Wisconsin Public Radio

08/07/2025

Some Walworth County residents are worried their lifestyle could be affected by a proposed natural gas power plant.

08/07/2025

The Madison Night Mares bested the Minot Honeybees 6-5 Wednesday night at Warner Park in Madison.

In only the second season of the league, the Madison Night Mares won the summer collegiate softball championship.

08/07/2025

The Madison biotechnology company Exact Sciences recently laid off about 4 percent of its workforce, including 200 positions in Wisconsin. That includes about 80 roles at its Madison headquarters and about 120 remote roles elsewhere in the state.

The Madison biotechnology company Exact Sciences recently laid off about 4 percent of its workforce, including 200 positions in Wisconsin. That includes about 80 roles at their Madison headquarters and about 120 remote roles elsewhere in the state.

08/07/2025

Smoky skies have now hovered over Wisconsin for more days than 2023, and the state is likely to break the previous record set 15 years ago.

08/07/2025

“The Thief of Words” is full of references to Anthony Bukoski’s own life in Superior, like his Polish background and his complicated relationship with his father, particularly after his father’s death.

08/07/2025

Members of the State Building Commission unanimously approved millions of dollars’ worth of projects Wednesday, covering everything from routine maintenance around the state to new lighting at the Circus World Museum.

08/07/2025

In their latest attempts to make Wisconsin's congressional voting map more favorable to Democrats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, liberal law firms are pushing for an untested process first created by Republican state lawmakers in 2011.

08/07/2025

The village of Sturtevant is considering disbanding its police department and outsourcing services to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office.

08/07/2025

A push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has kicked off a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House seats.

08/06/2025

Rian Nyblom pleaded guilty in April to two counts of being a party to the crime of battery by a prisoner. As part of a plea deal, the original charge of felony murder with special circumstances was reduced. An additional charge of battery by a prisoner was dismissed.

An 18-year-old inmate who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of a guard at a Wisconsin juvenile prison was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison.

08/06/2025

New job numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor paint a stark picture of America’s job market — and a University of Wisconsin-Madison economist said he expects upcoming Wisconsin jobs numbers to show a similar trend in manufacturing jobs.

08/06/2025

Breaking: A federal judge has ruled in favor of more than 50 homeowners and the town of Lac du Flambeau in a longstanding dispute with the Lac du Flambeau tribe about access to roads crossing tribal lands.

A federal judge has ruled in favor of more than 50 homeowners and the town of Lac du Flambeau in a longstanding dispute with the Lac du Flambeau tribe about access to roads crossing tribal lands.