western Wisconsin

The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for both Pepin and Buffalo counties effective until Tuesday evening. The Chippewa River is rising again due to recent heavy rains. Light flooding is expected in Durand and other communities along the Chippewa River. The...

CHICAGO - A federal appeals court struck down same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana this afternoon. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago called the 2006 ban unconstitutional -- and a three-judge panel scolded officials in both states for the reasons they gave...

MILWAUKEE - President Obama brings his worst approval ratings to Wisconsin in more than two years during today’s visit. His appearance at Laborfest in Milwaukee is an official visit and not a campaign trip. He won’t be joined by Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor...

MEDFORD - Taylor County authorities have arrested a 19-year-old suspect in a shooting which interrupted a high school football game at Medford Saturday night. Chippewa Falls and Medford were playing a makeup game when the action was stopped. Players and fans were taken to a nearby...

The last of Wisconsin's summer holiday weekends is underway. The AAA Club says almost three-quarter million state residents are hitting the road for Labor Day -- and that doesn't count the out-of-state visitors coming in. The state DOT says the heaviest traffic will be from...

MILWAUKEE - The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog said former Milwaukee FBI office director Teresa Carlson used "extremely poor judgment" by influencing an employee's testimony in a disability trial. The inspector general released its report on the matter yesterday,...

CHICAGO - State attorneys from Wisconsin and Indiana will tell a federal appeals court today why their states' bans on same-sex marriages should be upheld. The Seventh Circuit appellate court in Chicago will hear arguments this morning. Federal district judges recently threw...

WASHINGTON D.C. - President Obama said today the entire world is appalled by the terrorist execution of Marquette University graduate and freelance journalist James Foley. The president calls the beheading of the 40-year-old Foley "an act of violence that shocks the conscience of...

LA CROSSE - A proposed new electric transmission line between Madison and La Crosse would cost $540-to-$580 million. That's according to a draft environmental assessment released today. It was among 17 projects endorsed in 2011 by the Midwest's regional transmission regulator,...

MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee man charged with threatening one of Governor Scott Walker's sons could find out next week when his trial date will be. Thirty-one Robert Peffer has pleaded innocent to four misdemeanor counts of making threats on a computer. Authorities said Walker's son...

PLOVER - The Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation is handling the case of an officer-involved shooting in Plover Friday night. The incident happened during a traffic stop on Highway 54 when a 33-year-old Manawa man was pulled over for erratic driving. He was shot several...

EAU CLAIRE - A 17-year-old Eau Claire boy was fighting for his life at last word, after he fell off the hood of a mini-van and was run over. It happened around seven last night in the parking lot at Eau Claire Memorial High School. Police said the teen was apparently riding...

HUDSON - A 17-year-old girl and her nine-month-old daughter from Minnesota have been found safe at Hudson in western Wisconsin -- and the teen's father is under arrest. Police in Brooklyn Center, near Minneapolis, said the girl and her baby were missing from foster care last...

LAKE DELTON - Lake Delton police report 13 people were injured Saturday when a Wisconsin Dells Duck land-and-water vehicle collided with a pickup truck. The accident happened on County Highway-A shortly before 2:30 p-m. Two dozen passengers were on the Duck and two were in the...