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The university announced Wednesday that classes will begin as scheduled on Sept. 2. In-person classes will be held in larger classrooms to facilitate social distancing.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is scheduled to give final approval to a mailing that will put absentee ballot application forms in the hands of 2.7 million registered voters ahead of the November presidential election.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has announced two population health studies that are designed to better understand where COVID-19 is in the state, identify communities at risk for a future outbreak and help prevent the spread of the virus.

Gov. Tony Evers announced that the Juneteenth flag will be raised over the Wisconsin State Capitol beginning at sunrise on Fri., June 19, 2020, in celebration of Juneteenth.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a judge's decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least the appearance of bias.

The casinos in Black River Falls, Wisconsin Dells and Wittenberg will open their doors starting on Monday, June 29th.

Wisconsin with 174 new positive tests according to the latest statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

Sheriff's officials say a woman who drowned while kayaking in Marquette County was from Ripon.

The University of Wisconsin System will welcome students back to campus for the fall 2020 semester, UW System President Ray Cross and Regent President Andrew S. Petersen announced today.

University of Wisconsin System officials are offering campuses guidelines for re-opening this fall.

A Minot man convicted in the shooting death of another man in January has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urged Wisconsin Democrats in a recorded message broadcast during an online state convention Friday to unite to defeat President Donald Trump in November.

The latest statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services shows 320 new positive test results.

University of Alaska System President Jim Johnsen was the only finalist to emerge from a months-long search.

More than two dozen Wisconsin appellate court judges, including two sitting justices on the state Supreme Court, are calling for combating racism and increasing diversity in the legal profession.

A search committee is set to meet to consider whether to recommend the University of Wisconsin System regents hire Jim Johnsen as system president.

Gov. Tony Evers has appointed Democratic state Rep. Chris Taylor, of Madison, to the Dane County Circuit Court. She will replace Judge Jill Karofsky who is joining the Wisconsin Supreme Court in August.

The mayor of Madison has apologized for a private message to the city's police force in which she sympathized with officers dealing with civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Hunters killed nearly 17% more turkeys during Wisconsin's spring season than last year.

Some are calling for the disbarment of an attorney who spat on a high school student during an anti-racism rally and march in a Milwaukee suburb.

Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Shane Blaser says hundreds of Verso employees have learned the company’s plans to suspend work in Wisconsin Rapids.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has certified the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin 2020 Board of Directors election results.

In this grant round, $24 million has been made available to applicants to help expand high-speed broadband internet to unserved areas of the state.

After nearly three months into a national public health and economic crisis and over 100,000 American lives lost to COVID-19, Opportunity Wisconsin, A Better Wisconsin Together, Priorities Wisconsin and Protect Our Care Wisconsin are hosting a statewide virtual town hall TOMORROW, June 8, 2020 at 7:00 PM CT with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes to hear directly from Wisconsinites about their struggles, their thoughts on reopening, and what they still need from the Trump administration.

Approximately three dozen Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers arrived at Dane County Regional Airport June 6, following several months in Afghanistan.

Wisconsin health officials reported 322 new cases of the coronavirus, a number that continued a downward trend of positive tests by percentage of total tests within a 14-day period.

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales says he's tired of people using the George Floyd protest to cause destruction and emphasized that violence against his officers must stop.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported Friday that 3% of all test results were positive. That continues a downward trend over the past two weeks.

The latest statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.