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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack was in Cedar Rapids on Monday to announce the formation of the first Rural Business Investment Company, licensed by the USDA to establish a fund that will invest in businesses.

The expansion would make the program available all but eight of Wisconsin's 72 counties.

The property is being cleared for grass parking.

The body of Kristelle Wolle, 38 of Baldwin, was taken to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office in St. Paul, MN for an autopsy.

A stretch of highway will remain closed for the next four weeks as crews replace several I-94 bridges.

Under sunny skies with mere wisps of clouds overhead, the first lady said the emphasis of the 136th Easter Egg Roll would be keeping young people active and healthy.

The race began at 8:50 a.m. Monday for mobility-impaired marathoners and at 9:32 a.m. for elite women. The elite male runners start at 10 a.m.

A former official with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Wisconsin can remain the leading supplier of sand for the nation's fracking boom as long as the state imposes and enforces strong regulations.

The candidates to replace outgoing Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen propose variations of the same theme in addressing the issue.

Civil psychiatric patients have been discharged from Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison to free space for additional criminal patients.

Hulsey has been in the state Assembly for four years and served on the Dane County Board for 14 years.

FBI officials say a 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen.

Anglers in northern Wisconsin can keep largemouth bass this season for the first time in 22 years.

Deputies say the crash happened Saturday in Hager City just south of State Highway 35 on County Road VV.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday that packages of Kraft's "Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners" may instead contain the company's "Classic Cheese Dogs.

This year's entries include Peeps made up to look like the Beatles and another display representing the choir of a Caledonia elementary school.

Action city says each of the hidden eggs was filled with candy, tickets and other prizes available at the arcade.

Wisconsin wildlife officials are using road-kill and radio-tracking data to assess the harsh winter's effect on the state's deer herd.

More than 350 people showed up to Culver’s on Golf Road for their community lunch this afternoon. The meal was free but donations were accepted for Hope Gospel Mission and the Salvation Army.

Racine County officials say a man who was working on his car at his Town of Burlington home has died after the vehicle apparently fell on him.