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Assembly Toughens State Employee Insurance Ban For Abortions

The Wisconsin Assembly has toughened a ban on state employee insurance coverage for elective abortions. On a 61-35 vote Thursday, the lower house approved a Republican bill to allow the coverage for s...

The Facts about the Rumored Wolf in Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties

There has been a lot of buzz about the presence of a wolf (wolves) in Kewaunee County over the past summer and fall. And as often happens, the reported presence of such an animal spawns many anecdotal...

Employees, Veterans Rally Outside Tomah VA Medical Center

A group in Tomah is trying to bring awareness to issues at the V-A medical center. Several employees and veterans rallied outside the center Wednesday to shed light on understaffing at V-A medical cen...

Man Killed In Pedestrian Crash Identified

A 59-year-old pedestrian who died after being hit by a truck in Superior has been identified as Kenneth Meinke of Superior. Police say he was crossing a wet Highway 35 in the downtown area Thursday mo...

More Die In State Crashes Following Mild, Rainy October

Twelve more people died in Wisconsin traffic crashes in October than in the same month last year. According to preliminary D-O-T figures, 58 people were killed in state crashes last month, up from 46 ...

State Cheese Production Again Lags Behind National Growth

Wisconsin continues to make more cheese, but the state's latest increase is again behind the national growth rate. The U-S-D-A says the Badger State made almost 272-million pounds of cheese in Septemb...

Green Bay Child Finds Needle In Halloween Candy

Green Bay police say a child found a needle in a piece of Halloween candy collected during trick-or-treating. Television station W-B-A-Y reports that an 8-year-old girl was about to the eat a peanut b...

Police Probe Hit And Run Death, Deputies Investigate Truck Death

Authorities are investigating two of Wisconsin's latest traffic deaths focused a hit-and-run driver in Milwaukee, and a truck that started a fire near Athens in Marathon County. Police were still look...

Report: State Speaker Confronts Kasich On GOP Redistricting

State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos reportedly told John Kasich he was "betraying his party" by signing a legal brief against the Wisconsin G-O-P district maps targeted in the U-S Supreme Court's gerryma...

Pedestrian Killed In Superior

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a pickup truck in Superior. It happened about seven this (Thursday) morning on Highway 35 in the downtown area. Police say the walker was crossing the street a...