Alert Top Story Spotlight STATE BUDGET | FUNDING GAP FOR HOMELESS VETERANS 2 Wisconsin veterans homes will close because they didn't get state funding KIMBERLY WETHAL Jul 16, 2025 Jul 16, 2025 Updated Aug 28, 2025 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two of the state’s three veterans homes will close by the end of September after the state budget didn’t give them money to stay open.kAm%96 9@>6D :? r9:AA6H2 u2==D 2?5 vC66? q2J 2C6 D=2E65 E@ 4=@D6[ 3FE 2 E9:C5 9@>6 :? &?:@? vC@G6[ :? #24:?6 r@F?EJ[ H:== C6>2:? @A6? 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UW Regents approve tuition hikes for third consecutive year Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman said the tuition increases strike a balance between providing a quality education but keeping …
Heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes possible with severe storms Wednesday afternoon for Wisconsin Heavy rainfall over the same area for an hour or more would result in low-lying and urban and small stream flash flooding.
How much damage did Wednesday's tornadoes do in Wisconsin? At least two tornadoes — but likely more — touched down in Wisconsin on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
Wisconsin Elections Commission finds Madison clerk broke election laws, delays guidance The review was not a criminal investigation and there will be no referrals for prosecution on the asserted violations, Commission chair Ann Ja…
Madison Area Technical College sells Habitat for Humanity land near Watertown campus for 12-housing-unit development Madison Area Technical College said it identified the land that is across from its Watertown campus as surplus.
Here's how Medicaid changes could affect Wisconsin Signed into law on July 4, President Donald Trump's budget reconciliation bill extends Trump's 2017 multi-trillion dollar tax cuts and cuts M…
Gov. Tony Evers blasts Trump's megabill as JD Vance touts tax cuts in La Crosse The governor released the findings just as Vice President JD Vance is due to arrive in La Crosse to tout the administration’s tax cuts and spe…
