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ABOVE PHOTO: Award recipients Jamie Arenz (left) and Mai Khou Xiong (right) at the Universities of Wisconsin reception in

 State Sen. Jeff Smith and State Rep. Jodi Emerson, along with Chippewa Valley advocates, will speak at the Chippewa

A Chetek woman has agreed to plead guilty in an Eau Claire County murder case from last year. Vanessa

Jessy Kurczewski is heading to prison. A jury in Waukesha County yesterday found her guilty of poisoning her friend

Chippewa County’s DA says he doesn’t have enough facts to make a decision about possible charges for the county’s

The Brewers are staying in Milwaukee, and taxpayers are going to pay to fix their ballpark. Lawmakers yesterday approved

The new overhaul of Wisconsin’s liquor laws will change the “happily ever after” for some wedding barns. The legislature

Despite test scores that show 60 percent of kids in Wisconsin schools cannot read or do math at grade

Wisconsin is a step closer to having a new baby box law.  The State Assembly yesterday unanimously approved a

Inmates at two of Wisconsin’s prisons will be getting out of their cells more, and some may be going