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Liberia's president is closing the nation's schools and ordering non-essential government employees to stay home as the country battles an Ebola outbreak.

The House has approved a compromise bill to refurbish the Veterans Affairs Department and improve veterans' health care.

Police say he will be living at 402 W. Fritz Ave. in Ladysmith.

An area city was kicking off a partnership with Habitat for Humanity Wednesday.

Investigators are involved in a manhunt in a Twin Cities suburb after the reported shooting death of a police officer.

The Justice Department has sided with challengers of voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, saying measures in those states unfairly affect minority voters.

MILWAUKEE – Cargill will close its Milwaukee beef harvest facility on Friday, the company said in a release today. The company -- which provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products...

Hyundai is recalling its popular Sonata midsize sedan to fix problems with the gear shift levers.

The Packers have signed their general manager to a multi-year contract extension.

Prosecutors say they plan to appeal the dismissal of six charges against a 17-year-old boy accused of plotting to kill his family and attack his southern Minnesota high school.

The Wisconsin State Patrol along with law enforcement agencies across the country will mobilize on I-90 and I-94 from Friday through Monday (August 1 to 4) in an effort to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.

The deadline is for the final installment of 2013 real estate taxes, which is often called the second half or postponed amount.

The prosecution has rested in the federal trial of a Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her half-sister's newborn in Wisconsin and abandoning the baby in Iowa.

Rep. Paul Ryan says he hasn't even begun to think over a Republican presidential bid in 2016.

Complaints received by the school's student life office stemmed from the overlap of the fall recruitment period with Jewish holidays.

A Wisconsin-based milk distributor is expanding its Maine supply network and picking up half of the former MOO Milk organic dairy farms as suppliers.

The Wisconsin state chamber of commerce is wading into the ongoing debate in the governor's race over outsourcing.

Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he has mixed emotions about winning his defamation lawsuit in U.S. District Court.

Officers are investigating the circumstances leading up to the death of a man who was hit by a train.

After a dismal winter, the U.S. economy sprang back to life in the April-June quarter, growing at a fast 4 percent annual rate on the strength of higher consumer and business spending.