A woman found dead in a ditch along a rural road in Dodge County died of an apparent suicide, according to authorities.

State election officials have ordered a recount in a south-central Wisconsin Assembly race.

A decline in orders has led Wausau Paper to cut back its production and lay off about 15 employees at three plants, a company official said Thursday.

This Saturday, as hunters seek white-tailed deer in Wisconsin's forested areas, a research team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist Susan Paskewitz will be conducting a hunt of its own.

The head of the Wisconsin firefighters union resigned Tuesday over a racist comment he made the day after Barack Obama became the first African-American elected president.

With two days to go before Wisconsin's tradition-steeped deer hunt begins, the state says license sales are on track to equal what were sold a year ago despite the sour economy.