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School nurses in Wisconsin are concerned that a federal change in children’s vaccination policy may delay them from attending class.

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The Hmong population may be particularly at risk for blastomycosis — a potentially fatal lung disease.

The Wisconsin Budget Project is calling for using an expected budget surplus for a bigger rainy-day fund instead of more tax cuts.

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Jewish leaders are decrying anti-Semitic signs that appeared recently in northeastern Wisconsin on both private and public property.

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Nearly 900,000 Wisconsinites receiving food stamps will have their benefits cut in November as part of a federal stimulus package expires.

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The Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow openly gay members is causing some Wisconsin churches to reconsider letting troops use their buildings.

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Wisconsin's Department of Transportation (DOT) wants input from farmers on new proposals governing the movement of agricultural equipment.

The Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a unique new produce-distributing organization, is having a successful first season.

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Bulletproof Securities will return to patrol the Penokee Hills for Gogebic Taconite (GTAC), but this time they may be unarmed.

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Supporters of renewable energy want the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to keep alive a financial incentive program for solar energy projects.

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The Department of Natural Resources says that asbestos-like fibers could be released from iron ore mining or sampling in northern Wisconsin.

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The Wausau Daily Herald has filed a complaint with the Marathon County district attorney over an alleged open meetings law violation by the city.

Wisconsin hopes to soon launch the Wisconsin Fast Forward initiative, a program that will help fill skilled jobs in the state.

Utility crews say they’re ahead of schedule on restoring electricity in the Fox Valley after Wednesday night's severe weather.

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The Harvest Camp in the Penokee Hills is in legal limbo as Iron County and the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe work to figure out its future.

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On the night of May 14, June Thielen was evacuated from her home in the town of Highland as the Germann Road fire approached the area.

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Around 2,000 people will travel to West Bend, the geocaching capital of the Midwest, this weekend for the sixth annual Cache Ba$h.

Department of Defense employees will not have to take as many unpaid days off this year as they initially anticipated.

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“Shame On Wisconsin” is the new message on a billboard along I-90-94 in the Wisconsin Dells area.

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Gov. Scott Walker toured storm-damaged areas of northeastern Wisconsin and met the family of a public servant who was killed during the cleanup today.

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Thousands of stamp collectors are expected in Milwaukee this week, for a gathering of the American Philatelic Society.

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A new archive preservation facility in Madison will give much-needed storage space to the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

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Efforts are underway to make Wausau a premier mountain biking destination.

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After Republicans in the state legislature reduced borrowing in Gov. Scott Walker's capital budget by $250 million, Walker has started talking about how the cut will affect state building projects.

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Lawmakers are trying to find an answer to a question that's been dogging police, prosecutors and families affected by drunk driving for years.

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Milwaukee city officials are asking the state for help as they deal with a surge in gun violence.

Two groups that describe themselves as progressive are hitting back at Republicans trying to unravel the Affordable Care Act.

A new study by the social research firm Urban Institute suggests more work needs to be done to better count homeless youth.

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An overnight wind storm knocked out power to thousands of people in northeastern Wisconsin and caused an unknown amount of property damage.

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Republicans in the legislature raised two-and-a-half times the amount of campaign dollars that Democrats have in the first half of the year.

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The Department of Natural Resources has reduced some Wisconsin fish consumption warnings after the latest round of testing for chemicals including mercury and PCBs.

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Demonstrators in cities across Wisconsin gathered on highway overpasses Tuesday, holding signs calling for President Obama's impeachment.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is doing research that could help the Food and Drug Administration decide whether to ban menthol cigarettes.

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Mike Wiggins, the chairman of the Bad River Tribe, says Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) should already know what’s in the Penokee Hills iron ore body.

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It may be a few days before a decision is made on whether to penalize Bulletproof Securities for operating in Wisconsin without a license.

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., is calling on the House to act on a bill that would increase funding for dredging in Great Lakes ports.

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The Rural Health Initiative (RHI), a nonprofit program to provide basic health screenings for farm families, is expanding in central Wisconsin.

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On July 17, 2005, Aaron Woods, Ryan Lockridge, and Frank Mister were shot and killed in Racine.

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  A vigil Monday night for the victims of the 2012 Sikh temple shootings in Oak Creek also became a call for stronger gun laws.

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Later this month Wisconsin will become the first state to post online statistics about sexual assault, abuse and harassment occurring in state prisons.

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is one of 82 lawmakers asking for a reevaluation of a federal blood donation policy that excludes gay men.

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Hops, a crop that was once common in Wisconsin, is making a comeback.

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The state granted Bulletproof Securities a license to operate in the state today.

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State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, now says she thinks the Democratic Party's grassroots would like to see a primary next year.

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  All across Wisconsin, children are flocking to state and county fairs to test themselves on scary carnival rides.

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  Wisconsin's Sheboygan County is considering shifting health care costs for retired city workers to the coming federal health care exchange, now being implemented under the Affordable Care Act. 

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Wisconsin’s lone astronaut, Colonel Jeffrey Williams is going into orbit again for the fourth time.

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Jackson County is teaming up with the Ho-Chunk Nation to help keep adults and their children out of the justice system.

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The U.S. Department of Justice will start keeping track of hate crimes against Sikhs and several other religious or ethnic groups.

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Outagamie County marked the graduation of the first participant in its Mental Health Diversion Court program.

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Governor Scott Walker is asking for federal funds to reimburse communities for infrastructure repair after heavy rains in late June.

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Differing ways Wisconsin and Colorado have responded to mass shootings are being discussed at a National Governors Association meeting in Milwaukee.

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University of Wisconsin-Madison's titan arum — or “corpse plant” — is, at this writing, in full bloom, but the time to see and smell the rare, foul-smelling plant is limited.

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Some Wisconsinites crossed the border into Minnesota to get married Thursday: the first day same-sex couples could get legally married there.

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When police began mass arrests of protesters for gathering without a permit in the state Capitol last week, it marked a change in strategy for officers. In essence, they used handcuffs and $200 tickets to send a message that the Capitol's permit rules would be enforced when it came to the daily Solidarity Sing Along.

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One of only two mandatory public hearings on the proposed iron ore mine in far northern Wisconsin is set for August 15 in Hurley.

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Many of the nation's governors are in Wisconsin for a meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA).

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There was powerful testimony today at the state Capitol as lawmakers held a public hearing on three bills that increase drunk driving penalties.

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Two Sikh brothers whose father was killed in the Oak Creek temple shootings last year are expanding efforts to reduce violence in Milwaukee schools.

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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) annual fly-in is underway in Oshkosh.

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U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., and Ron Kind, D-Wisc., both voted against a student loan bill that passed the House yesterday.

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U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., says he’ll fight to stop a massive cut to a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).

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The Skyward Company of Stevens Point has announced big expansion plans, following the school software company's victory in the state legislature.

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Advocates for quiet sports and ecological restoration turned out in force Wednesday night when the Department of Natural Resources sponsored a listening session on the future uses for land surrounding the old Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Sauk County.

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Some businesses want to tweak the system Wisconsin's century-old worker's compensation system that’s often considered a national model.

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Same-sex couples can start getting married in Minnesota today.

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Forty-eight private schools have registered for the new statewide voucher program, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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A homeless prevention group in Madison has begun building tiny houses on wheels that they hope will eventually become part of a homeless village.

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Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) is a step closer to begin bulk sampling, a kind of mini-mining of the iron ore body in the Penokee Hills.

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Sawyer County officials say a dead crow tested positive for the West Nile Virus on July 17.

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More people in Wisconsin are embracing what's called “coworking,” an approach that helps people collaborate and keeps costs low.

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Researchers this week concluded a 30-year experiment on the effects of acid rain and mercury on a pristine northern Wisconsin lake. Despite their success, the scientists say it was a bittersweet experience.

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  The Department of Natural Resources will hold an open house Wednesday night on possible alternatives for thousands of acres of land at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.

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  The Iron County Board unanimously voted Tuesday night to postpone seeking criminal or civil charges against the Lac Courte Oreilles Harvest Camp in the Penokees. 

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Citizens in Crawford County want the state to reconsider a permit allowing a frac sand mine to discharge stormwater into the Wisconsin River.

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Emails show Governor Scott Walker's gubernatorial campaign was telling his Milwaukee County staff how to respond to a tragic parking garage collapse.

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University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is stepping down from his position.

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The Iron County Board decides tonight if it will evict the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Harvest Camp from its site in the Penokee Hills.

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Governor Scott Walker says he was justified in taking his time to release documents about an accident from when he was Milwaukee County executive.

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Wisconsin counties are asking the state’s Department of Health Services to take additional federal Medicaid dollars and let counties spend them.

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Governor Scott Walker says people should get a permit if they want to sing or rally at the State Capitol.

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Researchers have wrapped up a 30-year study of the effects of air and water pollution on Little Rock Lake, north of Minocqua. 

The Bad River Band of Ojibwe says it will start a camp of its own also in the Penokee Hills.

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Governor Scott Walker says some state lawmakers want to expand the collective bargaining crackdown to police officers and firefighters.

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Recent surveys of hunters in Wisconsin show a shift in public opinion about baiting and feeding deer during hunting seasons.

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Despite dueling singalongs at the state Capitol today, there were few confrontations and no arrests.

Ten children in Wisconsin have been rescued from child sex trafficking operations in a joint sweep by federal and state law enforcement agencies.

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The city of Milwaukee will pay bonuses to employees who don’t use a state budget provision that allows the workers to move out of the city.

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A group of middle and high school students from China are touring southern Wisconsin this week as part of a cultural exchange program aimed at protecting water resources.

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The Iron County Board decides tomorrow whether to press civil and criminal charges against the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) Harvest Camp.

About a third of Wisconsin motorists are getting a driver's license with additional security features required under REAL ID.

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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is hosting its annual fly-in this week.