Associated Press

Fourteen-year-olds in Wisconsin could serve alcohol to seated customers in bars and restaurants under a bill circulated for cosponsors by a pair of Republican state lawmakers.

A freight train has derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, injuring one crew member. Crawford County Emergency Management Specialist Marc Myhre says that about 20 BNSF cars were involved.

A white lawyer who spat on a Black high school student during a 2020 anti-racism march in a Milwaukee suburb has been convicted of a misdemeanor. A jury convicted 67-year-old Stephanie Rapkin Wednesday of disorderly conduct.

Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion data center on the 315-acre parcel in Mount Pleasant, a village in Racine County about 30 miles south of Milwaukee.

The head of Wisconsin's Democratic Party is celebrating U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin's announcement she's seeking a third term. Baldwin said Wednesday she'll continue to fight for the working class and families struggling with inflation and to oppose Wisconsin’s abortion ban.

Cardinal Stritch University, a Catholic liberal arts college, is closing, a year after celebrating its 85th anniversary in Wisconsin. President Dan Scholz says Stritch is facing “fiscal realities” caused by lower student enrollment, the impact of the pandemic and other challenges.

It will be harder to get out of jail on bail before trial in Wisconsin under an amendment to the state constitution approved by voters on Tuesday. The measure, which appeared as two ballot questions that were approved by wide margins, will let judges consider more factors when setting bail and the conditions of release before trial.

Turnout in Wisconsin's hotly contest Supreme Court race broke the previous record high set for spring elections that don't coincide with a presidential primary.

Republican state Rep. Dan Knodl has won an open Wisconsin Senate seat, creating a GOP supermajority in the chamber that could be used to impeach Gov. Tony Evers and other office holders.

The Board of Regents voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a proposal increasing student tuition, fees and room and board rates starting this fall.