Wisconsin Rep. Van Orden: BNSF touted rail safety days before train derailment
U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who represents that area of Wisconsin -- says he was in talks with the rail company before the crash because of safety concerns.
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U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, who represents that area of Wisconsin -- says he was in talks with the rail company before the crash because of safety concerns.
A woman was convicted Thursday in a drunken wrong-way crash in Wisconsin that killed a Minnesota musician last fall.
The 78-year-old man crashed into the back of the semi before hitting a light pole and landing in the front yard of a home nearby.
One of the victims had been facing charges from the Burnett County District Attorney's Office at the time of the recording.
A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said.
A Missouri man already serving life in prison for killing two brothers from Wisconsin over a cattle contract has been sentenced to 32 additional years for a related federal crime.
Aaron Rodgers has officially bid farewell to Green Bay and greeted Gang Green.
A judge has dropped a felony charge against the former chairperson of the Wisconsin Parole Commission.
The leader of the Wisconsin Senate says that Republicans who control the Legislature remain supportive of cutting income taxes for all income earners, even if there is not enough support for his plan that would phase in a flat tax rate.
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is renewing his call for a statewide vote in Wisconsin on abortion rights, but has declined to say how he would vote on such a measure.
People in Wisconsin would receive fewer unemployment benefits and face stricter requirements to get them under eight bills scheduled for a vote in the Republican-controlled Assembly.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections says Kim Potter requested that her sentence be commuted last year, but the state's Board of Pardons decided not to review her application.
After 18 years with the team, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is hanging up the cheese and heading to the Big Apple.
Authorities in River Falls, Wisconsin, are investigating after a woman was found shot death early Monday.
The frigid weather is forcing Minnesota's state bird to make some sudden landings in Wisconsin.
