Wisconsin News

Wisconsin's deer meat donation program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under the state Department of Natural Resources' Venison Donation Program, hunters drop off deer at participating meat processors.

A Wisconsin soldier injured in the Fort Hood shootings is home for the holidays, making Thanksgiving all the more special for his family.

Gov. Jim Doyle has issued an executive order giving farmers another month to transport heavy harvest loads.

For most, the holidays are a time for family togetherness, a time when physical and emotional distance can quickly be bridged with nothing but a car ride and a kind word.

Critics are blasting the appointment of Ken Black as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, saying he was involved in many of the agency's recent missteps.

MADISON -- Wisconsin's wet autumn has led Gov. Jim Doyle to issue an executive order allowing farmers to haul overweight loads on most roads to get their crops to storage or processing.

Two Minnesota residents have been killed and four others injured in a two-vehicle crash in southern Wisconsin.

Some Wisconsinites are opting to save money by staying home this Thanksgiving. According to AAA, travel dropped 25 percent between 2007 and 2008 nationwide, and this year it predicts that will only increase about 1.4 percent.

A big-game biologist says snowier weather heading for Wisconsin over Thanksgiving likely won't affect the outcome of the deer gun season.

State regulators have approved higher electric and natural gas rates for Wisconsin Power & Light customers.

He is one of two Democrats aiming to replace Jim Doyle as Wisconsin's governor. Doyle is not running for a third term.

Think the waiting time at the doctor's office is long now? Give it 15 years. It may - or may not - be worse, depending on what Wisconsin communities do now, local officials say.

A financial dispute between Oprah Winfrey's mother and a high-end fashion store in Wisconsin has been settled.Details of the agreement between Vernita Lee of Milwaukee and the Brookfield store, Valentina, have not been released.But Valentina co-owner Tony Chirchirillo says the store will receive some of the $155,000 he said it was owed.Valentina ...

A Wisconsin man transformed his apartment into a pornographic shrine to young girls, arranging mannequins in a sex act, plastering the walls with photos and setting up a bed covered with stuffed animals, investigators said Monday.

Julio De Arteaga built his career brick by brick. Now, 20 years since he formed his namesake firm as a masonry contractor, De Arteaga, of Greenville, has grown his team to 65 people.

A Wisconsin woman is among 32 men and women from across the U.S. selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.

Wisconsin health officials have expanded the group that can receive vaccination for swine flu to include all school-aged children and young adults up to age 24.

Tax reciprocity with Wisconsin, which has been eliminated to help with Minnesota's budget deficit, may be back in play.

A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.