsy moths soon.

Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz has tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the race for the White House.

A three-year-old wandered away from his Henry County, Virginia home Monday night, but with swift action by first responders and help from the family pet, he is now home safe and sound.

University of Wisconsin-Madison's executives will get cultural training following a semester marked by students' calls for a more inclusive college experience for minorities.

For the first time in NCAA history, a high school athlete received special permission to compete at the college level before enrolling in college.

Quinn Bastian is among the few people nationwide to receive a cochlear implant for profound hearing loss in one ear. Tuesday, three weeks post-surgery, he heard out of that ear for the first time.

SpaceX is shooting for Mars.

The lawyer for Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam says preliminary charges of terrorist murders and possession and use of bombs and weapons have been filed against the 26-year-old.

Court records show the victim in a homicide case in Ladysmith ended up with a stab wound to his back.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has told a federal courtroom that he "mistreated" some of the athletes he coached decades ago as a high school teacher and that he's "deeply ashamed."

A man and two children are dead in Wisconsin Rapids after an apparent double murder-suicide.

President Barack Obama plans to make his first trip to Flint, Michigan, since that city's drinking water was found to be tainted with lead.

Relatives say a woman was fatally shot in the back by her 2-year-old son as she drove in Milwaukee.

The brother of some of the eight family members found shot last week in rural southern Ohio says five victims will be buried side by side in a nearby town.