Ethan Robert of Eisenhower Middle School in New Berlin and Arnav Vempati of Kromrey Elementary School in Middleton advanced to the Scripps National Spelling Bee May 26-28.
- JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin's top grade school and middle school spellers vie for a chance to represent the state in the Scripp's National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. during competition at the Mitby Theater in Madison Saturday.
Would it be Wisconsin without a Saturday tailgate? The 52 spellers competing in the 2026 Badger State Spelling Bee at Madison College’s Mitby Theater were invited to bring their families and join community supporters at a tailgate ahead of the 1 p.m. spelling bee.
Fifty-two champion spellers from Wisconsin’s public and private schools will be competing on Saturday in the annual Badger State Spelling Bee.Â
- ANNIE MA Associated Press
Many rural school districts around the United States are having a hard time making up for federal grant money that's been cut by the Trump administration.
- KIMBERLY WETHAL
The state budget provides school districts with an increase of $504.7 million more for special education funding over the previous budget.
Hunting is a time-honored Montana tradition, but poachers are costing Montanans money and our natural resources.
Federal Impact Aid is allotted to school districts that include large amounts of tax-exempt, federally owned land and that educate large numbers of “federally connected” children.
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska last September stepped into the top UW-Madison research role with big plans.
UW-Madison would be part of “dual-use” defense research — some of which is already happening on campus.
The Jefferson County case was tossed in 2021 but then revived after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that banned considering race in college admissions.
DPI plans to launch a streamlined database of all revoked and surrendered educator licenses and is exploring ways to make additional information public, Underly said.
While a court order relieved some pressures for college campus food pantries, student demand isn’t slowing.
UW-Eau Claire College Republicans face backlash for Halloween costumes depicting ICE agent making an arrest, labeled as racist and distasteful.
The artwork will be funded using existing hotel room tax revenue.
Swapped items include adult clothing, children’s clothing, household goods, toys and sometimes furniture.Â
Read through the obituaries published today in Lake Geneva Regional News.
Memorable images from his coaching, athletic director stretches at Wisconsin.
Bucky Badger wasn't always Bucky. And he wasn't always huggable, either. Scroll on for a history in photographs of one of the best mascots in college athletics.
The winter of 2007-08 was Madison's snowiest on record, with Mother Nature dumping a cumulative 101.4 inches of snow in the city. (For comparison, the previous record was 76.1 inches in the winter of 1978-79.) The record snowfall included a lot of middling storms that added up over time, as …
The 8-4 vote was the most divisive since Oct. 6, 1992, and shows the breadth of opinion the next Fed chairman will face.
Gut-turning pictures of food served to service members on two major U.S. warships fighting the Iran war prompted an outcry online and outrage among some national leaders.
To commemorate America's 250th anniversary this summer, Americans can receive a limited-edition U.S. passport with Trump's portrait on it.
Photos from two U.S. Navy warships fuel concern sailors are underfed during the Iran war as the Pentagon denies shortages.
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Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.
On March 6, 2015, Madison police officer Matt Kenny, who is white, shot and killed 19-year-old Tony Robinson, a black man, after an altercation at a home on Williamson Street. Robinson's death sparked weeks of demonstrations. Kenny was cleared of any wrongdoing by Dane County District Attorn…
Virgil Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, is being sought as a "person of interest" in the deaths.
On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss oral arguments for the Wisconsin Voter Alliance v. Secord case in which the WVA requested guardianship records to se…
On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Your Week in Review, Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk and WisPolitics-State Affairs Editor JR Ross discuss the special session on partisan gerrymandering and ongoing talks regarding a surplus deal.
The Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency held an informational hearing on whether the Department of Public Instruction’s four-day conference at a Wisconsin Dells water park was subject to the open meetings law and addressed expenditures.
The Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency held an informational hearing on whether the Department of Public Instruction’s four-day conference at a Wisconsin Dells water park was subject to the open meetings law and addressed expenditures.