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07/24/2025

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has announced he will not seek reelection. He'll leave the governor’s office as one of the most successful politicians in Wisconsin history.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has announced he won't seek reelection, a bombshell decision that shakes up Wisconsin politics ahead of the 2026 election.

07/24/2025

Tyler Hall, president of WiscoFAST, told WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” that 3,000 businesses in the state will be affected by the law and will now be at risk of going out of business.

A trade group president and an anti-vaping advocate share their thoughts on Wisconsin's new ban of non-FDA-approved v**es and e-cigarettes.

07/24/2025

After more craft breweries closed than opened across the nation for the first time in 20 years, a pair of Wisconsin craft brewery owners say they’re adapting to the times.

07/24/2025

Hundreds of nurses in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin returned to work Wednesday after ending a two-week strike against Essentia Health, including nurses at its Superior clinic.

07/24/2025

About five years ago, Shawn Wiederhoeft received a life-changing kidney transplant, and in the process, might have helped change the lives of future transplant recipients.

07/24/2025

The status of abortion in Wisconsin has seen a series of legal twists and turns over the last three years, and the recently-released “ ” report reflects that shifting landscape.

The number of abortions in Wisconsin has rising been since late 2023, approaching monthly totals last seen before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new analysis shows.

07/23/2025

Ann Marsh has been studying insects for more than two decades. Her research specimens include bugs that dehair rodents to feed to their young and a fly that uses its harpoon-like abdomen to insert eggs into prey.

07/23/2025

Much of Wisconsin is under a heat advisory Wednesday, and a new analysis by the nonprofit group Climate Central finds extreme heat streaks are becoming more common across the state and nation.

07/23/2025

A statement issued by the La Crosse Police Department just before 1:00 p.m. said Eliotte Heinz’s body was recovered at around 10:28 a.m. by the Houston County Sheriff’s Department near Brownsville, which is down river from La Crosse.

The body of a 22-year-old woman who went missing in La Crosse early Sunday morning was found Wednesday in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota.

07/23/2025

Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would repeal the results of Gov. Tony Evers' "400-year veto," arguing it amounts to an unfair property tax increase in perpetuity.

07/23/2025

Have you ever picked up a hobby because a friend or relative was really into it? Did you try to see if they’re truly onto something? Writer Yia Lor of Eau Claire did this with geocaching, an outdoor activity her late sister, Jer Lor, loved to do with her kids. She wrote about it for Wisconsin Life:

Have you ever picked up a hobby because a friend or relative was really into it? Did you try to see if they’re truly onto something? Writer Yia Lor of Eau Claire did this with geocaching, an outdoor activity her late sister, Jer Lor, loved to do with her kids....

07/23/2025

Land near the Madison College campus in Watertown will soon be home to an affordable housing project.