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WAUKESHA -- Two days after his bristling debate with Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump brings his White House campaign to Wisconsin. He's scheduled to appear at a 6 p.m. rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha -- after both he and Clinton proclaimed victory in...

MADISON -- It will soon be against the law in Wisconsin to talk on a hand-held cellphone while driving through a construction zone. Starting Saturday, those who don't stop chatting when passing orange barrels and highway workers can be given a $40 ticket. The only exception is for...

Despite more crashes, few seek return to 65 on interstate Despite an increase in crashes, it's not likely you'll hear much of an outcry to return to the 65 mph speed limit on Wisconsin's rural Interstates. Accidents, deaths, and injuries are all up by double digit percentages on...

There were two blowouts and two nail-biters among the Middle Border Conference football games on Friday night. New Richmond won easily, posting a 34-0 win at winless Prescott. Osceola delivered Amery's first MBC loss of the season. Osceola crushed Amery 47-8. Somerset was able to...

Two flooding-related deaths reported VIROQUA -- A second person has died from the heavy floods in the southwest two thirds of Wisconsin. Vernon County sheriff's deputies say 79-year-old Joseph Menne of rural Viroqua was pulling a trailer with his pickup truck, and got stuck in 6...

The St. Croix Valley Orchestra is a place where musicians from the upper St. Croix Valley enjoy playing together and performing. Musicians from Cambridge to Forest Lake in Minnesota and from New Richmond to Grantsburg in Wisconsin rehearse on Monday nights in St. Croix Falls and perform...