Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Downtown Madison will get some two-wheeled traffic this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Ride the Drive, the only such event planned for this year.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, facing what's expected to be a stiff re-election challenge from former Sen. Russ Feingold, is striving to portray Feingold as an entitled career politician.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton want roll back some of the restrictive new voting laws (such as Voter ID) that conservative states have recently implemented. 

The left wing of the Democratic Party is having a magic moment.

Minnesota hopes the arrival of three popular teams — Milwaukee on Friday, and the Cubs and Cardinals later in June — will further boost attendance.

Close to 40 unlocked vehicles in the city's Near West Side and West Side neighborhoods have been robbed over the past five weeks. 

Roberto M. Rodriguez-Sostre, 19, did not return to jail after he was released Thursday morning to attend a job training program, police said.

Just three percent of the state remains in a moderate drought that plagued nearly half of the state two weeks ago.

The Milwaukee brewery first teamed with sustainable and urban farming nonprofit Growing Power Inc. more than a decade ago to compost brewing waste.

Familiar faces have turned Broadway's Tony Awards into must-see TV. 

A federal judge just excoriated the State Department for sitting on Hillary Clinton's emails, ordering it to release batches every 30 days. The State Department deserved the rebuke, but then i…

Ricardo Holloway, 20, of Beloit is wanted in connection with the shooting that put a man in a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

Four candidates are vying for party chairperson after one candidate dropped from the race Thursday.

Another secrecy provision has been slipped into the state budget with virtually no discussion or public input.

Brad Schneider and wife Leyla Sanyer are retiring after three decades of teaching music to area high school students.

A new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum features art by veterans that is powerful in its visual simplicity and the wrenching emotion it conveys.

Thirteen-year-old bluegrass band will play for the crowds Saturday at Cows on the Concourse. 

Developers are seeking approval for a four-story, 136-room Hyatt Place hotel with an adjacent banquet facility.

Even Madison Edgewood senior Amy Davis is surprised by the evolution of her running career.

When Ryan Nameth lines up for his final prep distance race at UW-La Crosse’s Veterans Memorial Stadium this evening, the Verona senior will feel right at home.