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The search for a missing 10-year-old Baraboo girl came to a tragic end late Tuesday morning when her body was discovered in a rural farm area, not far from her home.

Police say the man attempted to strangle a woman and threatened to shoot family members

A Wisconsin city that is named after Christopher Columbus will vote on whether to remove a statue of its namesake at a time when monuments honoring controversial White people are being criticized following protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Kevin Anderson, 62, is charged with killing his sister and her husband, shooting at a deputy and burning down a house.

“Just give us some free food and beer and we can end this now,” Devonere Johnson said, according to the affidavit. “You don’t want 600 people to come here and destroy your business and burn it down."

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Minocqua) says the governor has ignored what’s happened with protests recently.

Clifford O. Larson, 90, has been found and he is safe.

Protesters have taken down two statues at statehouse grounds in Madison after a day and night of demonstrations over the arrest of a man at a restaurant.

The map is color-coded to indicate overall coroanvirus activity status; either low, medium or high.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued its Education Forward plan for districts as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

The move by the Milwaukee School Board late Thursday comes in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police.

The state unemployment rate fell from 13.6% in April to 12% in May as businesses reopened.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 12% in May, a month where the state’s “safer at home” order closing most nonessential businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic was in effect for two weeks before being struck down.

The NTSB tweeted that the agency is coordinating the investigation with the Wisconsin State Patrol and does not plan to send NTSB investigators to the scene near Lodi at this time.

A Kansas-based hunting advocacy group filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to restart in-person hunter education courses.

June 19 marks the date a Union general in Texas told slaves in the state that they were free. This was more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that if you add features to a gambling machine, it's still a gambling machine.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen said in a statement that after deep reflection his calling remains in that state. He also signaled that Wisconsin’s search process was flawed.

A health club company is apologizing on behalf of a franchisee who posted an “I can’t breathe” workout at its gym in suburban Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown was among thousands of people who gathered outside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee and marched for social justice and against police brutality.

Gov. Tony Evers ordered the flag be flown over the East Wing of the capitol through June 30.

The governor says the people engaging in civil unrest are damaging the First Amendment rights of the peaceful protesters.

Park offices will remain closed, however, and campers can expect to find automatic touchless check-ins.

The annual music festival in Milwaukee will not happen as scheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 Census will help determine how much federal money Wisconsin gets over the next 10 years for roads, schools and infrastructure.

The traditional opening ceremony in Stevens Point will be held virtually this year.

The Department of Revenue analysis says personal income should recover to pre-pandemic levels by this time next year.

It was the third night of violence in Madison, the liberal state capital with one of the deepest racial divides in the nation.

U.W. System officials said several candidates removed themselves from consideration.

Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a Democratic-sponsored bill that would require law enforcement agencies to minimize the use of force and prioritize preserving life. He also called for local government leaders to join the call for change.