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Brooke L. Strattan 24, of McFarland, was the person whose body was recovered from a retention pond near the 3500 block of Monroe Street in October.

Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday announced he's putting up $10 million in ARPA funds to create a new Office of Violence Prevention aimed at curbing rising gun violence.

DES MOINES, Iowa — More than 150 recipients of the Nobel and World Food prizes released an open letter Tuesday calling for a dramatic increase in research and a commitment to new food distribution efforts with a goal of producing…

Ingrid Isamar Valverde-Ponce, 27, was last seen on Saturday evening leaving a gathering near the 100 block of West Klubertanz Drive in Sun Prairie.

ROME — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he encountered since, in his autobiography being released Tuesday that also doubles down on some…

An inmate died Sunday at the federal prison in Oxford in Adams County, about 60 miles north of Madison, authorities reported.

The initial crash happened about 6:40 a.m. on I-39/90 near mile marker 183.

The driver, who was alone in the vehicle, was pinned in the vehicle and ultimately pronounced dead at the scene.

The contaminants have been identified in several Wisconsin communities, including Marinette, Wausau, La Crosse and Madison.

The latest proposed tweaks to the zoning code are intended to increase the number of accessory dwelling units built in the city.

Architects have already toured each of the schools scheduled to get a new building or major renovations over the next five years.

Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel faces Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford in the race for an open seat on the state's highest court April 1.

A WEDC report noted that 0.22% of the Wisconsin population start new businesses of all descriptions compared with the U.S. average of 0.34%.

Now that’s more like it.

Here are some trends to watch.

The closure will leave Dane County with 16 nursing homes, down from 21 roughly a dozen years ago.

Hayden Jones, a 2025 guard from New Zealand who will join the Badgers next season, was in attendance for the best scoring performance in Kohl Center history. Still, he said what Wisconsin was running felt "familiar" to offenses he's played…

Our state has lost one of its most passionate and articulate outdoorspeople with the passing of Howard Mead on Dec. 13 at age 92.

Here we are, a quarter-century into the new millennium, whose dawning offered hope for change and progress across the full spectrum of human existence.