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A Wisconsin bill that would rewrite regulations for sand mines is up for an overhaul after worries were raised that communities would lose some of their authority to enforce local ordinances.

A bill that would rewrite regulations for sand mines is up for an overhaul after worries were raised that communities would lose some of their authority to enforce local ordinances.

A small community in Bayfield County is mourning the deaths of an elderly couple, killed in an attack at their home.

Faculty, staff, and students at Concordia Univesity Wisconsin stepped up recently by donating money to support the relief efforts underway in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

Ashland City Council member Kelly Westlund, a Democrat, will announce Tuesday her bid to challenge to Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., in the 7th District.

Legislative bodies perform two critical and complementary functions. The first is to pass bills; the second is to not pass them.

Wisconsin legislators have taken the first step to amend the state Constitution to make it harder to recall them, the governor, attorney general and other state officials.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL BRING A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

A mandate to improve fire safety at nursing homes has led to beefed-up protection for some of Wisconsin's most vulnerable residents.

Wausau Police Department officials say multiple guns were found Saturday under a Wausau bridge.

A winter weather advisory will remain in effect for Sheboygan County and the entire state of Wisconsin through 6 a.m. Monday morning, the National Weather Service has announced, even as weather-related pileups have closed highways throughout southeast Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office described conditions on the interstates as "extremely slippery and dangerous" with multiple pileups, including a fatal rollover on Interstate 43 eastbound at Highway 100.

Supplies of the bright red fruit have trounced demand, sending prices paid to independent growers falling to levels not seen in more than a decade, industry watchers say.

Saturday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II in the Pacific Theatre.

A Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources official says it's too late to cancel a four-day antlerless deer hunt in northern Wisconsin as three Republican lawmakers are requesting.

It's in effect for the following counties: Adams, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Lafayette, Marquette, Richland, Rock, Sauk and Walworth.

Here are 10 trends shaping the future of Wisconsin's tech-based economy: Campus entrepreneurism: A decade ago, it was difficult to find organized entrepreneurial education programs on Wisconsin campuses, the exceptions being the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison and the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette University.

State Supreme Court Justice Patience Roggensack contacted Republican state senators urging support of an amendment to the state constitution that could put her in charge of Wisconsin's high court.

A former employee at Verona-based Epic Systems has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the software company of failing to pay overtime wages.

For the past two months, AyLee Her started most workdays with an error message on his office computer.