In total, 45,221 deaths in 2020 were gun-related, which is a 14% increase over the prior year and a 43% increase over a decade before. Overall, gun-related deaths constitute a majority of both homicides and suicides in the U.S.
Based on the analysis, five of the top 10 safest cities in the U.S. are located in one state.
- Tribune News Service
Every year on the third Monday of January we remember the extraordinary life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. When we’re young, we typically learn about his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In the last few years, King’s notable presence at the marches in Selma, Ala., has become a…
A new study on the effects of e-cigarettes finds an increase in heart rate and blood pressure in young people after vaping. The research was conducted by Michigan Technological University on a group of healthy 20-year-old nonsmokers. Each volunteer participated in two vaping sessions, separa…
- Kenosha News, Associated Press
Kyle Rittenhouse’s legs gave out under him as a clerk read the verdict of a jury that had been deliberating for close to 3 1/2 days — not guilty on all counts on Nov. 19, 2021.
Wisconsin will join the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Direct File program for filing season 2025, enabling eligible Wisconsin taxpayers with an option to file their taxes online directly with the IRS for free.
- Associated Press, CNN
Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, was born on Nov. 20, 1942. Here's a look back at his life and career.
In her latest What keeps you up at night? podcast, columnist Lynn Schmidt shares her concerns over Project 2025 and the current state of America's politics.
Former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter married July 7, 1946 in Plains, Georgia. Here are some photos of the former first couple through the years.
The Fontana Village Board on June 10 unanimously approved an ordinance amendment allowing the temporary July 15-19 extension of bar closing hours for any licensed Class B or Class C premise in the village around the run of the 2024 Republican National Convention, held July 15-18 at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee.
Walworth-based Ingalls-Koeppen Post 102 conducted a full slate of morning Memorial Day activities on Monday, May 27, including parades in Walworth and Fontana and solemn Memorial Day observances at Cobblestone Cemetery and Brick Church Cemetery in the Town of Walworth, Walworth Center Cemete…
Continuing a patriotic longtime West End tradition, Williams Bay-based Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373 observed Memorial Day on May 27, with a patriotic 10:45 a.m. parade through downtown Williams Bay followed by 11:15 a.m. solemn Memorial Day observances at Edgewater Park on …
Pausing to poignantly remember the nation’s fallen war dead on Monday, May 27, Walworth-based Ingalls-Koeppen American Legion Post 102, joined by members of Williams Bay-based Geneva Lake Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2373, held a slate of six solemn, patriotic Memorial Day observances at Wa…
Elkhorn-based Auroral Lakeland Medical Center is among 404 top U.S. maternity hospitals to be named to Newsweek's third annual America's Best Maternity Hospitals ranking, earning a four-ribbon ranking.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on May 21 confirmed the emergence of cicadas in Wisconsin, with the first confirmed report of 17-year Brood XIII periodical cicadas recorded in Walworth County at Lake Geneva.
Gov. Tony Evers, a longtime member of the U.S. Climate Alliance, announced May 9 that he is joining the Alliance’s executive committee, which oversees the strategic direction of the bipartisan coalition of governors. Evers will be the first governor from the Midwest to join the Alliance leadership since its June 2017 inception.
Gov. Tony Evers on May 8 welcomed President Joe Biden back to Wisconsin to join Microsoft officials in celebrating Microsoft’s investment of $3.3 billion between now and the end of 2026 to expand its national cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure capacity through the development of a state-of-the-art datacenter campus in the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County.
Williams Bay High School is ranked #1 in Walworth County and #31 in Wisconsin according to the the recently released 2024 Best High Schools analysis by U.S. News & World Report.
Gov. Tony Evers announced April 25 that Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. is expanding its production facility in Jefferson, a $195 million project that is expected to bring an additional 100 jobs and expand its wet pet food production by 50%.
Walworth-based Kikkoman Foods, Inc. is expanding its Wisconsin soy sauce brewing operations, announcing plans to expand its flagship headquarters plant in the Town of Walworth and build a new production facility in the City of Jefferson in neighboring Jefferson County, moves which it expects will create 83 new high-paying jobs over 12 years.
Gov. Tony Evers announced March 28 that the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program to help families feed kids over the summer months. Wisconsin is the first in the nation to receive this federal approval.
A look at the life and career of Elon Musk:
A look at what’s next for mifepristone, the first abortion-related case the court has taken since a majority of the current justices struck down the constitutional right to abortion in 2022.
The 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is happening right now. Thousands of people have flocked to the small South Dakota town despite the coronavirus pandemic.
The Yerkes Future Foundation on March 13 announced a crowdfunding initiative on Kickstarter in support of its development of its proposed Play/Scape playground on the campus of Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay. Donations up to $500,000 will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Blair Family …
This artist's rendering video shows the proposed playground to be developed at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay by Copenhagen, Denmark-based Monstrum. The Yerkes Future Foundation on March 13 announced a crowdfunding initiative on Kickstarter in support of its development of its proposed P…
Yerkes Observatory has been mapping the heavens since its 1897 opening, earning a global reputation over its 126-year history as “the birthplace of modern astrophysics.”
The public libraries in Fontana, Lake Geneva and Williams Bay will host their next Geneva Lakes Library Series in collaboration with The Ridge Hotel on Tuesday, March 26. The 6:30 p.m. program, "Cranberries: How Wisconsin Became the Best," will feature a Badger Talk presentation by University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension Agriculture Institute Cranberry Outreach Specialist Allison Jonjak.
In 1990, more than 6,000 drivers went on strike against Greyhound Lines Inc. (The company, later declaring an impasse in negotiations, fired the strikers.)
Here are some of the notable people celebrating birthdays today, including Ben Roethlisberger, Bryce Dallas Howard and Jon Bon Jovi.