A Columbus nursing home employee is accused of abusing residents, including placing a pillow over the face of a resident with severe dementia.

A jury from Jefferson County would hear the possible trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in Columbus 30 years ago.

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University of Wisconsin Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis Jr. is announcing he will step down in September 2011 and return to the faculty.

This summer's warm, wet weather, a migration of bugs from up north and generally better reporting methods have led to a surge in Lyme disease across central Wisconsin.

Wisconsin lawmakers have allowed sweeping phosphorus regulations to take effect.