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When Dennis Sorenson first started with the Pierce County Sheriff's Department over 25 years ago, identity theft was a crime that hardly existed. Today, he wishes that was the case. "We've seen a big progression of those within the last five years," said Sorenson, now a lieutenant...

Gov. Jim Doyle's decision not to put funding in the next state budget for the Real ID driver's license has touched yet another nerve. That's because a $10 increase in the license fee for the program will keep being collected. Real ID is the federal mandate to create more secure...

About 11 percent of Wisconsin's voters last month had names or ID numbers that did not match the state's computerized voter list.

Those enrolled in the state's SeniorCare prescription drug program will get new ID cards soon. Health services secretary Karen Timberlake says members should destroy their old cards as soon as they get their new ones so their privacy is maintained. The fronts of the new cards have...

A La Crosse man lost his driver's license a year ago. Now, he knows one place where it's been. Authorities in Detroit Lakes, Minn., found Andrew Loomis's license at a campsite at the 10,000 Lakes music festival last weekend. It was found right next to where Ashley McCoy, 17, of West...

The state Wisconsin Department of Transportation will only get half of what it wants to start issuing the federally-mandated Real ID drivers' licenses. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted 14-2 Tuesday to give the agency $11 million.

State officials will find out next week what the federal Real ID law will mean for Wisconsinites and how much it will cost the state. The law requires more secure driver's licenses with more information encrypted. And folks will have to prove their U.S. residency to get them. Starting...