Wisconsin News

A Sheboygan man convicted of helping run a drug ring that trafficked cocaine and marijuana from Texas to Wisconsin has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.

Defensive tackle prospect Joe Keels changed his collegiate course Tuesday afternoon, altering the recruiting landscape for a pair of Big Ten Conference rivals.

Dec. 10--A 63-year-old Franklin man has died from injuries suffered Sunday in a massive pileup on Highway 41/45, police said Monday, becoming the third traffic fatality resulting from Sunday's snowfall.

Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature are calling on Republicans to hold a public hearing on a bill to increase the minimum wage.

The dean of the Wisconsin Legislature is trying again to make senior citizens renew their drivers' licenses twice as often as the rest of us.

Plumbers and cleanup crews are trying to repair a burst pipe that caused flooding in the state Department of Natural Resources' headquarters in Madison.

As state and federal officials gather in Madison to discuss progress being made on implementing the health care overhaul law, a Democratic lawmaker plans to introduce a bill to bring more Medicaid money to Wisconsin.

Through the years, every time the minimum was raised there were dire warnings of how it was going to hurt businesses, raise prices and hurt the economy.

A Wisconsin bill that would rewrite regulations for sand mines is up for an overhaul after worries were raised that communities would lose some of their authority to enforce local ordinances.

A bill that would rewrite regulations for sand mines is up for an overhaul after worries were raised that communities would lose some of their authority to enforce local ordinances.

A small community in Bayfield County is mourning the deaths of an elderly couple, killed in an attack at their home.

Faculty, staff, and students at Concordia Univesity Wisconsin stepped up recently by donating money to support the relief efforts underway in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

Ashland City Council member Kelly Westlund, a Democrat, will announce Tuesday her bid to challenge to Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., in the 7th District.

Legislative bodies perform two critical and complementary functions. The first is to pass bills; the second is to not pass them.

Wisconsin legislators have taken the first step to amend the state Constitution to make it harder to recall them, the governor, attorney general and other state officials.

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND WILL BRING A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

A mandate to improve fire safety at nursing homes has led to beefed-up protection for some of Wisconsin's most vulnerable residents.

Wausau Police Department officials say multiple guns were found Saturday under a Wausau bridge.

A winter weather advisory will remain in effect for Sheboygan County and the entire state of Wisconsin through 6 a.m. Monday morning, the National Weather Service has announced, even as weather-related pileups have closed highways throughout southeast Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office described conditions on the interstates as "extremely slippery and dangerous" with multiple pileups, including a fatal rollover on Interstate 43 eastbound at Highway 100.