Posted: 6:23 PM A Madison zoo has euthanized a 30-year-old polar bear due to deteriorating health.

Updated: 3:59 PM UPDATE: A Marshfield man has admitted on the witness stand he came to Madison two years ago intending to shoot and kill an abortion doctor.

Posted: 11:51 AM Two women have been arrested for obstruction after a hostage hoax unnecessarily mobilized SWAT officers in Dunn County.

Posted: 9:32 AM MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A state appeals court says a law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls is constitutional.

Posted: 5:54 AM A soldier from far northern Wisconsin will become the first member of the state's Army National Guard to win a Silver Star Medal.

Posted: 5:41 AM The reward in the case of a decapitated black bear in St. Croix County has more than tripled.

Updated: 5:34 PM UPDATE: The National Weather Service has confirmed a weak tornado moved through southwestern Wisconsin Wednesday night.

Posted: 9:05 PM High winds and heavy rain have stuck parts of western Wisconsin, knocking down trees and interrupting power.

Posted: 6:23 PM A bipartisan group of lawmakers have changed their original proposal for a venture capital fund for Wisconsin startups to remove oversight from Gov. Scott Walker's troubled job-creation agency.

Posted: 5:50 PM Supporters of Stevens Point-based Skyward are celebrating a vote by the Legislature's budget committee that would benefit the information system company.

Updated: 5:47 PM UPDATE: More studies and public hearings would be required before Wisconsin could take any further action to implement academic standards under action taken by the Legislature's budget committee.

Updated: 4:33 PM UPDATE: The Legislature's budget committee has approved having every high school junior in Wisconsin take the ACT college entrance exam.

Updated: 1:44 PM UPDATE: Benefits paid to unemployed people in Wisconsin would be reduced by $37 million over the next two years under a Republican-backed plan approved by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.

Updated: 11:54 AM UPDATE: A state legislative panel is scheduled to hear a couple of bills on Wednesday that would make it harder and more expensive to get an abortion in Wisconsin.

Posted: 11:46 AM Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to create a new statewide board to authorize those creating charter schools has hit a major roadblock in the state Legislature.

Updated: 11:41 AM UPDATE: A roughly $13 million plan to boost walleye production in Wisconsin supported by Gov. Scott Walker has won approval by the Legislature's budget-writing committee.

Posted: 11:29 AM The Legislature's budget-writing committee has toughened the requirements affecting teachers and university faculty who retire and then want to go back to work.

Posted: 10:47 AM An assisted living company is giving up control of most of its properties after racking up $100,000 in state fines related to deaths and injuries of residents.

Updated: 5:56 PM UPDATE: The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bipartisan bill that would give veterans priority over other students when they register for University of Wisconsin System and state technical college classes.

Posted: 10:40 AM At least one Wisconsin health insurance company says it won't participate in the new federal insurance exchanges in development as part of the Affordable Care Act, and others are keeping their plans quiet.

Posted: 9:42 AM RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- Charges have been filed in Racine County against a man accused of skipping out on work release from the Walworth County Jail, stalking his ex-girlfriend and threatening to kill their children.

Posted: 5:38 AM A public arts project started by Gibson Guitars is expanding this summer in Waukesha.

Updated: 6:00 PM UPDATE: A semitrailer carrying a forklift with a 30-foot boom arm hit the Wisconsin Avenue bridge on U.S. Highway 45 -- dislodging concrete that then struck three vehicles.

Updated: 5:51 PM Sanders "Sandy" Hook, a former publisher at the La Crosse Tribune and other Lee Enterprises publications, has died.

Posted: 5:40 PM The state Justice Department has decided to close its Superior field office to save money.