Evan Casey

The amount Wisconsinites pay in state and local taxes relative to their incomes hit its lowest level since at least 1972 last year, according to a new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum.

Some activists and officials in Milwaukee are angered over plans from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to move its processing facility in the city.

Jeffrey Grob will now lead an archdiocese that oversees 184 parishes in 10 counties across southeast Wisconsin. 

In the past few months, City Lights Brewing Company, Enlightened Brewery Company, MobCraft Beer and Company Brewery all closed in the Brew City.

A Dane County judge will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate animal abuse allegations at a Blue Mounds dog breeding facility. 

There were 132 homicides in 2024, down from 172 in 2023, according to crime data from the Milwaukee Police Department. That’s a decline of 23 percent.

A new projection from the state found Wisconsin’s population is expected to decrease by nearly 200,000 residents by 2050.

After a recent snow storm, some Milwaukee alders will discuss removing the snow removal fee following “widespread concerns” related to the plowing of streets across the city.

Two former correctional officers at the Milwaukee County Jail have been charged with excessive use of force against two inmates at the facility last year.

Both the UW-Madison men’s and women’s hockey teams will play at Wrigley Field on Jan. 4 as part of the “The Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series.”