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Thomas Gibson will succeed Mark Mone, who has served as UW-Milwaukee's chancellor since 2014.

In a case that could have wide-ranging effects, the justices suggested the Catholic Charities Bureau should not have to pay unemployment taxes.

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Nelson Curtis-Hunter, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty to repeated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography.

LONDON — The chairperson of an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry accused the royal on Sunday of orchestrating a bullying and harassment campaign to try to force her out.

Prosecutors believe Nathaniel R. Douglas fired the shots that killed Nicholas G. Taylor-Washington, of Madison, after he was mistaken for a rival gang member.

The men's hockey transfer portal opened Sunday, and the first two Badgers players appeared in it Monday.

David Junius’s co-defendant, Angel Flores, also pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on Thursday.

The 36-year-old Janesville woman, who is a convicted felon, is being held at the Rock County Jail.

An autopsy was completed at the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office on Sunday and the cause and manner of death are pending, with additional testing underway.

The Bloomington, Minnesota, product was seen as Wisconsin's point guard of the future. Now, it appears he could be headed elsewhere after becoming the second Badger to enter the portal.

The pedestrian was hit by a vehicle traveling at high speed on South Stoughton Road at the Highway 12 eastbound exit shortly after 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

It’s been a while since the smell of tomatoes permeated the air of the Greenbush neighborhood.

Weather forecasting requires making observations and predicting changes by solving a complex set of equations that describe the physics and dynamics of our atmosphere.

Wisconsin’s only free ferry — officially known as COLSAC III — connects Highway 113 between Okee in Columbia County and Merrimac in Sauk County and typically runs 24/7.

“This is no way to pick judges in this fragile moment in our democracy."

Elon Musk's America PAC has sent paid canvassers across Wisconsin since early February, and since then canvassers are expected to have reached hundreds of thousands of potential Brad Schimel voters.

Little Bird Plants, a greenhouse in Viroqua, has become a community hub and event space since its founder, Sarah Mercer, took over the business in 2019. The greenhouse, formerly known as The Flower Basket and Thoreau's Garden, was originally founded…

The updated stool test for colon cancer finds more cancers and has fewer false positives, meaning fewer people need follow-up colonoscopies.

An aging population is spurring more retirements and increasing demand for care, the Wisconsin Hospital Association says.