TOWN OF FRANKLIN, Wis. — Daniel Borntreger’s home looks like hundreds of other Wisconsin farmhouses: two-story A-frame, porch, clothes on the line. But his home could cost him thousands of ...

FILE - This April 10, 2002 photo shows Amish buggies of the Swartzentrubers Amish sect parked outside the Ebensburg, Pa., courthouse. A state appeals court says members of a deeply conservative Amish ...

The Amish are often associated with peaceful simplicity, avoiding violence, and living a life closely aligned with their ...

An Amish community has won a long-running legal battle after its members refused to obey county orders to install septic tanks due to their religious objections to using the technology. Minnesota's ...

Apr. 14—There is an old Amish adage — "Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without." That sums up the mindset of many Amish people regarding frugality against lavish spending, conservation, ...

Samuel Mullet and followers found guilty of federal hate crimes. Sept. 20, 2012— -- The leader of an Amish splinter sect and his followers were found guilty today of violating federal hate crime ...

Although not as prevalent among greater population, Amish still find themselves victims of and perpetrators of crime Authorities work to build relationships within Amish communities to build trust and ...

During the past 18 months, at least 18 legal actions brought against Amish in N.Y., Wisc. Custom-built homes are allowed in Wisconsin as long as the plans meet code standards, but apparently the Amish ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don’t need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don't need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don’t need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a ...