×

Wisconsin News

Fifty years later, author separates Edmund Fitzgerald fact from folklore

Monday is the 50th anniversary of one of the most tragic and well-known shipwrecks on the Great Lakes, the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The tragedy particularly resonates locally, with Superior being the ship’s last port of call, and “the wives and the sons and the daughters” of ...

Immigrant who judge allegedly tried to help avoid arrest sentenced

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An immigrant who was arrested after a judge in Wisconsin allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been sentenced to time served for illegally reentering the United States and will soon be deported, according to his attorney. Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, has spent ...

Wisconsin DNR offers free tree seedlings to fourth graders

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is offering free tree seedlings to every fourth grade student in Wisconsin as part of its annual Arbor Day tree planting program. (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is ...

Ruling for citizenship checks of Wisconsin voters put on hold

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday put on hold his order that requires elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered voters in the battleground state before the next statewide election in February. It now appears unlikely that the case will be ...

Wisconsin becomes the 36th state to limit cellphones in schools

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin became the 36th state to limit cellphones and other electronic devices in school Friday, when its Democratic governor signed a bill requiring districts to prohibit phone use during class time. The measure passed with bipartisan support, though some Democrats ...

Tariffs on wood, wood products might not help producers

Larry Krueger has already felt the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on his lumber business. Krueger, cofounder and vice president of Krueger Lumber in Valders in northeast Wisconsin, said with tariffs in place on lumber imported to the United States, other countries have ...