Racine News

Wisconsin has lost its first youth to the swine flu pandemic, an event that dramatically underscored the fact that public health officials are fighting a new virus quite unlike seasonal influenza.

Milwaukee Riverside committed three errors in the first inning Tuesday to help Eau Claire North to a 7-0 lead and the Tigers never recovered, dropping an 18-2 decision in the Division 1 quarterfinals.

Wisconsin officials won't have to wait long to find out whether General Motors Corp. has decided to reopen its Janesville factory.

This no longer has anything to do with Brett Favre's arm. This is all about the contract the Vikings will or won't give him. What do you think?

State legislators on Monday called for a series of new reforms to the state's troubled child-care program, including a measure that would ban certain criminals from getting into the child-care business and collecting public funds.

If Midwest eventually replaces the last nine Boeing 717s in its own fleet with jets from Republic Airways, as Midwest's unions fear may happen this fall, Midwest could become what industry analyst Helane Becker calls the nation's first "virtual airline."

A Madison couple died and their three children were injured when their van crashed on a rural stretch of Highway 61 in Iowa hours into their vacation. Among the survivors was the 15-year-old driver, who was getting experience behind the wheel.

Starting July 1, smoking in Shorewood will be prohibited not only in restaurants, taverns and other buildings open to the public, but also in parks. That means Shorewood will get a one-year head start on the Wisconsin communities that don't have a local ban.

Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker (D-Weston) said Monday that he wants to bar oil companies from passing along a tax to consumers, despite a vote by Assembly Democrats to allow the tax to be paid at the pump.

One day after some in a crowd of 2,500 disrupted the annual Mexico Rodeo and Dance after the headline act refused to play, both sides are blaming the other in a dispute that may land in court.

Motorcycle sales could get a boost under legislation providing a $2,500 cash voucher for trading a car or truck for a new bike that gets better gas mileage.

On a night of dramatic shifts in momentum, the Brewers swung the pendulum their way at the end to roar from five runs down and out-slug the Cleveland Indians, 14-12, in a wild interleague contest at Progressive Field.

Two lanes of southbound U.S. Highway 45 have now been cleared and are open, after a semitrailer truck rolled over onto a pickup truck near W. Blue Mound this afternoon.

In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim to victory in a disputed election.

Girding for a 2010 budget shortfall of $90 million or more, a Milwaukee Common Council committee Monday backed a $9.15 snow-and-ice fee increase and a two-day unpaid furlough for thousands of city workers.

Milwaukee police continue to search for a 17-year-old boy who they believe shot and injured a 38-year-old man Sunday at the Locust Street Festival in Riverwest.