Wisconsin News

The Wisconsin Historical Society has added the official portrait of former Gov. Jim Doyle to its collection of official portraits of state governors.

MADISON There were plenty of recriminations Thursday night, as the legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted on a budget amendment for the University of Wisconsin System.

There's nothing like a good old fashioned Wisconsin supper club, and if you aren't spending enough time in your favorite one, there are two ways to bask in the experience without having to get off your couch or deal with an unwieldy relish tray.

An elementary school principal has inspired the University of Wisconsin-Madison to create a new wheelchair lift that could help make more places wheelchair accessible.

Wisconsin is a national leader when it comes to protecting an often overlooked but invaluable resource trees.

Molly Fuglestad gets a hug from her friend Heather Ferber at the Kenny Chesney show.

A legislative committee has voted to slash the University of Wisconsin System budget, venting its anger after learning the system raised tuition for six straight years even though it's currently sitting on a surplus of $650 million.

When the barnside decorations began appearing in 2010 to help promote historic preservation and tourism, no one imagined what would happen three years later.

A fishing tradition in the Badger State is about to get better just in time for the extended holiday weekend.

Overall, the state unemployment rate in April was 7.2 percent, a decrease from the 7.7 percent rate posted in March and higher than 6.8 percent posted in April 2012, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Wednesday.

A little boy gave his family quite a scare on Wednesday after wandering away from his Elmood, Wis., home with his faithful companion by his side, reported Thursday's CBS Minnesota .

Holiday travel is expected to be steady this Thanksgiving, and road construction should not be an obstacle.

The only way to take a photo of the front of Ishnala supper club in Wisconsin Dells, it turns out, is by boat on Mirror Lake.

A Sparta teen is having her art featured on Google's homepage today. 18 year old Sabrina Brady won a national art contest hosted by the tech company.

North-central Wisconsin offers a lot of great restaurants. By popular demand, Newsline 9 visited four more of them, and we followed out viewers' suggestions as we search for the best places where the locals eat.

On May 26, we're publishing our Summer Reading preview in the Journal Sentinel's Sunday Cue section and at TapMilwaukee.com , with dozens of suggestions for your enjoyment.

WAUPACA, Wis Wisconsin has its third million-dollar Powerball winner in the last week.

There were some tense moments in a western Wisconsin neighborhood on Wednesday after authorities said a child wandered away from home with his dog.

The Legislature's powerful finance committee is expected to review Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime.

Public broadcasters in Wisconsin and state veterans groups are attempting to gather photos for each of the 1,244 Wisconsinites on the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., for a wall of faces in a new museum and education center.