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The vehicle had been part of a carjacking in January and driven out onto the thin ice near Brittingham Park.

"A brother or sister in the Resistance needs to work on their marksmanship," said Kirk Bangstad, owner of Minocqua Brewing Company.

Attorney General Josh Kaul filed three lawsuits accusing major prediction market plays like Kalshi, Coinbase and Robinhood of skirting state laws banning sports betting.

The Downtown planning initiative got underway late last year and is expected to continue through early next year.

The assistant U.S. attorney pointed to Robert Gilkey-Meisegeier’s pattern of grooming female students and putting photos of students’ faces on nude photos of adults he found on the internet.

The six-story apartment building had been delayed over concerns about a lack of commercial space.

Wisconsin defensive coordinator Mike Tressel discussed how much a duo of young linebackers will be used, the maturation of a returning outside linebacker and his new cornerbacks.

UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Grejner-Brzezińska had served on the National Science Advisory Board since 2023.

An Eau Claire County jury awarded $5.5 million to a Menards's worker who was injured on the job at the company's distribution center.

“I have never seen anything like this,” a Shiocton-area farmer said of the sturgeon seen swimming in a flooded front yard. “It’s crazy."

The Badgers added their fifth assistant coach, one more than they had on staff last season. Here are the details.

The three-judge panel wrote that nothing in the state Constitution allows judges to order that political maps not benefit one party or the other.

“We’ll get you, bud,” one of the firefighters says to calm the child. “What’s your name, bud?”

The Trump administration is demanding the state education department return millions of dollars in misused COVID-19 relief money.

In 2025, manufacturing in Wisconsin contracted by about 8,600 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, there have not been closings of major facilities or mass layoffs.

Colón said the state and the country are at “crossroads” and that he has the experience and empathy to decide some of the state’s most “consequential” cases.

The Madison School Board launched the renaming process Monday, weeks after sexual assault allegations against the school’s namesake, Cesar Chavez, were revealed.