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MADISON -- Childless adults would pay more for Medicaid, take drug tests and have their coverage limited to four years in a request the state will soon make to the Trump administration. State Medicaid director Michael Heifetz tells the Wisconsin State Journal the feds will soon be...

The third year of Obamacare began in earnest Monday, as more than 200,000 Wisconsin residents start signing up for next year's coverage in the federal purchasing exchange. The open enrollment period officially began Sunday at www.healthcare.gov. Sixteen private health insurers...

MADISON -- The proposed mergers of four state agencies into two would take effect in 2016, if lawmakers approve. Also, Gov.

MADISON -- Today's Wisconsin high school students smoke less, drink less, and have less sex than teens did 20 years ago, according to the new Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the state Department of Public Instruction. One of every three high school youngsters surveyed in 2013 said...

MARINETTE -- Ten people were rescued in northeast Wisconsin last night, after four small fishing boats got stranded in the rising Menominee River at Marinette. Three children and two dogs were among those pulled in. None were hurt. Rescuers were called about 6:30 p-m. Marinette fire...

North Hudson Elementary PTO is hosting its Kids' Karnival, Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at North Hudson Elementary School, 510 Lemon St. N. This family event will include over a dozen games, prizes, food, bouncy houses, hair extensions and coloring, face painting,...

MADISON -- Chronic wasting disease continues to get more prevalent in southern Wisconsin's deer population. The DNR said Tuesday that almost one of every four adult male deer in Iowa County and western Dane County are thought to have the fatal brain disorder. The 25 percent prevalence...

SUPERIOR -- A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted an Eau Claire pediatrician of 14 sexual assault-related felonies but failed to agree on two other charges. The partial verdict came after more than 21 hours of deliberation over three days. Jurors unanimously agreed to verdicts...

MADISON -- A Wisconsin Senate committee will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a bill that would not punish underage drinkers if they seek help for their intoxicated friends. The bill ran into opposition at an earlier Assembly hearing, when police officials expressed concerns about...

The Polk County Sheriff's Department is seeking help from the public, hoping that someone can provide information to help find the driver responsible for the deaths of two men, struck and killed on CTH E near Big Round Lake, southwest of Cumberland on Saturday night. Authorities...

MADISON -- After a national search, the University of Wisconsin System found its new president in its back yard. Ray Cross -- who's been the chancellor of the UW Extension and two-year colleges since 2011 -- was named Thursday to replace Kevin Reilly. It's the third straight time...