Wisconsin News

Obamacare enrollment in Wisconsin quadrupled in the second month of the federal health insurance exchange, shooting from 877 people in October to 4,426 in November, according to the latest tallies released by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Peace Corps volunteers spend two years working in a developing country. Tasks might include teaching English, digging wells and tending gardens.

Snowy owls are moving through Wisconsin from northern Canada, and the state Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin eBird say the birds are staging a possibly historic movement from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast.

Gov. Scott Walker's administration plans to schedule round table discussions around Wisconsin for people to discuss the state's tax code and propose changes.

Elk Mound beef producer Jim Holte has been re-elected president of the state's largest farm organization.

The Cobra wrestlers lost their first match of the season on the road at Kenyon-Wanamingo, falling 57-12, including five forfeits.

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.