The current capitol building in Madison is the state's fourth or fifth, depending on how you count it. A massive fire ...

For 46 days in 1836, lawmakers met in Belmont to decide where to permanently place the capital. They were lobbied with land ...

John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic ...

LUDINGTON, MI – The S.S. Badger was scheduled to set off across Lake Michigan today for propeller work in Wisconsin, but the trip has been delayed due to weather, officials announced.

The SS Badger, which traverses Lake Michigan between Ludington, Michigan, and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, — serving as a link is the U.S. 10 highway — will undergo propeller shaft bearing repair in ...

Minnesota residents are bracing for a potential major weather event Monday afternoon and evening, as meteorologists forecast the possibility of severe storms and dangerous tornadoes across much of ...

The first batch of severe thunderstorms started to take shape in the afternoon and evening in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Damaging storms are also possible in parts of the Mississippi Valley ...

In northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin, residents were bracing ... Extreme Weather Maps: Track the possibility of extreme weather in the places that are important to you.

(CNN) — Millions in the Upper Midwest face the possibility of a severe thunderstorm outbreak Monday that could bring rounds of dangerous storms capable of unleashing damaging winds, large hail ...

FARGO — Is our warming climate changing the threat of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms? From the political sides of this debate, this question is usually quickly and easily answered either “ ...

FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday in Wisconsin, accusing her of obstructing an immigration enforcement action last week. Dugan was arrested at 8:30 a.m. at the county ...