1+ week, 5+ day ago   (141+ words) Sep 2, 2026, 11:53 AM CT WHITEWATER, Wis. (Civic Media) – The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater says there was no threat to life Wednesday morning. It comes after an emergency alert earlier in the day reported an active threat on campus. The university issued a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (263+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 2:43 PM CT After years of planning, work on the replacement of the John A. Blatnik Bridge between Superior and Duluth is getting underway. According to a press release, Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz joined…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (523+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 9:14 AM CT The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday weighed how it should manage the response to election administration errors made by the cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay in recent months. During the August and April elections this year,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (577+ words) Sep 1, 2026, 9:28 AM CT Enbridge is temporarily pausing work on its Line 5 pipeline reroute following a natural gas liquids leak in Iron County. The leak happened Aug. 25 on Sitan Road near Saxon when a parked, unoccupied subcontractor semi-truck rolled into an…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (347+ words) Aug 30, 2026, 6:27 PM CT The measles outbreak reported earlier this month in Southwest Wisconsin has increased markedly this week, the state health department reported Friday. With newly identified cases, the total number of people in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties confirmed…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (590+ words) Aug 26, 2026, 10:42 AM CT Before 2015, the most a person could give in annual political donations in Wisconsin was $10,000. So far this year, the conservative billionaire megadonor Elizabeth Uihlein has given the Wisconsin Republican Party nearly $19 million, while her husband Richard Uihlein…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (557+ words) Aug 26, 2026, 9:18 AM CT Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley told reporters Tuesday in Madison that he would not vote for a change in the state Constitution to prohibit using the partial veto to create or increase a tax or fee. Voters…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) Aug 25, 2026, 5:56 PM CT Homes were evacuated Tuesday after a natural gas liquids leak occurred during work on Enbridge’s Line 5 near Saxon. According to a post from the Iron County Sheriff’s Office, around 10 a.m., an unoccupied semi-truck rolled into an…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Civic Media Port Washington Data Center & Piping Plovers Tue Aug 25, 2026 Cloverleaf, the developer behind Port Washington’s controversial AI data center, is reportedly looking to build a new hyperscale data center on the east side of Madison. Energy utility MG&E…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (426+ words) Aug 25, 2026, 11:22 AM CT This story was originally published by The Dairyland Patriot. Wisconsin is often called the Birthplace of the Labor Movement. The state’s first unions were formed in Milwaukee, starting with The Bricklayers’ Union in 1847, and the Carpenters’ Union…...