Wisconsin State Journal Local News

SALT LAKE CITY — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age of 101, church officials announced.

Monona officers were called just before 2 p.m. Saturday for a report of a tow truck driving recklessly on Highway 51.

When Amy Coney Barrett was growing up in New Orleans, her grandmother relied not on a written recipe but on years of practice making shrimp rémoulade. Now the grandmother’s granddaughter is a Supreme Court justice who must implement the nation’s…

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The chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Devin Remiker, recently described Republican candidate for governor Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, as a "stooge."

Injuries to Green Bay's offensive line led the team toward a decision to elevate an offensive lineman who recently signed to the organization's practice squad.

He was the top scorer on the most prolific scoring team in Badgers men's basketball history. Some former teammates want to make sure he's remembered as an all-time great.

Former UW football coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez says students booing and chanting for the firing of coach Luke Fickell during the loss to Maryland were “just disrespectful.”

I was at the Sept. 20 Badgers games against Maryland and did not boo. But I felt the same frustration that the “boo-ers” expressed.

While I think it's foolish and short-sighted to close our borders to the rest of that world, I would be in favor of the $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications -- with one small change.

Excerpts from Kamala Harris’ recent book about her presidential campaign seem less like a memoir and more like a political suicide note.

With Gov. Tony Evers announcing he will not seek a third term, Wisconsin is seeing a crowded field of interesting candidates competing in partisan primaries.

The Sept. 16 letter to the editor "E15 ethanol sales put corn surplus to work" suggests the government should help farmers by making E15 (15% ethanol) fuel available year round to increase the demand for corn, thereby raising its price.…

Several years ago we were at a Badgers men’s basketball game sitting in our usual seats on the second level of the Kohl Center in Madison.

Recently, I became quite ill, and my wife wisely took me to the Oregon Clinic, where the doctor discussed options. My wife chose to go to Stoughton Hospital, where I was diagnosed with COVID pneumonia, a viral disease, as well…