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Three people ended up facing criminal charges after officers sent an informant to buy heroin from one of them.

The seventh annual Water Safety Fest is on July 12 at the pool.

The video of a western Wisconsin logger who saved a black bear who got its head stuck in an old milk can is getting hundreds of thousands of YouTube hits.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker calls the bid by state Rep. Brett Hulsey to win the Democratic nomination for governor "entertaining."

A fire at a business caused nearly $2,000 in damage Tuesday morning.

Gov. Scott Walker isn't saying what he thinks about one of his former top aides getting a double digit pay raise in her new job as chief information technology officer for the state public defender's office.

Gov. Scott Walker says his 19-year-old son's decision to act as a witness at the same-sex marriage of a relative is not a policy statement.

Disclosures from railroads show they're hauling several dozens of trains carrying volatile crude oil from the Northern Plains through Wisconsin weekly.

A Republican National Committee panel is recommending Cleveland to host the party's 2016 presidential convention.

Ford is recalling 100,566 vehicles in North America for various safety defects.

Minnesota is joining a pilot program that provides free hotel stays to veterans who are searching for a job or new housing.

Idina Menzel is bringing Broadway to baseball.

The La Crosse Bishop says allegations that a doctor who works part-time at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare is recommending abortions is scandalous.

A former Verizon store employee in western Wisconsin is accused of sending lewd photos and messages to young female customers.

U.S. employers advertised more jobs in May than in any month in the past seven years, a sign that this year's strong hiring trend is likely to continue.

Prosecutors recently filed criminal charges against Christopher Klocek, 20.

President Barack Obama will discuss the crisis at the border with faith leaders and local officials in Texas Wednesday.

An Ohio man who jokingly sought $10 to pay for his first attempt at making potato salad has raised more than $37,000 from a crowd-sourcing Internet site.

A man is accused of endangering the safety of a baby in a boat chase on Lake Minnetonka.

Low-flying planes plan to spray for gypsy moth caterpillars in five southern and western Wisconsin counties this week.