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Writer’s second short story collection blends Northland settings, eccentric characters with a healthy dose of mayhem and mischief. His newest offering continues a literary journey nearly 40 years in the making.
At the Wausau Curling Club in Wisconsin, ice maker Pete Susens reveals the surprising science, precision and daily work behind perfect curling ice, where even a single human hair can ruin a shot.
Direct admission and high school dual enrollment programs kept overall enrollment figures from dropping significantly this year across at the state’s four-year public universities, despite a drop in international students.
Alliant Energy will receive more than $5 billion in federal loans to help the company modernize and build natural gas and energy storage infrastructure.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as Wisconsinites choose their next governor.
Polls open on Tuesday in Wisconsin’s midterm elections at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m. Anyone still in line when polls closed should remain in line and will still be able to vote. As of Monday afternoon, 857,764 absentee ballots had been requested and 777,739 of those had been returned. Voters still
To prevent pregnancy after sex, U.S. teenage girls and young women are more likely to rely on unproven strategies such as prayer, exercise and jumping up and down than they are on evidence-based methods such as Plan B emergency contraception, according to a new study. The study, published in The Journal of Sex…
Fewer than 1 in 20 rental listings across the largest U.S. cities are flagged as reserved for renters under an income limit, according to new data from Apartments.com. But average income-restricted rent fell year over year in 13 of the 50 markets, compared with three for market-rate rent. Just 4.6% of listings across…
The Democrat frames race against Tiffany as fight with billionaires over affordability.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, mere hours before Election Day in the midterms that will determine control of Congress, denied the Trump administration’s final attempt to force California to set aside the ballots of 20,000 people it suspects are noncitizens. The decision marked a significant blow to President Donald…
In the final hours of their campaigns, Democrats running for governor and Congress spoke outside of an Amazon warehouse in Kenosha about workers’ rights to take time off work to vote.
Polls show Crowley ahead, but Tiffany says it's about turnout. 'We are in striking distance.'
WASHINGTON — One day before his party is forecast to lose control of the U.S. House, and possibly the Senate, President Donald Trump gathered guests and press at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to tout the “magnificent” renovation of the monument — a monthslong project plagued by algae, reclosure and false…
Both were World Series years with a similar roster of election contests.
Complaint filed by Pete Karas says Jay Schroeder sent fake text messages to voters.
Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley made their final pitches to voters on why they should be governor during their final day of dueling bus tours ahead of Tuesday's election.
American democracy faces one of its biggest stress tests of the modern era, as President Donald Trump’s sprawling campaign for power over elections encounters a firewall of judges, state election workers and voting rights leaders heading into Election Day. A cascade of courtroom losses over the weekend dealt a major…
The two fraternity members arrested at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house in Madison after an alleged hazing incident in September will not face charges.
His attempts to overturn and undermine elections has disqualified him, say business leaders.
As broad affordability concerns define elections across the country, voters in several states on Tuesday will have a say on their future utility bills. State utility regulators, who are facing heightened levels of attention and scrutiny amid high prices, are on the ballot in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia…
Pete Karas, the Green Party candidate in the race for Wisconsin secretary of state, filed a complaint Monday against Republican candidate Jay Schroeder, charging that Schroeder’s campaign impersonated Karas in text messages sent to voters over the weekend. The complaint, filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission…
Just weeks after its closure comes a plan for American comfort food restaurant and tavern.
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As health care costs rise, both charity care and bad debt has increased for hospitals.