Wausau native Grace Stanke named Miss America 2023
Grace Stanke, a native of Wausau, was crowned Miss America during a ceremony in Connecticut on Thursday. The 20-year-old is a senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying nuclear engineering.
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Grace Stanke, a native of Wausau, was crowned Miss America during a ceremony in Connecticut on Thursday. The 20-year-old is a senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying nuclear engineering.
A judge has refused to lower the $50,000 bail imposed on a 10-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of intentionally killing his mother because she would not buy him a virtual reality headset.
A woman died and an officer was shot in his ballistic vest in an apparent exchange of gunfire as police were conducting a well-being check at a Waukesha home Wednesday evening, authorities said.
Environmental groups and residents affected by PFAS contamination spoke Wednesday in favor of moving ahead with adopting the standards. No one spoke against it.
The eagle was found with a broken beak, fractured humerus bone and a substantial wound to muscle and other soft tissues in its wing.
Foxconn Technology Group qualified for tax breaks from the state of Wisconsin for a second year in a row in 2022 under revised contract terms that lowered benchmarks the technology company needed to meet.
Investigators say weather played a factor in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon in western Wisconsin that left one man dead and sent two others to the hospital.
Law enforcement in western Wisconsin say a teenager who was reported missing last week "has been located."
Patti LaBelle was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee after a bomb threat forced authorities to evacuate the theater.
Authorities say three people were injured in a crash in western Wisconsin Friday evening.
Vos and Republicans for months have said they want to cut taxes, with an emphasis on further flattening the state's income tax rates.
Three people died in a house fire in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Watertown early Friday morning, the fire department said.
A 57-year-old St. Paul man has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail for his role in a quadruple murder last year.
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who became the first openly gay senator when she was elected a decade ago, said she was "overjoyed" as she saw the votes coming in.
The House on Thursday approved legislation that provides federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, sending the landmark bill to President Biden's desk for his signature and capping a decades-long shift in Americans' attitudes toward gay marriage.
