FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) —- A Wisconsin man has been charged with attempted homicide after authorities say he tried to kill his mother with a hammer. The 33-year-old Fond du Lac man has been jailed on $1 million cash bail, WBAY-TV reported Thursday. According to a criminal complaint, the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Tony Earl, a Democrat who served one term as Wisconsin's governor in the 1980s and later bemoaned the increasing partisanship in politics, has died. He was 86. Earl, a champion of gay rights and a staunch environmentalist, died on Thursday “peacefully surrounded by ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The opening Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election season will take place in Milwaukee this August, the Republican National Committee decided Thursday. The rough time and location were the only details finalized as a small group of RNC members met behind closed ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 20% of the state’s voting-age population cast ballots in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, state elections officials said Thursday. The Wisconsin Elections Commissions announced Wednesday that unofficial results show voters cast at least 960,477 ballots in ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A monster winter storm took aim at the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, threatening to bring blizzard conditions, bitterly cold temperatures and 2 feet of snow in a three-day onslaught that could affect more than 40 million Americans. The storm began around midday Tuesday and ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl suffered a stroke this week and is now receiving palliative care, his oldest daughter Julia Earl said Tuesday. Earl, 86, is a Democrat, who served one term as governor from 1983 to 1987. He was a champion of gay rights and a staunch ...