Wisconsin saw a record number of fires in January and February this year due to a lack of snow as climate change has set the stage for more wildfires. Wisconsin averages 864 wildfires that burn around 1,800 acres each year, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. Jim ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The municipal clerk in Wisconsin’s capital city has quit amid investigations into how she failed to count nearly 200 absentee ballots in the November elections. Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s office announced City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl’s resignation on ...

The Trump administration is speeding up environmental reviews of logging projects on more than half of the country’s national forests, including parts of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin. A large part of the western Upper Peninsula, in the vicinity of Ottawa National ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager charged in the deaths of his parents faces wider allegations that he killed them to “obtain the financial means” to assassinate President Donald Trump and overthrow the government, according to a recently unsealed federal warrant. Nikita Casap, 17, ...

State environmental regulators are offering emergency drinking water for 50 additional households relying on private wells in the town of Peshtigo. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made the move after issuing new drinking water advisories based on updated health guidelines for ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Democratic leader who revitalized the party in the presidential swing state announced Thursday he will be leaving his position in June after a six-year run that included a string of victories and “agonizingly close” losses. The move by Wisconsin ...