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While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued no specific recommendations for colleges, some state health departments, including in South Carolina and North Dakota, have spelled out for administrators what symptoms to look for and how to react.

The wheat and barley farmers took up arms, dug trenches and posted gunmen on the rooftops, and against all odds they have kept the Islamic State extremist group out of the town of 15,000 people.

The Pentagon says that military operations in Iraq have cost more than $560 million so far, including the surveillance flights and airstrikes that began on June 16.

Prosecutors have charged a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with killing his wife and sister-in-law last week.

The Minnesota State Patrol is marking the 14-year anniversary of the death of Minnesota State Trooper Ted Foss with extra “Move Over” enforcement.

The U.S. Agriculture Department projects Wisconsin will produce 5.4 million barrels of cranberries in 2014. That's more than 60 percent of the nation's total cranberry production.

Private-sector jobs grew just 1.3 percent in Wisconsin during the 12-month period ending in March.

Gov. Scott Walker says he will deal with a drop in tax collections by controlling expenses and by doing things to help the overall economy improve.

The Great Xpedition Race, a triathlon event in Bloomer, is adding an event to appeal to kids and new participants.

Witnesses say two teens exited Memorial High School and approached the van, upon which one male got into the driver’s seat while the other male “jumped” onto the hood of the van.

A mother has been charged with homicide in Dane County after her 1-year-old daughter was struck and killed by a van while riding in a wheelchair.

Wisconsin consumer protection officials are advising college students to be especially vigilant about protecting their private identity information.

A 45-year-old Milwaukee man has been found guilty of sex trafficking, child abuse and related charges.

The Altoona City Council gives the green light to a local contractor to start work on the new River Prairie development.

A woman had to be taken to the hospital after deputies say she fell asleep behind the wheel, leading to a crash.

An unusual, old airplane may be seen flying around western Wisconsin this weekend.

A Black River Falls man is charged, following a crash that lead to the death of a Good Samaritan.

Two western Wisconsin YMCA's are looking for cancer survivors to be part of a program that works on their emotional and physical well being.

The man accused of driving drunk and killing a man who was plowing snow will serve four years in prison.

In Washington, President Barack Obama played down the prospect of imminent U.S. military action against strongholds of the Islamic State group in Syria, saying "we don't have a strategy yet" for confronting the militants.