Wisconsin

The Wisconsin DNR on Thursday announced the winner of the 2026 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission pass design contest.

Two people were injured in separate shootings in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

The School District of Waukesha board voted on Wednesday night to close down Bethesda and Hawthorn Elementary schools – and sell the Whittier Elementary building.

The Greenfield Police Department said Mark Ziegler, reported missing and endangered on Wednesday, has been located.

A 46-year-old South Dakota man is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of a 37-year-old Racine woman. The accused is Benjamin Chipps of Wanblee, South Dakota.

Clear skies with the Northern Lights possible overnight. Temperatures dropping into the low 30s by sunrise. Partly sunny, breezy and mild on Thursday with a high in the mid-50s.

Racine County deputies helped Milwaukee police stop an armed felon after a high-speed chase on Wednesday, using a tire deflation device to disable the truck before arresting the suspect.

Milwaukee will debut two new festivals – Freshwater Food & Wine in 2026 and Rock and Roll Fest in 2027 – expanding lakefront events with culinary, automotive and entertainment experiences.

Milwaukee's Department of Public Works has extended the deadline for residents to rake their leaves into the street for pickup until Sunday, Nov. 30.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a seven-year, $23 million grant to MPS, the district's superintendent announced on Wednesday.

UW Health doctors took time to reflect on their lifesaving response nearly a year after the fatal Madison school shooting, saying training and preparation helped save two critically injured students.

A Waukesha homeowner says FEMA denied her claim as Wednesday’s Nov. 12 deadline to apply for flood aid arrives, leaving her with costly repairs while the county reports more than 2,600 recipients of FEMA funding.

The House of Representatives is poised to vote to reopen the government after the longest shutdown in history. But there is a lot of work to be done in Washington, D.C.

The Milwaukee man charged in a shooting that killed an alderman's nephew and wounded two others last month was taken into custody in Oklahoma.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday that Meta is investing more than $1 billion in a Beaver Dam data center campus.

A Milwaukee man, who pleaded guilty to felony burglary after prosecutors said he broke into a home last year, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday.

A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Javon Smith on Monday, Nov. 10, to ten years in prison plus an additional six years of extended supervision in connection with a February carjacking in Milwaukee.

A man accused of setting a fire at U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman's office due to the short-lived TikTok ban earlier this year pleaded no contest to arson.