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Eau Claire welcomed its first baby of the new year just after midnight.

More than a dozen people braved the frigid temperatures and made an icy splash for a good cause Wednesday.

New hopes for a new year are here with many setting their sights on goals as individuals, a nation and a society.

Emergency workers in La Crosse have recovered a body from a car that broke through the ice on a creek.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- It seems unthinkable that Lambeau Field wouldn't sell out for a Packers playoff game. Yet thousands of tickets are still available for Sunday's wild-card game against the 49ers....

Connor Shaw was responsible for five touchdowns, including three passing, and No. 8 South Carolina outlasted No. 19 Wisconsin 34-24 in the Capital One Bowl on Wednesday.

WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) -- A therapist in suburban Milwaukee is accused of physically abusing a 3-year-old autistic boy during a home therapy session. A Journal Times of Racine report says 27-year-old Stephen...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A billowing fire engulfed a three-story building near downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, sending 13 people to hospitals with injuries ranging from burns to trauma associated...

DENVER (AP) - The nation's first recreational pot industry opened in Colorado on Wednesday, kicking off an experiment that will be followed closely around the world and one that activists hope will prove...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama's new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance...

A Rusk County man is now charged after being accused of exposing two young sisters to pornographic material, and punishing one by dunking her head in hot water.

The Wisconsin State Patrol and other law enforcement agencies say they are ramping up patrols on New Year's Eve.

Looking back at 2013, there were many note-worthy events that made the year memorable in news.

With Champagne, the Ball Drop, and staying up past midnight- New Year's Eve celebrations are often just for mom and dad. But many in the Chippewa Valley are celebrating as a family, in a kid-friendly way.

Concerns over skyrocketing milk prices and a loss of benefits starting Thursday are on hold, but not gone.

It’s one thing to have a New Year’s resolution, but it’s another to keep one.

Court records show that James Olson, 53, was denied conditional release from the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison on Monday.

The group was arrested Saturday in Raton, N.M., just south of Colorado.

Police barricades are up and the crowds are starting to form throughout Times Square.

Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said in an email to NBC News on Tuesday that “numbers that have been reported in the media are much higher than what we experienced as the actual number of cards impacted was less than 0.1% of the total sold during the holiday period.”