Wisconsin News

Ministry Health Care says it is eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce due to declining business and a reduction in Medicare payments because of federal budget cuts forced by the so-called sequestration.

MADISON Deadbeat parents in Wisconsin could soon be under more pressure to pay what they owe for child support.

EF5 tornadoes like the one that devastated Oklahoma this week are rare in Wisconsin.

Advocates and opponents of common core standards for teaching math and English in Wisconsin were gathering for a joint hearing before the Legislature's education committees.

It's part of a series of initiatives by the Department of Transportation to improve safety on Wisconsin roadways.

Among the country's largest metropolitan districts, Milwaukee Public Schools maintained its status as fourth-highest in per-pupil spending in 2011, while Wisconsin also ranked in the top third of states that spent the most per student that year.

The Legislature's budget committee has approved creating a high-deductible health insurance plan with health savings accounts for government workers in Wisconsin.

We are just a few days away from Memorial Day Weekend. It's the unofficial kickoff to Summer and that means many of you will be hitting the highway and heading north for the weekend.

State Senator Mary Lazich represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth.

The state Government Accountability Board recommended Tuesday that all overseas voters receive Wisconsin ballots electronically not just military personnel and permanent foreign residents.

Do you have too many places to go to get away from it all? The tea party Republicans who run the Wisconsin legislature think so.

An American Red Cross official in Wisconsin says they are preparing to send helping hands to the community decimated by a tornado Monday.

The state Department of Natural Resources is planning to waive fishing, hiking and all-terrain vehicle fees for the first weekend in June.

If the weather permits Tuesday, planes will begin spraying for invasive gypsy moths in Wisconsin.

Land conservationists are crying foul over a legislative move in Madison to cut money for a state program to buy up more land.

Some campaign promises build in a bit of wiggle room. The one made by candidate for governor Scott Walker to "Strip policy and pork projects from the state budget" did not.

More people who get arrested or crash their cars in Wisconsin are having a tougher time getting the full paperwork from police.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... FALL RIVER AND COLUMBUS AROUND 135 AM CDT.

Social media and social commerce have brought about a whole new way of finding discounts and coupons for a multitude of activities and experiences.

As thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates received diplomas over the weekend, economists said their job prospects were improved yet still uncertain.