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Contreras delivered his first career walk-off homer as the major league-leading Brewers overcame a pair of solo home runs from Willy Adames in his return to Milwaukee.

The Panthers overcame a disastrous opening drive and rode a 28-point run to rally past the Vikings in the latest edition of the I-138 rivalry.

Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to withhold federal funds from such jurisdictions.

GPA-based rankings determine who gets guaranteed admission to Universities of Wisconsin schools.

PORTAGE — The Portage police officer facing child abuse charges stemming from an incident with his 6-month-old son last weekend no longer works for the department.

NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied to its best day in months Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve hinted that cuts to interest rates may be on the way, along with the boost they can give the economy…

With Wisconsin cases now sitting at 14, health officials urge people to check their vaccination records and confirm they are adequately protected from the disease.

The FBI searched the Maryland home and Washington office of former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton on Friday as part of a criminal investigation.

Rock County fire victim identified

BERLIN — Berlin’s newest panda twins celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots.

“It’s all lies,” Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan told officers. She later said, “I didn’t do anything that they’re saying.”

The same vehicle was involved in two separate pursuits in other Dane County communities prior to this incident.

The Big Ten released the schedule for the 2025-26 men's hockey season, and it set up something that hasn't happened in 17 years.

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police operations center in one of Washington, D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods. As the cameras rolled, he offered…

The Brewers will spend this weekend honoring Uecker, who died Jan. 16 at 90 after fighting small cell lung cancer, broadcast Brewers games for 54 years.

Fire crews were sent to the home in the 1900 block of Rockport Road about 8:10 p.m. after the fire was reported, the Janesville Fire Department said.

This incident remains under investigation by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office and the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department.