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Gov. Evers Requests FEMA Support to Assess and Respond to Storm Damage in Wisconsin

Flood Warnings in Southern Wisconsin as Rivers Swell

The H-2A visa program allows U.S. agricultural employers to temporarily employ foreign workers to fill seasonal jobs. (Adobe Stock)

WI Farm Bureau: Immigration reform could address labor shortage

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Gov. Evers Urges Trump Administration to Reverse Course on Cuts Stalling Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance Modernization Efforts Designed to Prevent Fraud and Waste

People watch along the Fox River Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

'What is happening?' Milwaukee area recovers from record rain and flooding

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Wisconsin National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry to be welcomed home in Chippewa Valley

Packers star Billy Howton, believed to have been the oldest living NFL player, dies at 95

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

State Building Commission Funding to include Stout library

FILE - A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is displayed at the Neighborcare Health clinics at Vashon Island High School in Vashon Island, Wash., on May 15, 2019.

Measles has made it to Wisconsin. Here’s what to know about the virus.

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Wisconsin elections, already flooded with cash, could get even more expensive

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DHS Confirms First Cases of Measles in Wisconsin This Year

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest

In this image provided by the Lincoln County, S.D., Sheriff's Office, a cell tower sustained damage following strong winds overnight in southern Lincoln County, South Dakota, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Sgt. E.J. Colshan/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A derecho with at least one 99 mph gust swept the Upper Plains and Midwest, the weather service says

FILE - Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski is interviewed on March 23, 2023 in Madison, Wis.(AP Photo/Harm Venhuizen, file)

Wisconsin's Democratic secretary of state won't run for governor but mulls lieutenant governor bid

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It will be hard to claw back civil society after the money is gone

FILE - Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez enters 2026 governor race, calls Trump a 'maniac'

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Judge orders Wisconsin school shooter's father to stand trial on charges he allowed access to guns

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he won't seek third term in battleground Wisconsin

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Energy Work & the Economy AI data centers are using more power. Regular customers are footing the bill

Eric Zieroth walks to his car through the backyard of the apartment where he was staying as his dog, Bella, walks alongside him before driving to his storage unit with his stepdaughter, Christina Hubbell, on Dec. 3, 2024, in Shell Lake, Wis. In the winter, Zieroth and Hubbell moved into a friend’s basement apartment after living in their car for over a year. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)

‘We can’t do it all by ourselves’: As rural homelessness grows in Wisconsin, Republicans balk at boosting support

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