A new poll shows President Barack Obama easily leading each of his four Republican rivals in Wisconsin.A Marquette University poll released Wednesday shows Obama leading former Sen. Rick Santorum, 51...

Spring like weather again today with mid-40s for highs! Wait to wash the car though, wet snow will fall after 9 p.m., and there will be see minor accumulations overnight.Lows fall to the low 30s...

Sweat Lodge Lawyers Question Retreat Owner A Brookfield lawyer who was arrested at Holy Hill after missing his first scheduled plea hearing in a massive fraud case, pleaded guilty...

Democrats outraged by GOP redistricting map MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Federal judges in Milwaukee are reconvening in a case over whether the state's new election maps are constitutional. The case was...

Sentencing of serial bank robber A bank executive at AnchorBank said Wednesday that the bank, which holds the loan for the two theaters, intends on turning over operation of the two theaters to...

Walkthrough of fire damage A 60-year-old Milwaukee man is being charged with two counts of arson for allegedly setting fires at two Greenfield businesses on South 27th Street within a 30-minute...

Assembly won't vote on mining bill next week MADISON - The state treasurer of Wisconsin said Wednesday he is asking State Assembly members to vote in favor of an amendment to the Wisconsin...

Wis. elections board clarifies student ID rules MADISON - Wisconsin election officials say that the first election in the state with the new Voter ID laws happened with few snags. "It went...

OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- A fire caused extensive damage to a church school in Oconto Falls, canceling classes on Wednesday. Fire investigators are expected at St. Anthony Parish School to look for...

JSOnline: 12 Milwaukee High Schools Identified As Low Performers MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Public Schools was scheduled to receive a large corporate grant on Wednesday. AT&T has committed to give...

Greinke a perfect 10 for Brewers Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin won't let the fact Zack Greinke has no agent deter him from making a contract extension offer once he determines...

Assembly set to pass redistricting maps Republican lawmakers said Tuesday that they think they have no power to make changes to election maps they approved last summer, inserting new questions into...

Milwaukee Archbishop unfazed by about 550 sex abuse claims MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee's Archbishop was to say Ash Wednesday Mass at a local Catholic high school, all amidst a combination of...

Walker, Evers teaming up on school accountaibility MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin education officials will apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind, hoping to join 11 other states that were already...

Packers CB Sam Shields moves past concussion MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Longtime Green Bay Packer offensive lineman Mark Tauscher is throwing his support behind a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature...

Wisconsin homeowners to get $140M under settlement KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The owner of a Kansas City business admitted that he embezzled more than $750,000 from dozens of homeowners associations. ...

New poll finds Mayor Barrett leading Democrats in possible recall election MILWAUKEE - A new poll released by Marquette University says that President Barack Obama would beat all of the major...

Light Snow Today MILWAUKEE - Most of the weather patterns this week in Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin involve some sort of precipitation, but not for the early part of Wednesday. ...

Capitol Chaos: Some Firefighters Fight for Residency Rule MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police officers are heading to Madison to ask state lawmakers to change the Police Department's residency rules. ...

Former Walker aide to be arraigned on theft charge MILWAUKEE - A former aide to current Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker when he was Milwaukee County Executive was to head into a courtroom on...

MILWAUKEE - While the prime race on Tuesday's spring primary election day in Southeastern Wisconsin came in Sheboygan with the mayoral recall race, a number of mayors faced primary elections as...

SHEBOYGAN - The city of Sheboygan will have a new mayor Wednesday after its current mayor was recalled in an election. "(Recalled mayor Bob) Ryan conceded the election and offered to work with...

Sheriff's deputy shoots, wounds man in shootout SHAWANO- Authorities say a 20-year-old man is in custody in the death of his father. The Shawano County Sheriff's Office says 53-year-old...

(381) Comments President Obama has double-digit leads over his potential GOP challengers in a new Wisconsin poll conducted Thursday through Sunday by Marquette Law School. In the same poll,...

Marquette Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Rick Santorum leading the GOP presidential field with 34%, followed by Mitt Romney at 18%, Ron Paul at 17% and Newt Gingrich at 12%. The Wisconsin GOP...

A 5,000-square-foot building that could house a Starbucks cafe and U.S. Cellular store is planned on the outer area of a Wal-Mart parking lot at Southgate Marketplace on South 27th Street in...

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has launched an investigation into the payment in lieu of taxes system used by municipal utilities and how those payments are...

Dick Lincoln is still going strong after more than 35 years in development that includes work on the original Schlitz Park project in downtown Milwaukee and more than 3,000 apartments and...

Turnout for Tuesday's primary election was small, but the day served as a soft rollout of the state of Wisconsin's new voter ID law with few...

Frank Fritz , one of the three co-stars of the History Channel television show "American Pickers," is scheduled to make an appearance at Capital City Harley-Davidson dealership in Madison...

Follow this company , a Washington, D.C.-based organization, has selected Madison as the site for its annual spring conference in 2015. The group generally attracts a small crowd, but the...

Follow this company says it has to stop selling single-game tickets to people with disabilities because of a change in the Americans with Disabilities Act that goes into effect in...

A Wisconsin business owner is charged in federal court with torching his business and offering to kill someone’s wife in payment for helping set the fire. Prosecutors accuse 32-year-old Mathew...

The challenger in the Sheboygan mayoral recall race is claiming victory with 85 percent of the vote in.As the early returns came in, challenger Terry Van Akkeren held a slight lead over incumbent...

Milwaukee county voters made their primary voices heard for several county board seats as city voters overwhelmingly cast their votes for Mayor Tom Barrett.In the city's mayoral race, Barrett...

West Allis police have taped off the area around a mobile home and the bomb squad has arrived on the scene.Capt. Brian Mason said the department executed a search warrant at 7:11 p.m. Tuesday in the...

Milwaukee police arrested two men who they said were responsible for a string of robberies in the metro.Surveillance video from the Auto Zone at 63rd and Capitol streets showed the suspects storming...

MILWAUKEE- You work out, you diet -- but you're not getting the results you want. When it comes to getting fit and looking better, it could be because of what's in your genes. Now, a new...

MILWAUKEE- A Milwaukee man signed up to be shocked -- every time he snores. It's a possible new cure for sleep apnea developed at the Medical College of Wisconsin. For the Gutzman family, by...

Incredible pictures of huge tanker explosion in Rock County WEST ALLIS- A possible explosive device was located in the 10200 block of W. Greenfield Ave. and was disposed Tuesday evening. West Allis...

Texting Ban Prompts Few Tickets MADISON- The state Assembly has passed a bill that would extend no-call prohibitions to text messages. Right now, telephone solicitors are banned from calling...

Wisconsin Assembly Passes Voter ID Bill MADISON- The state Assembly has passed a bill that would put an end to punitive and compensatory damages for workplace discrimination. Under current state...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel now is offering JS Everywhere, a new digital subscription package, which gives you unlimited access to JSOnline, the daily e-Edition, Journal Sentinel mobile site and...

Feb. 21, 2012 As if the case of a woman charged with cutting an unborn child from a mother's womb in the hope of passing the child off as her own wasn't unusual enough, now prosecutors...

Go to section As protests go, this one didn't make sense to me. Terry Meunier called this newspaper to say he would not be voting Tuesday, the first election in Wisconsin that required a...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel now is offering JS Everywhere, a new digital subscription package, which gives you unlimited access to JSOnline, the daily e-Edition, Journal Sentinel mobile site and...

(0) Comments Common Ground, a coalition of religious groups and other organizations, has been awarded two federal loans potentially totaling $56.4 million to start a nonprofit health insurer...

(0) Comments Some students with disabilities in Wisconsin next school year could attend a private or a public school outside their home district with the help of a taxpayer-funded subsidy worth...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis (Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town whose heavy drinking last summer sparked pressure to step down lost a special election on Tuesday to a former Democratic state...