State's Health Services Secretary taking medical leave of absense
Posted: 3:14 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Kitty Rhoades is taking a leave of absence to have hip replacement surgery.
Posted: 3:14 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Kitty Rhoades is taking a leave of absence to have hip replacement surgery.
Updated: 12:50 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A company looking to dig a huge iron mine just south of Lake Superior has filed new papers with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources outlining a bulk sampling plan and notifying the agency it plans to seek a mining permit.
Posted: 8:18 AM The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' carnivore specialist says attacks by black bear in Wisconsin are unusual, despite two such incidents so far this spring.
Posted: 8:15 AM UPDATE: Motorists will find the Stillwater Lift Bridge temporarily closed Wednesday.
Updated: 12:47 PM UPDATE: The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on passing the state budget after debate barely got off the ground on Tuesday.
Posted: 8:07 AM Capital Brewery says it will begin construction this summer on a new $11 million facility in Sauk City.
Posted: 7:57 AM A body recovered from the Chippewa River in Eau Claire has been identified as a local university student.
Posted: 7:22 PM State lawmakers have approved legislation that would invest millions of dollars in public money in Wisconsin startups despite criticism that the investment only targets limited industries.
Posted: 7:09 PM A review of the nation's teacher-training programs suggests that many University of Wisconsin System education schools are of middling quality.
Posted: 7:02 PM Democratic state Rep. Brett Hulsey of Madison is considering switching his party affiliation to become an independent.
Posted: 6:36 PM A man who was attacked by a black bear in northwestern Wisconsin is recovering at a hospital in the Twin Cities.
Updated: 6:32 PM Wisconsin environmental officials say the number of wells contaminated by a 2012 gasoline pipeline spill continues to grow in the Town of Jackson.
Updated: 10:47 AM WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two officials say that Secretary of State John Kerry has chosen Russ Feingold, a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, as the new U.S. special envoy for Africa Great Lakes region.
Posted: 9:13 AM MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Wisconsin Realtors Association says May sales are up about 18 percent compared to the same month last year. It's the 23rd consecutive month of growth.
Updated: 9:34 AM The U.S. Coast Guard suspends a search for a man presumed drowned in Lake Michigan off the Kenosha shore.
Posted: 7:56 AM The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is urging beachgoers to play it safe this summer.
Updated: 9:18 AM Janesville firefighters and police respond to a fire at mobile home park.
Posted: 7:47 PM The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office is investigating the death of a 7-day-old boy as a homicide.
Posted: 6:35 PM Milwaukee police say an officer accidentally shot and wounded a car theft suspect while arresting him.
Posted: 6:20 PM Gov. Scott Walker says the first state-inspected meat processor has started shipping meat across state lines under a federal-state deal announced two years ago.
Posted: 6:07 PM shland County authorities say a La Crosse doctor and his brother were killed in a single-engine plane crash on Madeline Island.
Posted: 6:00 PM A woman accused of trying to kill four of her six children remains in the Taylor County jail on a $200,000 cash bond.
Posted: 11:45 AM Wisconsin's maple syrup producers are having a great year.
Posted: 7:45 AM Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man in Tomah.
