WATERLOO (AP) - Waterloo has named a 46-year-old former Marine from Wisconsin as the city’s new police chief. Daniel Trelka currently is police chief in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. He was appointed to the position by Waterloo Mayor Buck Clark over four other read more..

The U.S. Army says a soldier who returned to a hero’s welcome in Wisconsin misrepresented his rank, badges and the origin of his injuries. About 60 veterans and well-wishers greeted Spc. Jordan Olson with American flags and balloons at the Outagamie read more..

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin research assistants could be the first public employees in Wisconsin to form unions without an election. The Democratic-controlled Legislature last year granted research assistants collective bargaining rights for the first time. But unlike other public read more..

MADISON, Wis.—Free help is available across Wisconsin for low-income taxpayers and others needing assistance filling out their tax returns. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance sites are available not only for those with low to moderate income, but read more..

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of a Milwaukee attorney who served prison time for his role in a scam to defraud a home-building company. read more..

Free help is available across Wisconsin for low-income taxpayers and others needing assistance filling out their tax returns. read more..

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Associated Press - March 9, 2010 6:05 AM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Free help is available across Wisconsin for low-income taxpayers and others needing assistance filling out their tax… read more..

The U.S. Army says a soldier who returned to a hero’s welcome in Wisconsin misrepresented his rank, badges and the origin of his injuries. read more..

♦ Sign up for news, weather, Green Bay Packers and high school sports text alerts. With April 1 Census Day less than a month away, 45 percent of the job slots in Northeastern Wisconsin remain unfilled, said Marlene Weisrock, senior partnership read more..

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — A 25-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man has pleaded no contest to charges that he broke multiple bones of his 2-month-old daughter. Joshua J. Werner was found guilty Friday of child abuse and second-degree reckless injury. The Daily read more..

Seniors Tony Lucia and Mike Carman scored two goals apiece as Minnesota routed Wisconsin 6-1 Sunday in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association finale. The Golden Gophers open the WCHA playoffs on Friday at North Dakota while second-seed Wisconsin read more..

MONROE, Wis. (AP) — A 44-year-old woman suspected of drunken snowmobiling after a crash in southern Wisconsin tells Green County sheriff’s deputies the sled It happened near Highway 11 in Spring Grove. The woman and the boy were taken to a read more..

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema filled its final staff vacancy Sunday by hiring former NFL veteran Greg Jackson. Jackson will coach nickel backs and linebackers for the Badgers. He replaces Randall McCray, who left last month to become defensive read more..

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Seniors Tony Lucia and Mike Carman scored two goals apiece as Minnesota routed Wisconsin 6-1 Sunday in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association finale. The Golden Gophers open the WCHA playoffs on Friday at North Dakota while read more..

MANITOWOC, Wis. - Police say a bear bit off a woman’s fingers at a Wisconsin zoo after she ignored barriers and warning signs to try to feed the animal. The Lincoln Park Zoo in Manitowoc closed after the incident Friday morning. Police say the 47 read more..

Wisconsin’s First Lady, Jessica Doyle, paid a visit to the Menomonie Middle School and River Heights Elementary on Wednesday. At the middle school, the 30-year veteran teacher spoke about the importance of literacy, asked students about their study read more..

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) — Fifteen people have been injured in a pileup involving nearly 40 vehicles on a foggy Wisconsin highway. WLUK-TV reports that Appleton Medical Center had 14 patients in fair or good condition and one in serious condition read more..

Kristen Dexter, D-Eau Claire, said the proposal was in response to complaints she heard from dozens of small businesses who said the state was being rigid and slow in addressing regulatory reform. The Wisconsin chapter of the National Federation of read more..

The Lemke brothers played Army as children growing up in western Wisconsin, but now are facing the reality of a dangerous war in Iraq. Greg Lemke Jr., Lance Lemke and Curt Anderson are members of the 724th Engineer Battalion with its headquarters read more..

MADISON — Bay Area scored twice in the final minute of the first period and added a quick goal in the second period and lead the Central Wisconsin Storm 3-1 in a WIAA girls state hockey semifinal Friday morning at the Alliant Energy Center read more..

The Grant County Health Department in Wisconsin opening her garage door over the weekend when a raccoon came around the corner of the building and bit her in the leg. Kopp was treated at Southwest Health Center in Platteville and an animal bite read more..

MADISON, Wis., March 5 (UPI) — More than 2,300 cheeses and butters will be on hand this month for Wisconsin’s 28th biennial World Championship Cheese Contest, planners say. Jane Cisler of the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association says creative cheesemakers will compete for awards in 80 separate read more..

GREEN BAY — The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball team had a lot to celebrate on Thursday night. It hasn’t accomplished its main goal, but it inched a few steps closer to it. The Phoenix beat Youngstown State 84-45 in front of 2 read more..

Secretary Arne Duncan has made it clear: The federal government will provide significant resources to states that are serious about reform. Milwaukee needs clear, consistent, accountable leadership focused on reform.” Wisconsin’s loss, paired read more..

Iowa’s 40 points tied a season low, and the Hawkeyes shot 3- for-15 from 3-point range. Lickliter said the Hawkeyes began rushing their offensive possessions as Wisconsin built its lead, playing right into the Badgers’ hands. “Coach said, ‘There’s no read more..

Associated Press - March 4, 2010 9:55 PM ET MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that will make it easier for poor people to be represented by public… read more..

Wisconsin’s application for federal education grant money falls flat. As the funding goes to other states, the blame game has started. Governor Doyle is focusing on the MPS School Board. School board members say they’re not the problem, but the governor says the board is “desperately clinging on to the status quo”. read more..

Wisconsin will not get any money in the first round of the federal Race to the Top competition, a missed opportunity Gov. Jim Doyle blamed on an entrenched Milwaukee School Board and reform-averse lawmakers. read more..

Wisconsin’s failure to make it past the first cut in the competition for $4.35 billion to improve the nation’s public schools launched a volley of finger-pointing Thursday between the governor, legislators and other interest groups. Gov. Jim Doyle criticized the state Legislature for not acting on reform measures the governor wanted in the state’s Race to the Top application: allowing mayoral … read more..

The Wisconsin Assembly is expected to vote Thursday on a plan to make permanent a 55 mile-per-hour speed limit on snowmobiles after dark. read more..

You might not know from all the breathless stories about biomass, wind power or solar energy, but Wisconsin is burning coal like there is no tomorrow. read more..

BLAIR, Wis. — Trempealeau County authorities are investigating the discovery of a body in a burning truck near the western Wisconsin town of Blair. read more..

Associated Press - March 3, 2010 8:35 PM ET BLAIR, Wis. (AP) - Trempealeau County authorities are investigating the discovery of a body in a burning truck near the western Wisconsin town of… read more..