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A Wisconsin man has admitted poaching a wolf in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Thirty-seven-year-old Stephen Popp Jr.

Wisconsin and other Midwest states will spend more on Christmas gifts in 2009 than most parts of the United States, according to a survey published by The Conference Board on Monday.

Dented by income tax cuts and a marked spending slowdown on education, Wisconsin's national status as a tax hell is fading.

Nov. 24, 2009 11:11 a.m. Wal-Mart shoppers in Wisconsin will get the same Black Friday deals as the rest of the country, according to a spokeswoman at the company's corporate office in Bentonville, Ark.

A pilot is injured after a small plane crash at Lake Elmo airport near the Minnesota-Wisconsin border.

The Department of Natural Resources' efforts to combat chronic wasting disease -- an illness that threatens Wisconsin's entire deer herd -- have had little effect after seven years and nearly $41 million in state and federal spending, data and interviews indicate.

Air quality in the Midwest and East were in the moderate to unhealthy range, improving slightly throughout the day as can be seen in the AIRNow loop .

Leland Traiman, who runs a sperm bank in California, worries about his lesbian clients in more conservative parts of the country when he hears fellow gay rights activists talk about winning the right to wed.

Wisconsin police say multiple people have been shot in a home on the west side of Madison.Madison police Sgt.

Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman today released October 2009 local unemployment rate estimates for Wisconsin cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.

The National Historic Cheesemaking Center in Monroe will enter a new era in January.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an air quality advisory for particle pollution effective tonight to noon Saturday for Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, St.

Wisconsin's deer meat donation program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under the state Department of Natural Resources' Venison Donation Program, hunters drop off deer at participating meat processors.

A Wisconsin soldier injured in the Fort Hood shootings is home for the holidays, making Thanksgiving all the more special for his family.

Gov. Jim Doyle has issued an executive order giving farmers another month to transport heavy harvest loads.

For most, the holidays are a time for family togetherness, a time when physical and emotional distance can quickly be bridged with nothing but a car ride and a kind word.

Critics are blasting the appointment of Ken Black as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, saying he was involved in many of the agency's recent missteps.

MADISON -- Wisconsin's wet autumn has led Gov. Jim Doyle to issue an executive order allowing farmers to haul overweight loads on most roads to get their crops to storage or processing.

Two Minnesota residents have been killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle crash in southern Wisconsin.

Some Wisconsinites are opting to save money by staying home this Thanksgiving. According to AAA, travel dropped 25 percent between 2007 and 2008 nationwide, and this year it predicts that will only increase about 1.4 percent.

A big-game biologist says snowier weather heading for Wisconsin over Thanksgiving likely won't affect the outcome of the deer gun season.

State regulators have approved higher electric and natural gas rates for Wisconsin Power & Light customers.

He is one of two Democrats aiming to replace Jim Doyle as Wisconsin's governor. Doyle is not running for a third term.

Think the waiting time at the doctor's office is long now? Give it 15 years. It may - or may not - be worse, depending on what Wisconsin communities do now, local officials say.

A financial dispute between Oprah Winfrey's mother and a high-end fashion store in Wisconsin has been settled.Details of the agreement between Vernita Lee of Milwaukee and the Brookfield store, Valentina, have not been released.But Valentina co-owner Tony Chirchirillo says the store will receive some of the $155,000 he said it was owed.Valentina ...

A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering the walls with photos and setting up a bed covered with stuffed animals, investigators said Monday.

Julio De Arteaga built his career brick by brick. Now, 20 years since he formed his namesake firm as a masonry contractor, De Arteaga, of Greenville, has grown his team to 65 people.

A Wisconsin woman is among 32 men and women from across the U.S. selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.

Wisconsin health officials have expanded the group that can receive vaccination for swine flu to include all school-aged children and young adults up to age 24.

Tax reciprocity with Wisconsin, which has been eliminated to help with Minnesota's budget deficit, may be back in play.

A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

Share + Nov 22, 2009 9:23 am US/Central 1 of 1 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has harvested a 44-foot tree for the front lawn of the Governor's mansion.

Madison a ' State Division of Motor Vehicle Offices will close Friday so employees can take their fourth furlough day this year.

If Wisconsin and Minnesota lawmakers can reach agreement on a tax reciprocity dispute lawmakers in Wisconsin may call a special session to enact the deal.

The agency that manages Wisconsin's pension fund has tightened its travel policy to discourage employees from taking expensive business-class flights, a practice that had become routine in recent years.

A former Wisconsin teacher's aide was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old boy.

A spokeswoman for Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker says talks are ongoing but Decker is committed to calling the Senate into session if a deal can be reached.

Wisconsin environmental officials said that they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued an Air Quality Watch from 12:30 a.m. Saturday through 11:59 p.m. Monday.

Like many state offices, all Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed for business on Friday, November 27, the day after Thanksgiving, as DMV staff complete the fourth of sixteen unpaid days required over the next two years.

Detainees at a camp in Baghdad, Iraq have found a way to get under the skin of guard troops from Wisconsin.

Federal authorities found a fugitive in a massive Wisconsin cocaine case after he was sentenced to prison in Florida under a false name.

If you want to know what universal health insurance coverage looks like, just look around the next time you go to the grocery store or mall, to church or a movie.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says most road construction projects in the state are done for the year, which should ease travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

A new survey finds that Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

The state Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs.

Cranberry harvests in Wisconsin and elsewhere are meeting expectations, meaning your cranberry sauce will cost about the same this Thanksgiving as it did last year.

When Tim and Tara Eichman first laid eyes on Archie, a Lhasapoo rescued from Puppy Haven Kennel in Green Lake County last year, they saw one ugly, sick puppy.

More Wisconsinites are expected to make road trips during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a sign that consumers are in a better mood about the economy than they were a year ago, according to AAA Wisconsin.

State health officials have confirmed 11 more deaths related to the swine flu in Wisconsin.

State wildlife officials are asking hunters to keep an eye out for any drug-growing operations hidden in remote areas across Wisconsin.

Eau Claire Royal Credit Union will be acquiring 11 branches in northwestern Wisconsin from AnchorBank.

The 2009 Wisconsin High School Conference on the Environment, 'Our Changing Forests: Challenges and Opportunities for Wisconsin's Students,' will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Wednesday.

Robert Engelhard, professor emeritus of forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was recently inducted into the Wisconsin Forestry Hall of Fame.

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle Tuesday signed a bilateral trade agreement between Israel and Wisconsin on research and development with a strong focus on water technology.

The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city Saturday fell solemnly silent as a white hearse passed by on its way to the church.

Prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women were the most common cancers between 2002 and 2006 in Wisconsin.

Main Category: MRI / PET / Ultrasound Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience ; Cancer / Oncology ; Radiology / Nuclear Medicine Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 6:00 PST Prism Clinical Imaging, Inc., in collaboration with investigators at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, has received a $1.6 million, three-year grant from the National ...

Nov. 16--Given our climate, Wisconsin would never be mistaken for the best solar state in the country.

Wisconsin prison officials have released a video to The Associated Press that shows a guard tossing a non-lethal grenade into an inmate's cell and running away as it detonated.The Department of Corrections released the video after the AP sued seeking a copy under the state's open records law.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is evaluating more than 6,000 letters, e-mails and online comments submitted on a proposal to start the fall deer hunt a week earlier and extend it to 16 days.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Mayor Tom Barrett ended weeks of speculation about his political future today when he stood in front of his Milwaukee home, with his family at his side, and announced he will run for Wisconsin governor as a Democrat in 2010.

Flags at Wisconsin National Guard armories, air bases and other facilities across the state will fly at half-staff Monday in honor of Army Reserve Captain Russell Seager, Mount Pleasant, who died Nov.

When Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage there was a lot of talk about her distinctive way of talkin', you betcha.Heck, she moved to Alaska when she was too young to speak and grew up in the small town of Wasilla, but doggone it, why did she talk like someone from the movie "Fargo"?Three University of Wisconsin-Madison linguists ...

For years, the protest cry of Wisconsin public school teachers was, "The QEO must go." Now, it's gone.

Veterans Day in Wisconsin is a special moment of reflection for the more than 427,000 veterans in the state.

Grant County authorities say a truck hit a deer and plunged down an embankment into a tree, killing the driver and passenger.

Staff Sgt. Amy Krueger was set to deploy to Afghanistan for a second time in December, and she knew her mission: Catch Osama bin Laden.

Gov. Jim Doyle has vetoed a bill that would hand the power to appoint the state Department of Natural Resources secretary to a citizen board.

Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a series of education reform bills designed to help Wisconsin compete for federal stimulus money.

MADISON, Wis. -- A citizen board effectively manages veterans benefits in Wisconsin but a similar structure would not work for natural resources, Gov.

Wisconsin child cares and kindergartens better brace for an onslaught of Avas and Ethans in coming years.

Following is a list of Veterans Day events in Northeastern Wisconsin. Algoma Veterans Day concert: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Algoma Elementary School auditorium, 514 Fremont St.

A pornography star and a pastor may seem an unlikely duo. But the combination drew a sold-out crowd at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Wednesday night.

Sandi Zirbel has seen an influx of immigrants on dairy farms in Wisconsin firsthand.

The leader of the Wisconsin state Senate says he doesn't think there's enough votes in the Legislature to override an expected veto of a bill changing who names the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.

Gov. Jim Doyle's trade mission to Israel is scheduled to begin on Friday. According to the state Department of Commerce, the weeklong trade mission is designed to promote Wisconsin's water and environmental technologies, life sciences, agribusiness, and other industries.

Terri McCormick, who lost a Republican primary for the 8th District Congressional seat in 2006, has become the sixth Republican to enter the race to challenge U.S. Rep.

In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings.

A new analysis of Wisconsin's budget woes puts the state among the 10 most fiscally challenged in the country, joining California in a group struggling to sustain solvency.

State insurance officials plan to hand $12 million in property insurance credits back to local governments next year.

A new state Department of Revenue report projects that Wisconsin's economy will improve in 2010.

The three men suspected of participating in Friday's robbery of Dairyland State Bank in Exeland, including one who was killed in the aftermath, apparently planned the heist at the last minute, with two of them being recruited just hours before the crime and the group stopping on the way to buy disguises.

MANITOWOC - Increasing numbers of military veterans are returning to colleges in the Manitowoc area.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin decided to give the state Democratic Party a little help finding a candidate by running an ad in about nine newspapers this past weekend.

The enormity of a horrific event like the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, last week doesn't sink in until we see the names and faces of people we know.

Traffic deaths in Wisconsin last month were tied for the lowest on record for the month of October.

A spokesman for the U.S. Army Reserves says three of the four soldiers from a Wisconsin-based combat stress unit who were wounded in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting have returned to duty.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Wisconsin's Venison Donation Program. In 10 years the program distributed over 3.1 million pounds of ground venison from nearly 70,000 deer donated by hunters, processed by participating meat processors and distributed by volunteers to state food pantries.

Democrats who control the state Senate have unveiled a package of proposals they said will help create and retain jobs and businesses and improve worker education and training.

Candles held heavenward, Jill Reifsnider and Kristin Thayer hugged and sobbed Sunday night as they paid tribute to and honored the memory of their friend and fallen soldier, Staff Sgt.

WASHINGTON, DC , November 6, 2009 - Representatives of 400 federally recognized tribal nations from across the United States gathered at the Department of the Interior Thursday at the invitation of President Barack Obama for a conference the President called a "unique and historic event, the largest and most widely attended gathering of tribal ...

Wisconsin wildlife officials are warning hunters they'll probably take fewer deer than last year.

WASHINGTON a ' Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in education grants, the most money a president has ever had for overhauling schools.

Bankruptcy filings in the state are up about 30 percent from this time last year, particularly among seniors struggling with medical expenses.

Three years removed from high school, Amy Krueger was in an Army Reserve recruiting office the day after the terrorist attacks of Sept.

A social worker who worked in Madison is in critical condition after the Fort Hood attack.

Gov. Jim Doyle wants to officially say "thank you" to snowplow drivers. As winter closes in, the governor has declared Tuesday as Snowplow Driver Appreciation Day.

A Cashton mother says there were no warning signs before her 21-month-old daughter died after contracting the H1N1 flu.

An unemployed Wisconsin teen spent the first 19 years of his life as Calvin Gosz, but after selling his naming rights you can now call him Verkkokauppa Com.

A Wisconsin man who got his cheesehead hat signed by President Barack Obama has decided to donate it to a museum rather than sell it on eBay.Mansfield Neblett told The Associated Press in an e-mail Friday he decided to donate the triangular, bright yellow hat to the Wisconsin Historical Society.

The uncle of a Wisconsin soldier says his nephew is among the soldiers killed in the Fort Hood shootings.

One soldier from Wisconsin was killed and two others were hurt in the shooting massacre at the Fort Hood Army Base on Thursday.

Gov. Jim Doyle plans to meet with employees and company leaders at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac.

The first snowflakes of the season have already fallen on parts of Wisconsin. As a result, the 511 Traveler Information System, a service of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, has activated its winter road condition report feature.

A comprehensive toughening of Wisconsin's notoriously weak drunken driving laws moved a step closer to becoming law Thursday with unanimous approval by the state Senate.

The state Senate has approved a bill that would create a new public financing system for state Supreme Court campaigns.

Federal agents descended on a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation early Thursday to make an arrest in the slaying of a nun whose body was found in her home on church property.

State justice officials want to hear from the public on a new rule that calls for police to collect racial data during traffic stops.

Gov. Deval Patrick is making a two-day trip to Washington focused on state economic development and health care issues.

The state Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's domestic partner registry.

Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of the White House's priorities.

President Barack Obama's visit to Wisconsin Wednesday will be the first stop in Madison by a sitting president in over a half century.

Police in Wisconsin are investigating after finding evidence that the family of a mentally disabled man had often chained him to a pole in their basem ...

Child care providers convicted of numerous crimes, including child abuse, would be barred from participating in Wisconsin's troubled subsidy program under a bill headed to the full Legislature.

A powerful Democratic Wisconsin state lawmaker sent U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan a letter outlining concerns he has with the Race to the Top education stimulus program.

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing a plane in Canada and flying over three states before landing along a dark southern Missouri highway.

Anyone renting a car in Maine would be paying the state 12.5% of their bill in excise taxes starting last month if the legislature there had its way.

Schools that decide to teach sex education would have to instruct students on the use of birth control under a bill up for debate Tuesday in the state Assembly.

Wisconsin schools could use student test scores to evaluate teachers, but they still couldn't use the information to discipline or fire them under a bill moving quickly through the Legislature.

Federal aviation officials say a small plane that crashed in a corn field in northwest Iowa, killing all three Wisconsin men on board, last summer was low on fuel.

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has approved a utility's latest plan to replace coal and use logging residue and dead trees as the primary fuel to generate electricity.

A prohibition on using student test results to evaluate teachers would be removed under a proposal backed by Gov.

Local and state agencies are putting the final touches on a plan that would quickly move people out of Oshkosh and other northeastern Wisconsin communities in the event a disaster occurred and an evacuation was necessary.

With two months left in the year, Wisconsin continues its trend of fewer people being killed in highway crashes.

The U.S. Coast Guard says searchers have found the body of one pilot whose plane disappeared off the Texas coast.

The Legislature is scheduled to wrap up its business for the year on Thursday. But many major issues remain left undone.

Responding to a state lawmaker's complaints about inmates receiving swine-flu vaccine while other citizens wait, Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials said most of the vaccine was going to staff, not inmates.

Amateur radio operators from across the state provided extra protection Saturday night for some central Wisconsin trick-or-treaters. About 28 volunteers from as far away as St.

MADISON - President Barack Obama will meet with students, teachers, parents and others at a Madison middle school on Wednesday.