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In an expletive-laced recording, volunteer co-chairman Phil Montag blamed Congressman Steve Scalise for seeking to take away people's health care coverage through the Republican health care bill.
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The American Family Insurance Championship featured a celebrity group of Brett Favre, Andy North, Derek Jeter and Darius Rucker to raise money for the American Family Children's Hospital
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin researchers are trying to learn more about an invasive fruit fly that has been threatening berry crops in the state since 2010.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, this week agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the parents of Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by white Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in…
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This June 22, 2017 photo, shows what remains of a BP gas station that was burned during riots in Milwaukee last year after a police officer fatally shot a 23-year-old black man on Aug. 13 2016. The scars of the…
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FILE - In a Friday, March 3, 2006 file photo, Brendan Dassey is escorted out of a Manitowoc County Circuit courtroom, in Manitowoc, Wis. A three-judge panel from the 7th Circuit on Thursday, June 22, 2017 affirmed that Dassey, a…
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Brendan Dassey’s attorneys announced Friday that they have filed a motion, asking for their client to be immediately released from custody. On Thursday, a federal appeals court upheld an August 2016 decision that overturned Dassey’s conviction for the...

A federal judge has ordered the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to make changes at the state’s troubled youth prison. U.S. District Judge James Peterson on Friday ordered DOC to curtail use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and restraints at...

This Dec. 10, 2015 aerial photo, shows Lincoln Hills School in Irma, Wis. A federal judge branded Wisconsin's juvenile prison for boys as a "troubled institution" on Thursday, June 22, 2017, saying it puts too many inmates in isolation and…
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he supports Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's opposition to the Senate health care bill at this point.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a federal appeals court ruling that said a confession was improperly obtained from Brendan Dassey, one of two defendants in a Wisconsin killing that was the focus of the Netflix series "Making a…
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In a June 22, 2017 photo provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources shows a silver carp that was caught in the Illinois Waterway below T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam, approximately nine miles away from Lake Michigan. This is…
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While state laws have been changed in recent years to help police target drivers who text while behind the wheel, a group of state lawmakers is concerned current rules on distracted driving are not going far enough to address the many other uses for...

Adding to a team already with a great deal of length, with the 17th pick in the NBA draft, the Milwaukee Bucks selected D.J. Wilson out of Michigan. Wilson is a 6-foot-10, 234-pound forward with a 7-foot-3 wingspan that is versatile enough to play at...

The Milwaukee Brewers finished off a split of their four-game series against Pittsburgh with a 4-2 victory Thursday afternoon at Miller Park. Eric Sogard went three for four with two doubles, scoring twice and prevented a run with a defensive gem in the...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will no longer have a large presence at the state fair, where it has previously promoted hunting, fishing and other recreational pursuits.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Officials in Wisconsin's state capital are considering a plan that would allow law enforcement to ride buses to look for people who are texting while driving.
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The challengers in a Wisconsin case that could impose limits on a practice that has helped define American politics say partisanship in redrawn districts can be measured.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new policy governing the use of unmanned aerial devices at a Wisconsin university allows researchers and instructors to use the drones on campus for research or educational purposes.
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Voting-rights advocates in Pennsylvania challenged the state’s congressional map in state court, whereas suits in 3 other states have been filed in federal court.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison police believe a fight involving several people that took place in front of bars on University Avenue early played a role in the shooting death of a man in a parking lot about 90 minutes…
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The pilot of a small airplane got a military escort from F-16 fighter jets for apparently flying into presidential air space over Wisconsin.
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BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A judge has committed a man accused of fatally shooting an Illinois woman on a Wisconsin interstate to the supervision of the state Department of Health Services for the next 40 years.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving more applications from international students as nearly 40 percent of colleges across the country report receiving fewer such applications.
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MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats re-elected Martha Laning Saturday to be the head of their state party despite a crushing 2016 election that saw President Donald Trump become the first Republican to win the state since 1984.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Democratic Mayor Paul Soglin says he's considering challenging Gov. Scott Walker next year when the Republican is expected to seek a third term in office.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys have settled a lawsuit against a University of Wisconsin-Madison adviser who counseled the daughter of a woman killed in car crash but didn't tell her he had been texting with the driver.
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