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With Wisconsin's 11 turtle species soon starting their journey to higher ground to lay their eggs, state turtle conservation officials are calling on motorists to slow down by wetlands and report all turtle road crossing hot spots to aid conservation measures for the turtles.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker said last month that he would call lawmakers into special session if the courts ruled against the law. Walker signed it in 2011 and has made it a priority.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation.

INSIDE: An AG candidate praises the federal voter ID ruling.

On Monday night at the Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education meeting, Rich Spindler was named the new president.

On Tuesday, SUNRISE anchor Lindsay Veremis served as a judge for the 6th annual Xcel Energy Chili Cook-Off to benefit the United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley.

The court's 6-2 decision Tuesday means that a rule adopted by EPA in 2011 to limit emissions from plants in more than two-dozen Midwestern and Southern states, including Wisconsin, can take effect.

Fox Lake police got a little more than they bargained for during a recent prescription drug take back day.

The Department of Natural Resources said in a statement Tuesday that preliminary results from the 2014 late-winter count indicates at least 658 to 687 wolves roaming the state.

A campus wide event at UW-Stout, being held Wednesday, will honor the career of Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen, who has announced he is retiring August 15.

The typography and motifs are inspired by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Conference Board says its confidence index dropped to 82.3 from a March reading of 83.9.

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources says the phenomenon is likely the result of thick ice that trapped fish in waters with low oxygen.

Brian Brookshire is executive director of the American Walnut Manufacturers Association. He says walnut wood is commanding a near-record price right now.

A school official says police citations for six Wausau West students involved in a Nerf gun fight have been dropped.

She is still a month away from her projected birth date.

Milwaukee, which leads the majors with 19 wins, has won four of five and eight of 10.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 284,000 C-Class cars in the U.S. and Canada because the rear lights can fail.

Veterans and Republican supporters of Gov. Scott Walker are among the dozens of people who have asked that Walker pardon a decorated Iraqi War veteran.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is touting new recommendations developed by emergency responders and education officials to help make schools safer.