Evan Casey

The plan comes after Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill in 2023 that includes over $500 million in public funds for upgrades to the ballpark over the next few decades.

Milwaukee County saw a decline in overdose deaths for the second year in a row in 2024 — an encouraging trend for local leaders after years of climbing overdose deaths.

The Hop faces an uncertain future as a bipartisan law to overhaul local government funding placed stipulations on how the city can fund the streetcar. 

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.