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Graco is recalling nearly 3.8 million car safety seats because children can be trapped by buckles that may not unlatch.

Crews are planning to fix a leaking sewer main in Whitehall on Wednesday.

On Thursday a vehicle was stolen from the Globe Onalaska campus on Midwest Drive.

Gogebic Taconite is looking to dig a 4.5-mile-long iron mine in the Penokee Hills.

Online court records Tuesday said a $10,000 cash bond was posted for 41-year-old Salah Salahadyn and a $500 cash bond for Universal Allah.

The Wisconsin State Patrol says both the east and west lanes of U.S. Highway 8 are closed at County Road J because of a crash.

Current state law prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from entering or being on the premises of any establishment with a retail alcohol sales license without a parent, guardian or spouse.

Royal Credit Union announced the donation on Tuesday.

Commander Farid Nechad, who is based in Algiers, told The Associated Press that 55 bodies have been recovered so far from Tuesday's crash and everyone besides the survivor is presumed dead.

The Assembly's Education Committee scheduled a hearing on the measure Wednesday.

The idea comes from Red Wing High School social studies teacher Scott Bender, who accuses history books and popular culture of romanticizing the story of Christopher Columbus.

In a statement posted on its website Tuesday, the corporate headquarters for New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc. said the cause of Monday afternoon's blast remains undetermined.

United Natural Foods Inc. is expected to begin construction of a 300,000-square-foot distribution center in Prescott in May.

The Assembly passed a measure in June that would allow lawyers to nullify rulings that block statutes from taking effect if they file an appeal within 10 days.

In January, Charter said it would take its cash-and-stock offer of about $38 billion, or about $132.50 per share, directly to Time Warner Cable shareholders. The offer was previously rejected by the company's management.

Rep. Michael Schraa, an Oshkosh Republican, introduced the constitutional amendment that would make Wisconsin one of five states that has a different office doing the treasurer's work.

The scheduled vote Tuesday comes even as Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has been critical of the Assembly moving ahead before the Legislature's budget committee has considered the bill.

The Wisconsin Senate is set to take up a bill that would exempt bake sale participants from obtaining a state license.

The amendment to be considered Tuesday would require a two-thirds majority vote before taxes can be raised.

Uniformed police officers were present when Frank Almond played to a packed house at a Brookfield performing arts center Monday night.