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Wisconsin is getting ready to host the president again. President Biden is planning a visit to the old Foxconn site on Wednesday to celebrate Microsoft’s development there. Microsoft has bought nearly 15 hundred acres at the old site, and the company plans to use the land for new data centers. There’s no word yet just what President Biden will do or say. Governor Evers negotiated the deal with Foxconn, and has paid the company its tax benefits for the past

There will be another protest on campus at UW-Madison today. UW faculty members and staffers say they plan to rally in support of the pro-Palestinian protesters who’ve been on campus now for a week. Professor Keith Woodward says they want to listen to their students and hear their ideas. The faculty rally will be at the Library Mall, which is the center of the current protests. Faculty members say they plan to meet with students in the tent village on

The state DOJ says the Mount Horeb Middle School student killed by police had pointed his pellet rifle at officers before they shot him.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation said in a news release on Saturday that officers directed him to drop his weapon and he would not comply.  The student died on the scene after lifesaving measures were deployed.  In the release, the DOJ described the weapon as a Ruger 177-caliber pellet rifle.  The Milwaukee

A soon-to-be life sciences communication graduate at Wisconsin-Madison is the new “Alice in Dairyland.” Halei Heinzel was chosen on Saturday by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. As the 77th Alice in Dairyland, Heinzel will have a full-time position with the agency touting the importance of agriculture in the state. Current Alice in Dairyland, Ashley Hagenow, will serve until July 8th, when Heinzel takes over.

Hello. We are glad you are here! Welcome to your weekend. It’s both Derby Day and May 4th, the day that Star Wars fans get to embrace all things Jedi and beyond from a galaxy far, far away. But here on Earth, your weekend might already seem full. That’s why we like to take some time on Saturday morning to simply slow things down a bit. It’s a “scroll down memory lane.” A look back at events that happened on

May the Force be with you this May 4th. Mark Mayfield has more.

The “most exciting two minutes in sports” is here as the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby takes place today at Churchill Downs in Louisville. The current favorite Fierceness will start from the 17th post position, while second-favorite Sierra Leone is starting out of the number-two gate. Fierceness is running at five-to-two odds, Sierra Leone at three-to-one. For those who like betting on the longshot, West Saratoga, Grand Mo The First and Society Man are running at 50-to-one. A total

Some Dane County supervisors don’t want the sheriff sending any more deputies to break up the protests at UW-Madison. Nine supervisors signed a letter yesterday pressing the sheriff to ‘not succumb to any impulse for action that will silence activists working to shape public discourse through peaceful means.’ Several Dane County deputies were part of the police sweep that cleared tents from the UW-Madison Library Mall on Wednesday. A handful of them were hurt in the scuffle with students that

Two Wausau West High School students are champions in an international competition. Senior Jackson Albee and junior Sadie Steinbach teamed up to win the School-Based Enterprise-Retail Operations competition at the International Career Development Conference. The two beat out 304 other teams to win the award. The event was held in Anaheim, California.

Flags will be at half-staff on Sunday to honor firefighters who have given their lives in Wisconsin. It’ll be National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend. The honor had been celebrated in October up until last year, when it was moved to May by the Fallen Firefighters Foundation. Flags will also be flown at half-staff on recognition dates in September and October.