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.
- 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.
Lakeland Health Care Center will host its annual Lugnuts & Donuts classic car show at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10 at 1922 Highway NN in Elkhorn. The event will feature classic sports cards, motorcycles, trucks and other motorized vehicles. Doughnuts will be provided.
Read through the obituaries published today in Lake Geneva Regional News.
The Walworth County Aging and Disability Resource Center will offer the Walk With Ease program from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. each Thursday, June 4-July 9, at the East Troy Intergenerational Community Center, 2043 Division St. in East Troy. The program will be taught bey Rebecca Way. The program is designed to help people with arthritis develop an exercise routine and manage their main.
Get a recap of Tuesday's local news stories from 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 Trump administration's success at booting dissidents out of the GOP is unquestionable, but it may have some negative consequences that could immediately backfire in Washington.
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie explains why his election night watch party felt more like a rally than a loser's party.
Massie angered Trump by leading a push to force the Justice Department to release files tied to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Senate advanced a war powers resolution Tuesday evening that would end the Iran war unless President Donald Trump obtains Congress' authorization.
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