Man charged with killing UW-Whitewater gymnast Kara Welsh, from Plainfield
Chad Richards, 23, is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Kara Welsh at an off-campus apartment on Friday night.
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Chad Richards, 23, is accused of shooting and killing 21-year-old Kara Welsh at an off-campus apartment on Friday night.
An extreme swimmer said he again will try to cross Lake Michigan, from Michigan to Wisconsin. He crossed Lake Michigan in 1998, but three attempts to do it again since 2023 have been unsuccessful.
Investigators say an inmate found dead at a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin was strangled in his cell.
Blue-green algae produce toxins that can make people and pets sick.
Officials say to avoid swallowing any lake water and to keep pets away.
Health officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus.
In 1993, a photographer found decomposed remains with no identification along the Soo Line Railroad tracks in Pleasant Prairie near the Illinois border.
Wisconsin investigators on Tuesday revealed a significant break in a 31-year murder mystery of a man with ties to Chicago.
A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators' calls to give counselors at Wisconsin's youth prison more leeway in controlling inmates after a counselor was killed in a fight at the facility this summer.
Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz campaign in Milwaukee on Thursday. Asal Rezaei attended a breakfast with Wisconsin DNC delegates excited about the event.
An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party's presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin.
Republican millionaire businessman Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin are wasting no time going after one another.
A local clerk failed to realize that new legislative maps moved a rural Wisconsin town into a new district, leading to an administrative error that could disenfranchise scores of voters in an Assembly primary.
Wisconsin voters have decided against two constitutional amendments passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would have taken power away from the governor.
Wisconsin Capitol Police have declined to investigate the leak of a state Supreme Court abortion order in June because of a conflict of interest.
More than five weeks have passed since hotel workers allegedly pinned down D'Vontaye Mitchell outside the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee.
Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz had back-to-back rallies with long lines Wednesday, while Republican VP nominee JD Vance had events nearby.
A judge has refused to put on hold his ruling that allows disabled people in Wisconsin to be emailed absentee ballots at home in November's presidential election in the closely watched battleground state.
A Wisconsin was convicted and sentenced to time served Monday for threatening to shoot state lawmakers in 2022 if they passed a bill allowing teachers to carry firearms.
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedures in swing state Wisconsin.
Harris appears to have won over the Democratic Party as the presumptive nominee since President Biden withdrew, and former President Trump quickly attacked Harris' record. Jermont Terry reports.
Vice President Kamala Harris has already secured the endorsements of a majority of the Democratic delegates who will vote on her presidential nomination.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in the battleground state of Wisconsin for her first campaign rally since she launched her presidential campaign.
Vice President Kamala Harris is in the battleground state of Wisconsin for her first campaign rally since she launched her presidential campaign.
Wisconsin, where the Republican National Convention just wrapped up, is considered to a major battleground state in this election. With Biden's decision to step aside from the 2024 ticket and throw his support to Harris, there remains plenty of uncertainty in the race there.
