LANCASTER — The idea was to find a story that would provide a break from the health scare, chaos, uncertainty and economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
CLINTON — There’s been one team at Clinton High School this year that’s won a conference title. It wasn’t the football or basketball teams. It was the Clinton Cougars esports team. Read more
JANESVILLE — Authorities say a Janesville police officer has shot and wounded an armed suspect. Read more
TOWN OF WEYAUWEGA, Wis. — Sheriff's officials say a man has died after he broke through the ice on a pond in Waupaca County while trying to rescue a dog. Read more
EAU CLAIRE — Eau Claire police say a shooting that left one man dead and a woman wounded was not a random act and that they are still looking for suspects. Read more
MENOMONIE — One man is dead and five people, including four children, are injured after a house fire in Dunn County, authorities said. Read more
MADISON — It’s 48 degrees, and Ed Hopkins is looking for ice. Read more
MADISON — Police in Madison are searching for whoever left a dead woman by the side of a road. Read more
FOND DU LAC — A series of fires in Fond du Lac County over the last week has spurred a search for a suspected arsonist. Read more
GREEN BAY — A state appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a former Waupun police officer convicted in a multi-county burglary spree. Read more
MOUNT HOREB — A Mount Horeb man was found dead after firefighters extinguished a a house fire. Read more
LOMIRA— Cash bond has been set at $100,000 for a Lomira mother accused in the death of her 3-year-old son. Read more
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Wisconsin man was sentenced to 54 years in prison Wednesday for the hit-and-run deaths of three Girl Scouts and a mother as they picked up trash along a rural road in 2018. Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Winona County's ban on the mining and processing of silica sand, which is used in the oil and gas industry for hydraulic fracturing. Read more
DULUTH, Minn. — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter has started ice breaking activities in the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior, an annual ritual that signals the approach of spring. Read more
ANTIGO — A 61-year-old man has died in a snowmobile crash in northern Wisconsin, authorities said. Read more
Belvidere, Ill. — The body of a woman whose identity was unknown for 20 years following her 1999 death has been moved from a cemetery in Wisconsin and reburied next to her family in Illinois. Read more
RHINELANDER — Authorities say one person has been injured in the crash of a single-engine plane at the Rhinelander airport in northern Wisconsin. Read more
SHEBOYGAN — One person has died in a house fire in Sheboygan, authorities said. Read more
MADISON — A federal judge fined a Wisconsin falconer and ordered him to forfeit his truck for poaching a raptor. Read more
MADISON — University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson announced Monday that he'll retire at the end of the year. Read more
RACINE — A mother of 21 children known for her work as a homeless advocate in Racine and other areas has died. She was 85. Read more
APPLETON — Kristen Halfmann has always considered herself to be an outgoing and overall confident person — even as a freshman in high school. Read more
APPLETON — Appleton police are investigating a homicide Wednesday night that claimed the life of a 3-year-old girl and sent a 27-year-old pregnant woman to the hospital. Read more
MILWAUKEE — Federal authorities in Wisconsin said Thursday they have charged 24 people associated with a violent drug trafficking organization in Milwaukee known as the Buffum Meinecke Boys. Read more
FOND DU LAC — A man accused in what Fond du Lack police are calling the city's largest methamphetamine bust has been charged with six counts. Read more
MILWAUKEE — Authorities say three people died in snowmobile accidents last weekend, boosting the number of deaths to 17 for the season. Read more
MANITOWOC, Wis. - A Wisconsin woman could spend two decades in prison after pleading no contest to felony charges in the child abuse death of her son in Two Rivers. Read more
BELOIT — Empty coal hoppers with fresh coats of black paint loom above along with the worn overhead crane from Pawling & Harnischfeger that was installed decades ago. Read more
MADISON — The U.S. Air Force says Madison's Truax Field is the preferred location for the next squadron of F-35fighter jets despite some negative environmental impacts. Read more
MADISON — Author James Patterson will deliver the keynote address during the University of Wisconsin-Madison's spring graduation ceremony, university officials announced Wednesday. Read more
MADISON — The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 14 months into the job he began last year. Read more
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man is charged with trying to kill his girlfriend by dousing her with gasoline while she slept and lighting her on fire. Read more
MILWAUKEE— Health officials say another child has died of flu complications in Wisconsin, the third pediatric death in the state this season. Read more
FREDONIA, Wis. — A snowmobiler has died in a collision with a truck as he crossed a highway in Ozaukee County. Read more
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee man is charged with firing shots at children who threw snowballs at his car, injuring two of them. Read more
KAUKAUNA — Authorities say a young girl and boy found dead in a Kaukauna duplex had “intentionally inflected injuries.” Read more
MADISON — The leader of the Forest County Potawatomi Community on Tuesday urged Wisconsin policy makers to work together to fight the scourge of opioid abuse that he said was hitting the state's native populations hard. Read more
MADISON — A group of parents filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Madison school district's transgender policy is unconstitutional because it prohibits teachers and staff from informing parents that their children want to switch sexes. Read more
MADISON — The Wisconsin Assembly is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a proposal to call a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U.S. Constitution, including imposing term limits on federal offices. Read more
MADISON— Voters will winnow the field of candidates for state Supreme Court and an open congressional seat representing northern Wisconsin in primaries Tuesday. Read more
MADISON — Republican lawmakers began a last-minute drive to pass their $250 million income tax cut plan Monday, pushing the bill through the Legislature's finance committee and setting up floor votes in the Senate and Assembly this week. Read more
MILWAUKEE — Police at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee said Monday they are still searching for a freshman who has been missing since early Friday. Read more
MILWAUKEE — Police are investigating after a bullet penetrated a window of a dormitory on the Marquette University campus. Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters will choose between a Republican appointee, a Madison judge and a law professor as they winnow down the candidates for a state Supreme Court seat in a primary Tuesday. Read more
ENDEAVOR — The draw can be spaghetti, brats, chicken-and-dumplings soup, ham and scalloped potatoes. Read more
MADISON — In November, Memorial High School sophomore Jake Zarov found two of the units in his health class were “kind of problematic.” Read more
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are investigating the apparent homicides of a mother and two daughters whose bodies were discovered Sunday in a garage. Read more
LAKE TOMAHAWK, Wis. (AP) — A 52-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after striking at least 13 vehicles in the town of Lake Tomahawk, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Office. Read more
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wants to roll out the barrel into the early morning hours for people coming for the Democratic National Convention this summer. Read more
MADISON, Wis. — The Republican primary race in a special election to fill northern Wisconsin's open congressional seat pits a political veteran with deep roots in the sprawling district against a war veteran half his age with fewer ties to the area. Read more