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A football player at Memorial High School who fell off a van and was run over is still in the hospital.

On August 11th, crews will begin laying epoxy on the northbound area of 53 at the Eau Claire River Bridge. The northbound Highway 53 on-ramp to River Prairie Drive will be closed starting at 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says areas along the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota have reopened to commercial shipping.

The death of James Brady -- President Ronald Reagan's press secretary who was wounded in the attempt on Reagan's life in March 1981 -- was a homicide, the District of Columbia medical examiner ruled Friday.

The state's largest police union has dropped its challenge to Gov. Scott Walker's public union restrictions, ending the last legal fight over the contentious prohibitions.

Republican congressman Paul Ryan is telling the party's most active members that criticism of President Barack Obama alone is insufficient to sustain a GOP comeback in this year's elections and in 2016.

The Wisconsin Lottery has broken its ticket sales record for the third consecutive year.

23-year-old Michael Somers pleaded guilty to three counts of invasion of privacy.

One person has died and nine others have been injured in a single-vehicle crash in Marathon County.

After the Town of Lafayette and Chippewa County highway personnel started replacing signs, they found that as many as 12 stop signs had been taken from intersections.

The Department of Transportation released data Friday showing the number of fatalities in alcohol-related crashes in Wisconsin dropped 47 percent, from 348 in 2003 to 185 in 2013.

Over the decades, Ebola cases have been confirmed in 10 African countries, including Congo where the disease was first reported in 1976.

The nation's corn and soybean farmers are on track to produce record crops this year as a mild summer has provided optimum growing conditions.

For the first time in 32 years, the Minnesota Vikings will play an entire season outdoors.

Wisconsin police say they will monitor a church's pig wrestling event after tens of thousands of people expressed concern for animal rights.

The chainsaws are buzzing for a second day at Carson Park in Eau Claire, where sculptors from around the world are creating unique wood statues.

A document titled "War Room" that spells out Gov. Scott Walker's agenda, issues and key contacts when he was Milwaukee County executive is among newly released data.

If you know where Nicholas Mosay might be, you are asked to call your local law enforcement agency or the Barron County Sheriff’s Department at (715) 537-3106.

The National Weather Service says the eye of Tropical Storm Iselle has made landfall on Hawaii's Big Island.

Documents seized during a now-closed investigation into aides of Gov. Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County executive are being released.