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Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany announces campaign for governor - Roll Call

Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany will run for governor next year, joining a growing Republican primary to succeed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

Roll Call · Sep 23, 2025

Microsoft’s new 'Fairwater' megafactory aims to revolutionize AI training — how the world’s most powerful datacenter works

Microsoft has unveiled Fairwater, its largest AI datacenter in Wisconsin, built to power massive AI models with NVIDIA’s latest GPUs and exabyte-scale storage.

Windows Central · Sep 23, 2025

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions

For more than a decade, controversy over an oil pipeline that passes directly through a Native American reservation and then across a sensitive waterway that is also a key shipping lane has brewed in Wisconsin and Michigan.

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2025

Six leaf-peeping US states you didn’t expect for stunning fall colors

These under-the-radar states all offer magnificent leaf-peeping opportunities, but without the crowds

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Paralyzed Wisconsin boy disappears without his wheelchair — where he was found only deepens the mystery

No one knows how he got there.

We Got This Covered · Sep 15, 2025

Wisconsin Republican leader says he doesn't want to 'fortify' the state Capitol

The highest-ranking Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says he doesn't want to “fortify” the state Capitol, which is one of the country’s most accessible statehouses

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2025

Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards

In October 2023, an unthinkable tragedy unfolded in Coleman, Wisconsin: An 8‑month‑old girl lost her life when a driver, impaired by cannabis, ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle. In February 2025, the driver pleaded guilty to negligent vehicular homicide and drugged driving with a minor passenger –…

The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025

Wisconsin husband fakes kayak death, leaves family and $200k in debt for online lover — until cops reel him back in

He can't wait to abandon his family again for Georgia where "the cost of living is cheaper."

We Got This Covered · Sep 10, 2025

Kayaker who faked his death to leave wife for Ukrainian woman says plan was a ‘crazy dream’

Ryan Borgwardt, 46, was convicted of obstruction last month. His wife divorced him in May

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025

Wisconsin legislative feud erupts in public with lawmaker accused of threatening fellow legislators

A Wisconsin legislator has left the state Assembly's Democratic caucus after being accused by fellow party members of threatening to kill three lawmakers

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025