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Low-wage workers in Madison held a protest Thursday, as part of the effort to raise the minimum wage.

An Eau Claire student has been disciplined after a video surfaced online of a middle school student changing in a locker room

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled employees can't be denied unemployment benefits for inadvertent errors, even if they are repeated after warnings.

Some residents who live in the shadow of Lambeau Field are asking if there's an offseason for being a sports fan.

You'll be hearing sirens today as part of tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week.

Gov. Scott Walker is poised to sign bills that would forgive rural teachers' students loans and sell land for a Fox River visitor center.

A new report says Minnesota has one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the country.

A Florida prosecutor's office plans to hold a news conference amid reports that presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign manager won't be prosecuted over a videotaped altercation with a female reporter.

An Ohio congressman is objecting to the removal of a Bible from a POW display at a military base medical center in southwest Ohio.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is disavowing remarks made by a campaign surrogate who said voters shouldn't "continue to elect corporate Democratic whores" during a large New York City rally.

A New Jersey woman is recovering after she was shot in the foot by a stray bullet while she was holding her 8-month-old grandson.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has struck southern Japan.

Free lunch for high schoolers in Middleton accompanied by discussions about Christianity has some administrators calling for an end to the practice because of legal concerns.

Chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin's deer population is growing geographically and in prevalence.

The search for a missing man in Dells Pond in Eau Claire is now a recovery mission.

UW-Eau Claire is celebrating Earth Day early this year.

The Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center in Eau Claire aims to promote intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Movie tickets, board games, sporting equipment, and craft supplies are being collected and assembled into hobby boxes for less-fortunate families in Eau Claire. Western Dairyland says the program is all about exposing families to healthy options.

An Eau Claire woman's close encounter with a tornado is serving as a safety reminder during Severe Weather Awareness week.

First responders are dealing with an increased number of mental health crisis calls, and as that number goes up, so does the demand for training.