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Accused Horse Abuser Set To have Cases Consolidated

Prosecutors say a deal has been reached in the case of a man accused of sexually abusing horses in Brown and Manitowoc Counties. Television station W-B-A-Y reports that Sterling Rachwal appeared in Br...

Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle Hospitalized In Critical Condition

police report a man hit by a vehicle while he was crossing the street Monday night is being treated at a hospital. He is listed in critical condition. The accident happened on the city's south side ju...

Wisconsin Joins Lawsuit Challenging California Law On Eggs

Attorneys general in 13 states are taking California to court over its regulations for egg sellers. The western state is accused of violating the interstate commerce clause in the U-S Constitution. Th...

Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested In Fitchburg

A 24-year-old Wisconsin man is being held for violating his parole while an armed bank robbery is investigated. Quincy M. Dixon was taken into custody Monday. Employees at the B-M-O Harris Bank in Fit...

Merger Would Create 10th-Largest Non-Profit Health Care System In US

A merger of Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care and Illinois-based Advocate Health Care would create one of the largest non-profit health care systems in the country. Merger plans were announced Monday...

Eau Claire Woman Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 5 Children

An Eau Claire woman will be sentenced in March on her guilty plea to two felony charges of sexual assault of a child and causing mental harm to a child. Sodaphy Ormston was originally charged with 11 ...

Brown County Looks Suspects Who Place Skimmer Device In Store

The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for two people who are suspected of putting a skimming device in a grocery store card reader last month. The man and woman are accused of installing the sk...

Settlement Of Sex Harassment Claim Cost Wisconsin Taxpayers $75K

Wisconsin taxpayers were on the hook for 75-thousand dollars to settle a sexual harassment claim against a state senator's office five years ago. That money was awarded to an aide to state Senator Spe...

Death Of Worker At Logging Site Investigated By Locals, Feds

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is joining Clark County authorities in the investigation of a fatal accident at a logging site late last week. The report came in Friday afternoon at ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison Ranks 6th -- In Research

After a four-year decline in spending on research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison moved the needle in the other direction last year. The National Science Foundation ranks the school sixth in its ...