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A judge has rejected a man's bid for a new trial in a Wisconsin killing featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer."

State election officials fear local clerks are vulnerable to cyberattacks because they're using outdated operating systems that aren't receiving security improvements.

A flight attendant on a Chicago-to-South Bend flight has been charged with public intoxication.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says doctors in Wisconsin have confirmed new cases of lung disease tied to vaping.

Wisconsin prison officials say they illegally released information that could reveal whether inmates are in substance-abuse treatment.

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A paralyzed Democratic Wisconsin lawmaker is asking all of his colleagues to sign onto a letter seeking accommodations from the Republican speaker of the state Assembly.

Tagged with: Americans with Disabilities Act Robin Vos

Authorities say one person was killed and three others were hurt in a high-speed, hit-and-run crash caused by a drunken driver in Madison.

A man charged with tampering with a vehicle used by two Wisconsin brothers who are missing and presumed dead in Missouri was involved with another farmer in a business arrangement that concerned calves owned by the brothers, according to people involved in the deal.

Democratic lawmakers are introducing bills that would eliminate the statute of limitations on lawsuits over the sexual assault of children and force clergy members to report allegations of sexual assault they learn about during confidential conversations.

A woman whose dog died in a hot car at Lambeau Field is facing a felony charge.

A Wisconsin prosecutor's decision to strike the only two black people from a jury pool in a drug case involving a black defendant wasn't racially motivated, since the potential jurors had said they had had bad experiences with the police, a divided state appellate court ruled on Wednesday.

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The house where Jayme Closs was kidnapped and her parents were fatally shot has been torn down in northwestern Wisconsin.

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A conservative think tank has filed a federal lawsuit against Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, alleging that he violated the First Amendment rights of staff members who were denied access to a press briefing and kept off an advisory list sent to other reporters.

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The former Wisconsin Badgers football player Quintez Cephus has filed a petition to be readmitted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison after he was found not guilty of sexually assaulting two female students.

Gov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders who have shown little interest in a pair of gun control measures touted by the governor are planning to meet next week to discuss the proposals, Evers' spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Tagged with: guns Robin Vos Scott Fitzgerald Second Amendment

The ABA Center for Innovation has released an interactive online catalog of state regulatory innovations that relate to access to justice issues and delivery of legal services.

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The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate isn't saying whether he will consider gun control measures that Gov. Tony Evers is calling on the Legislature to take up in the wake of recent mass shootings.

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An Onalaska man has been charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle for a crash that killed two people in Sauk County last October.

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Lobbyists spent nearly $18 million to influence the Wisconsin Legislature and state agencies during the first budget season under Gov. Tony Evers, according to preliminary figures.

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A Wisconsin man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Missouri woman who's been missing for 13 years.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to take action on bills that would limit access to guns, which he said would make the state safer following a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead.

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The wife of one of two Wisconsin brothers who went missing in Missouri and are presumed dead says their disappearance is horrific.

The maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a state ruling against the company.

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In late December 2017, Lisa Kum received a call from her husband, Sothy. Sothy told Lisa to pick him up in Chicago because he was about to be released after three months of detention by immigration authorities on a marijuana-related charge.

A Stevens Point man is under arrest for illegally possessing an assault rifle following a police investigation into threats to law enforcement officers.

Three health clinics in western Wisconsin will become Planned Parenthood sites Aug. 19 as a result of a merger.

A Minnesota woman has been sentenced to 7½ years in prison for driving drunk and causing a fatal crash in northeastern Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Republican state lawmakers sued the Democratic attorney general Thursday, arguing that he's not complying with laws passed during a lame-duck legislative session in December that limited his and the incoming governor's powers shortly before they took office.

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The mother of a Missouri farmer charged with tampering with a truck used by two missing Wisconsin brothers said they came to the farm to look at cattle but said she can't see her son being involved in their deaths.

A coroner in eastern Wisconsin accused of sexually harassing various women, leaving the state for months while still collecting paychecks and retaliating against whistleblowers should make the appropriate decision and step down, officials said.