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An off-duty trooper with the Wisconsin State Patrol was intoxicated when she used her badge to confront another woman at a Merrill bar and accused her of being too young to drink, according to a criminal complaint.

A bill that would give the Legislature power to write and approve Wisconsin's academic standards is unlikely to pass in its current form, the leader of the state Senate said Thursday as hundreds of teachers, school administrators and business leaders converged on the Capitol to oppose it.

A bill to create a Wisconsin license plate displaying the words "Choose Life" has been approved by the Senate transportation committee in a party-line vote.

Beer columnist John Holl , author of "The American Craft Beer Cookbook," thinks sour beers would be even more popular than they are - and they are through-the-roof popular - if it weren't for the sour part of the name.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is telling counties to conserve their limited road salt supplies in case the state gets freezing rain.

School district superintendents from across Wisconsin are preparing to testify against a bill that would give the Legislature power to approve and write academic standards.

Stevens Point Police say a 39-year-old man poured gasoline in his apartment and then intentionally set it on fire and left.

Democrat Mary Burke's first television ad in the race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker will begin airing in multiple markets Friday, touting her background with bicycle maker Trek while also attacking Walker's record on jobs.

From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders -- a battleground for the icebreaker's 58-member crew during one of the roughest winters in memory.

Mayo Clinic Health System said it's also recruiting primary care physicians because more medical students decide to pursue sub-specialized fields.

The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Safety Director credits the bad weather for making this the "safest" February ever.

A mortgage company employee checking the house in Cascade found the 8-year-old Beagle-mix frozen on a pet bed inside Kimberly Fidlin's former house.

Light snow is moving over southeastern Wisconsin. Weather Watch 12 meteorologist Sally Severson looks ahead to the forecast for the morning commute.

State Sen. Tom Tiffany says a Wisconsin mining bill would simply grandfather existing operations, while Sen. Kathleen Vinehout says the new industry poses unknown risks.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that requires all newborns to be tested for critical congenital heart disease.

For Diana Abelt, the 66-year-old Racine-area woman who told her story to Gannett Wisconsin Media, gambling was a dangerous addiction that seized her, rewiring the connections in her brain to the point that it didn't matter if she lost her house, her husband, her family.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Assembly unanimously voted to remove the majority leader from his post Tuesday amid allegations that he groped one woman and verbally abused another during a trip to Washington last week.

From left to right: Mary Theodore, founder/director and violinist of Sound Ensemble Wisconsin; Katrin Talbot, poet and 2013-14 SEW Artist-in-Residence; Dan Bonanno, chef of A Pig in a Fur Coat I have to call my mom and tell her that her repeated advice decades ago finally took effect: Sunday night I learned how to take smaller bites and chew my ... (more)

The new commercial promoting Wisconsin tourism makes pop culture history, according to Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett, with Hollywood directors David Zucker, his brother Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams.

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