Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Underground utility work at the King-Wilson-Butler street intersection will shift traffic to the south side of Wilson with one lane of traffic in each direction.

The Apostle Islands would become Wisconsin's first national park under a bill introduced by northern Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, opening more access to federal resources.

The Badgers continued to seek talent overseas and added to their 2025 recruiting class with the latest commitment.

Chris McIntosh's new agreement to be Wisconsin athletic director runs through the 2028-29 school year.

Authorities said the incident started as a domestic dispute in which the man left with the children and left a woman behind at Kalahari Resort to find another way home.

Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The primary is Aug. 13.

Madison Fire Department personnel were sent to a residence on Spohn Avenue at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday after witnesses reported a person run over by a boat trailer.

Fire crews sent to the lot in the 5100 block of Silvertree Run at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday found the fire and put it out, the Madison Fire Department said.

Harley-Davidson reported second-quarter profit of $218.3 million, or $1.63 per share, on revenue of $1.36 billion.

Obert-Alvin, named after his grandfathers, will offer bakery items, salads, sandwiches, red and white wine, and beer.

A Pennsylvania man and a man from New York have been preliminarily identified as the victims of a plane crash near the near EAA AirVenture air show site in Oshkosh.

The office tasked with oversight of Madison police just hired its first staffer and a second one has been delayed.

The city of Madison honored local writer, historian and professor emeritus Jerry Apps by declaring this Thursday Jerry Apps Day.

It's not just Wisconsin football players facing each other in the most-hyped video game of a generation. See how it's brought together players from different teams across the nation.

Illinois tried to get the Badgers' win in Champaign last season overturned. Meanwhile, Wisconsin claims any wrongdoing was "unintentional." From the outside, it's highly entertaining.

Please send a big "thank you" to President Joe Biden for his great service to this country and for saving this country from Donald Trump in 2020.

So you have decided to vote in the Aug. 13 primary election. And you have decided to vote "no" on the constitutional amendments because:

Both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have been claiming for quite some time now that the other party is an existential threat to democracy. Unfortunately, that rhetoric is taken by some individuals as a call to action that…

In a recent political ad, which Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, apparently thought was humorous, she touted her legislative experience. Shankland asserted that we wouldn’t want to send Rebecca Cooke to Washington to represent the 3rd Congressional District because she’s…

Taxpayers in the Kickapoo School District paid out $113,811 to private voucher schools last year, which was a dramatic increase. Our neighbors in Viroqua have gone from paying $72,026 in the 2020-2021 school year to over $825,000 this past year.…