WADSWORTH, Ill. (AP) -- A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was...

Posted: July 4, 2009 11:48 a.m. A 28-year-old Illinois woman died and a 39-year-old Wisconsin man was injured in what appeared to be a drunken-driving crash in Kenosha County early Saturday, the...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A design featuring two silhouetted children splashing on a swimming beach is the winner of 2010 Wisconsin State Park admission sticker contest. The Department of Natural...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side. There...

Posted: July 4, 2009 10:58 a.m. Wadsworth, Ill. — A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was...

NEW YORK (AP) - The first visitors to Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years have made the arduous climb - and one couple marked the occasion by getting engaged. Twenty-6-year-old Aaron...

OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has injured several people. Hyde County spokeswoman Jamie Tunnel says she isn't sure...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated. The retired general and former Secretary of State said he was in Vietnam,...

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement that she's stepping down has taken her party, advisers and even her own spokesman by surprise. Palin scraped together a news conference...

WADSWORTH, ILLINOIS - A woman and child were killed and five other people were injured in a wrong way crash on I-94. It happened late Friday night just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border. ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police are calling it "an ongoing investigation." That comes after a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that the drug Diprivan was...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is blending his domestic efforts with the July Fourth holiday in his weekly address. Obama says the "unyielding spirit" that's been present throughout our...

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - It will likely be a subdued holiday in Gaffney, South Carolina, where police say a serial killer is on the loose. In the past several days, five people have been gunned down in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With a fireworks show and a picnic at the White House, President Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day. Saturday is also his daughter Malia's 11th birthday....

Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 11:30 a.m. with Brewers Extra Innings after the game on Newsradio 620 WTMJ and coverage on Live at 10 on TODAY'S TMJ4...

Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker John Gard and his wife have purchased a lobbying company. Gard and his wife, Cate Zeuske, say they bought Wisconsin Independent Businesses Inc. from founders Tom and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Reigning champ Joey Chestnut takes on 6-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi (tah-KEHR'-roo koh-by-YAH'-shee) in Coney Island's annual hot-dog eating contest. Last year's event ended in...

NEW YORK (AP) - Some visitors to the Statue of Liberty have a special reason to appreciate Independence Day. They'll have the freedom to go where no one's been for almost eight years - Lady...

NEW YORK (AP) - In a special naturalization ceremony at the Statue of Liberty today, seven members of the U.S. armed forces become citizens of the United States. The seven join more than 47,000...

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin drivers are some of the worst in the nation when it comes to buckling up. In fact, about 25 percent of Wisconsin drivers admit they don't strap in. That prompted state...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - At the current rate, only one in 30 of the people who've registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will get them. And those odds are likely to widen before...

The Country Bliss subdivision in the Town of Mukwonago has faced flooding problems for more than a year. Residents say six a number of homes run pumps constantly to remove water from...

in the city of Milwaukee by location, age, race, gender and date. Thirty-nine homicides occurred in Milwaukee during the first six months of this year, six more than during the first...

Posted: July 4, 2009 Town of Ashford — July 11 bar fund-raiser for a former Campbellsport resident accused of causing the death of a 31-year-old Milwaukee woman in a drunken driving motorcycle...

Posted: July 3, 2009 11:30 p.m. Oshkosh — A man crossing the highway was hit and killed in one of two accidents on northbound U.S. Highway 41 in Oshkosh within less than an hour Friday...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - A man crossing the highway was hit and killed in 1 of 2 accidents on northbound U.S. Highway 41 in Oshkosh within less than an hour Friday afternoon. The Wisconsin State Patrol...

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - What's up with Sarah Palin? Her surprise announcement Friday that she's resigning as governor of Alaska did not fully explain her reasoning, leading to all kinds of...

GENEVA, Ill. (AP) -- Aramis Ramirez had a double in three plate appearances in his first rehabilitation game since going on the disable list May 9 with a dislocated left...

MONROE, Mich. (AP) - The Coast Guard says four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat capsized in western Lake Erie have been rescued. A Coast Guard spokesman says the men were spotted clinging to...

DETROIT (AP) - A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Detroit's mayor is firing the city's police chief. The person says Mayor Dave Bing has told Police Chief James...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly available documents show that a civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits in the 1980s that sought to scrap...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin agency that runs state elections has launched a new logo, and some are saying it resembles the classic symbol for anarchy. The logo for the state Government...

KENOSHA - A convicted killer is on the loose and Kenosha investigators need help finding him. Eric Adams, 29, busted out of the Kenosha Correctional Center Friday. A corrections spokesperson said he...

Posted: July 3, 2009 10:04 p.m. Silver Lake — Flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu, have forced the temporary shutdown of a summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern...

Posted: July 3, 2009 9:44 p.m. Five people were hurt in Dane County, one critically, in one of two traffic pile-ups Friday that snarled traffic on two major roadways, authorities said. The...

Saturday afternoon and evening, downtown Green Bay will be packed with people celebrating Independence Day. The Fourth of July festivities really get underway around 1 P.M. Something new this year is...

People attending the fireworks in Green Bay Saturday night are being asked to make a donation to the local food pantry. A Green Bay family started Ben's Wish to remember their young son's...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Revenue officials say Wisconsin's economy is showing signs of a rebound, but the recovery in employment and personal income isn't expected to start until 2010. The quarterly...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state agency has tentatively approved a University of Wisconsin System plan that would give campuses flexibility in implementing a mandatory furlough order. Gov. Jim Doyle had...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Tuition at the 4-year schools in the University of Wisconsin System is set to rise about 5.5% for the upcoming academic year. UW System spokesman David Giroux (zhuh-ROH') said...

SILVER LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin has shut down temporarily because of flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu. Camp Wonderland...

A 40-year-old man has died after being hit on Highway 41 in Winnebago County. The Wisconsin State Patrol says the man was trying to cross the highway when a vehicle hit him near Highway 21 just...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin State Patrol says a Greyhound bus with 80 passengers left Interstate 39-90-94 northeast of Madison and plowed through a fence Friday afternoon. According to the...

Posted: July 3, 2009 8:00 p.m. Here's a partial list of civic Fourth of July celebrations around the area. All times are for Saturday. For more, go...

A Milwaukee man serving time for felony murder fled from a minimum security facility in Kenosha County on Friday after corrections officers discovered him with a cell phone. Eric Adams, 29, ran from...

Because of Fire Over the Fox festivities in Green Bay, boaters will face restrictions at the lift bridges along the Fox River downtown Saturday. The Mason and Walnut street bridges will open for...

MEQUON - Friends and family members of Yevgeniy Zlotin gathered for funeral services and a memorial luncheon Friday afternoon. Zlotin was killed outside of a Milwaukee nightclub on Tuesday. Family...

Posted: July 3, 2009 7:00 p.m. Another motorcyclist was injured Friday in when the cycle she was riding struck a car in Winnebago County. The crash, reported shortly after 2 p.m. on northbound...

/PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Hupy & Abraham, S.C. is continuing its motorcycle safety awareness campaign with an important reminder for all motorists to share the road during the upcoming 4th...

The landscape of downtown Whitefish Bay is changing. After almost a year, a construction project is complete. The opening couldn't come soon enough for businesses who have struggled the last...