government and politics

Dozens of investigators met in Barron Friday to review more than 2,000 tips and leads in the disappearance of 13-year-old Jayme Closs.

St. Croix valley residents took to the streets of the Hudson Thursday to voice their opposition to the latest shakeup in the White House. The...

Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate will meet to discuss limiting the power granted to the state's incoming Democratic governor....

Incumbent Gov. Scott Walker isn't conceding his razor-thin defeat to Democrat Tony Evers yet. The Walker campaign is claiming thousands of ballots...

The Wisconsin gubernatorial race has remained tight since the polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. According to the Journal Sentinel's...

Rep. Warren Petryk captured a fifth term in office Tuesday in a comfortable win in Assembly District 93. The Eleva Republican topped Charlene...

An open seat in the state Senate appeared to remain in Democratic control after a former legislator led his Republican opponent Tuesday at the...

Shannon Zimmerman was well on his way to gaining his second term in the Assembly Tuesday, according to a sizeable chunk of St. Croix County election...

Ellsworth resident Kerry Feuerhelm defeated her challenger for the Pierce County Clerk of Court on Tuesday night. Feuerhelm, a Republican, beat...

Incumbent Scott Knudson will continue to serve as the St. Croix County Sheriff, with unofficial election results showing Knudson ahead of challenger...

Incumbent Pierce County Sheriff Nancy Hove will almost certainly win a fourth term, as she ran unopposed aside from a late push by a write-in...

With more than a quarter of precincts reporting, longtime U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) is leading in the 3rd Congressional District race in western...

With roughly one-third of precincts reporting (258 of 720), U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (Republican) is well on his way to winning re-election over...

The Wisconsin gubernatorial race has remained tight since the polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6. According to the Journal Sentinel’s...

With roughly one-third of precincts reporting (272 of 720), U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (Republican) is well on his way to winning re-election over...