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WAUKESHA -- Two days after his bristling debate with Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump brings his White House campaign to Wisconsin. He's scheduled to appear at a 6 p.m. rally at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha -- after both he and Clinton proclaimed victory in...

MADISON -- It will soon be against the law in Wisconsin to talk on a hand-held cellphone while driving through a construction zone. Starting Saturday, those who don't stop chatting when passing orange barrels and highway workers can be given a $40 ticket. The only exception is for...

WESTERN WISCONSIN -- For farmers wondering what to do with used bale wrap, ag/grain bags, bunker covers, oxygen barrier films, used irrigation tape and tubing, greenhouse or hoophouse coverings, fumigation and other cover films, there is a solution. Revolution Plastics will collect...

ELLSWORTH -- A 56-year-old Ellsworth man, Joseph Sweeney Parkes, was questioned on suspicions of negligent handling of a weapon after an incident Aug. 21. Parkes admitted that his Remington 700 .223 caliber rifle discharged in his apartment in the 200 block of North Grant Street in...

Despite an increase in crashes, it's not likely you'll hear much of an outcry to return to the 65 mph speed limit on Wisconsin's rural Interstates. Accidents, deaths, and injuries are all up by double digit percentages on Wisconsin's interstate freeways during the first year the...