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U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., was shocked to learn that former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was granted $220 million for an ad campaign featuring Noem and her horse to promote and justify the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency…

Jean Huston Robertson passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, at the age of 88, surrounded by her loving and devoted family.

August 7, 1933 - March 9, 2026

ARLINGTON - Mary Louise Falk, age 88, of Arlington, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at Columbia County Health Care Center in Wyocena.

Adebayo scored 21 points in the game following his 83-point performance to help Miami to a season-best seventh consecutive victory while Milwaukee has now dropped seven of its last eight.

The Badgers played like they had room for error up big against Washington, and nearly ran out of it.

Detainees at risk as collateral damage

Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The election is April 7.

4 arrested; guns, drugs recovered

The Badgers survived a comeback bid by the Huskies on Thursday, advancing to face Illinois in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Here's what stood out.

Wisconsin recorded the second-largest drop in opioid deaths nationwide in 2024, a report from health care research nonprofit KFF found, and Dane County also saw a drop in overdose deaths.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's secretive new supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It…

A letter from the Big Ten to the NCAA asking to quickly change rules regarding tampering while Wisconsin sues Miami for tampering seemed odd. Here's the key difference.

AccuWeather predicts 6 to 10 inches for Madison and 10 to 20 inches for a segment of central Wisconsin that includes Wisconsin Dells and Stevens Point.

Jaster said he would not have done anything with the sensitive information, but when asked if he’d shared the information with anyone, he again invoked his Fifth Amendment right.

The four candidates running for two Madison School Board seats discussed their priorities for the district’s budget, cell phone policy, collective bargaining and other topics at a Wednesday forum.

The city will hold a public forum with all three candidates at 7:15 p.m. on Monday, March 16.

No injuries were reported in the incident that began around 5:30 a.m. when police were called to a crash on the highway between Bristol and Main streets, according to Sun Prairie police.

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A former correctional officer accused of not providing food or medications to a prisoner for multiple days before his death at Waupun Correctional Institution was convicted of three misdemeanors.