The Latest Breaking News from Wisconsin

Kamala Harris Launches Reproductive Freedoms Tour in Wisconsin

VP Kamala Harris embarks on a reproductive freedoms tour, starting in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, the economy remains a pivotal voter issue amid potential soft l...

Top News · Dec 19, 2023

Man and daughter find remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during Peshtigo Fire in 1800s

Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground amid smoke from the deadly Peshtigo Fire in the 1800s

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2023

Father and daughter discover 1871 shipwreck on Lake Michigan fishing trip

Tim Wollak and his daughter Henley, from Peshtigo, Wisconsin, made the find earlier this summer

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023

Wis. Sen. Johnson cries for fake elector

“There is nothing untoward about what they did," GOP Sen. Johnson said of Wisconsin's 2020 fake electors

Salon · Dec 12, 2023

Ron Johnson called out by CNN host for baseless election fraud claims

Republicans ‘did nothing different than what many Democrats have done in many states,’ Wisconsin senator claims without being able to provide examples

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2023

Chicago fishing: Perch and what ice?

Perch on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; for ice fishing, you need to head north well into Wisconsin.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 12, 2023

Wisconsin university regents reject deal with Republicans to reduce diversity positions

The regents of Universities of Wisconsin have narrowly voted to reject a deal with Republican lawmakers to freeze hiring for diversity positions, drop an affirmative action faculty hiring program at UW-Madison and create a position at the flagship campus focused on conservative thought

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2023

Wisconsin university system reaches deal with Republicans that would scale back diversity positions

The Universities of Wisconsin and Assembly Republican Speaker Robin Vos have reached a sweeping deal that would freeze hiring for diversity positions across the system in exchange for lawmakers approving employee pay raises and funding for a new engineering building at the flagship campus

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Election legislation roundup: Wisconsin State Senate

As of Dec. 3, Ballotpedia has tracked 31 election-related bills in the Wisconsin State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 31, Ballotpedia tracked one from Nov. 27-Dec. 3. Republicans sponsored the bill. The bill is below:   

Ballotpedia · Dec 8, 2023

Experts: Fake electors could doom Trump

Nevada charged six GOP fake electors on Wednesday — as Wisconsin fake electors settle suit and agree to cooperate

Salon · Dec 7, 2023