The Latest Breaking News from Wisconsin

A note on falling acorns in northern Wisconsin, a green heron fledge beautifully photographed, a surprise of a monarch and hummingbird in the same photo, and the size of Wisconsin lake sturgeon are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

The attorney for the Prior Lake, Minnesota, man charged with stabbing a teenager to death and wounding four others on the Apple River in western Wisconsin laid out his client's self-defense claim in court Friday.

Republican primary elections for all 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place on Aug. 9, 2022. Of the 99 districts up for election in 2022, 23 had a Republican primary election with more than one candidate.

General elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly will take place on Nov. 8, 2022. State assembly primary elections were held on Aug. 9, 2022. Republicans hold a 57-38 majority heading into the election.

General elections for 17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate will take place on Nov. 8, 2022. State senatorial primary elections were held on Aug. 9, 2022. Republicans hold a 21-12 majority heading into the election.

Democratic primary elections for all 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place on Aug. 9, 2022. Of the 99 districts up for election in 2022, eight had a Democratic primary election with more than one candidate.

"Johnson thinks that working-class Americans don't deserve to retire," Social Security advocates say

CHICAGO -- Phillip Cline, 59, distinctly remembers the moment he became paralyzed from the neck down. He was run off the road while driving a motorcycle on July 4, 1996, at 1:20 p.m. in Wisconsin.

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worked behind the scenes to overturn the results of the 2020 election in at least two states, according to The Washington Post, which reported Thursday it had seen emails from Ginni Thomas to Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin she hoped to influence.