Wisconsin

A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.

Five flamingos showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach in a historic visit to the state.

Wisconsin is the land of dairy cows, and certainly badgers, but what about flamingos? Multiple flamingos were spotted at a beach along Lake Michigan on Friday, something that has never happened in Wisconsin, according to a report from WTMJ, the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee. The long-legged birds were seen at South Beach in Port Washington, about 27 miles north of…

In North Carolina and Wisconsin, Republicans are trying to seize power over elections and redistricting.

A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.

“The wreck is among the best-preserved shipwrecks in Wisconsin waters with her deck-house still intact, containing the crew’s possessions and her anchors and deck gear still present,” maritime historians said.

More than 50 years after a Vietnam War-era bombing on the University of Wisconsin campus that killed a researcher, the FBI has released age-processed photographs of a suspect who has evaded law enforcement for more than half a century and been referred to as “Wisconsin’s state ghost.”

The man who became known as “Joe the Plumber” during the 2008 U.S. presidential election has died.

When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them, but also on Wisconsin’s role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.

A video appears to show an officer punching the man, after taking a baby from his arms. The officer mistakenly believed the man had been involved in a hit-and-run crash.

Two people were killed and two others injured Saturday in a midair collision at an airport in Wisconsin.

A freshman Republican congressman from Wisconsin yelled and cursed at high school-aged pages for the U.S. Senate during a late night tour of the Capitol, action that elicited a bipartisan rebuke from Senate leaders.

“Today I was fired for tweeting that first graders couldn’t sing Rainbowland,” Wisconsin first grade teacher Melissa Tempel tweeted.

Riders on a roller coaster at a festival in Crandon, Wisconsin, were stuck for nearly three hours before they were rescued safely from the ride.

Thrill seekers got more than they bargained for at the Forest County Festival in Wisconsin.

A car smelling like marijuana is enough for police in Wisconsin to justify searching a person in the vehicle, even though substances legal in the state can smell the same, the state Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

It was the call that no emergency dispatcher wants to receive.

A 911 dispatcher in Wisconsin answered a call about a house fire. She was shocked when she learned it was her own home.

Workers age 18 and above can serve alcohol to customers in Wisconsin. A pair of Republican state lawmakers are proposing a bill that would allow workers ages 14 to 17 to serve alcohol to seated customers in bars and restaurants. Wisconsin would have the lowest age limit for workers allowed to serve alcohol.

Two cars ended up in the river but washed ashore. Hazardous materials believed to be batteries were onboard, but they’ve been contained and don’t pose a threat to the public, officials said.