A 14-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison with a chance at parole at age 50 in the hatchet killing of his great grandmother in Sheboygan Falls.
Gov. Scott Walker says he believes there would be significant bipartisan support in the Legislature to create a mandatory minimum sentence for those who illegally possess a gun.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's ranking as the nation's eighth best party school is being met not with a toast but a sigh by those who work to curb underage drinking.
Hundreds of people gathered are marking the one-year anniversary of a shooting rampage at a Wisconsin Sikh temple with a candlelight vigil in the very parking lot where two of the six victims died.
The Justice Department will begin keeping numbers on hate crimes committed against Sikhs and six other groups, in connection with Monday's one-year anniversary of the killing of six Sikh worshippers in Oak Creek, Wis.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan laid out his proposals to achieve a consensus in Congress and push through immigration law reform during a Racine town hall meeting.
A 76-year-old Milwaukee man who shot and killed his teen neighbor after accusing the boy of burglary has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels says his attempt to keep liberal historian Howard Zinn's work out of teacher preparation courses was designed to ensure Indiana's K-12 students wouldn't read it.
Police say a body found inside a car in a retention pond in a city west of Indianapolis fits the description of a 27-year-old man who has been missing for two years.
A court-appointed doctor says a Milwaukee man who shot and killed his teenage neighbor last year over a suspected burglary didn't show signs of delusional behavior.
Court records show the head of the Milwaukee FBI has been reassigned and is under investigation for trying to influence a subordinate's testimony in a lawsuit against the agency.