JANESVILLE 鈥 What began as a classroom lesson on the realities of military service has transformed into a community-wide fundraising effort at Kennedy Elementary School, where fifth-grade students are selling handmade ornaments to support local veterans in need.
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MILTON 鈥 After devoting more than four decades to education, Milton School Superintendent Rich Dahman is reflecting on his career and how the profession has changed, as he gets ready to retire.
WHITEWATER 鈥 Incumbent Whitewater Common Council member Brian Schanen will run again on April 7 for his District 4 seat.
WHITEWATER 鈥 Two Whitewater School Board incumbents will run again in April while a third says she will not seek re-election.
JANESVILLE 鈥 TDS is partnering with the Janesville YMCA and ECHO to feed families through the coming holiday weeks.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 In 2022, Ashley Morse鈥檚 appointment as the first woman of color to serve as a Rock County circuit judge was widely hailed as a legal milestone.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 When Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan to be his vice-presidential running mate in 2012, Janesville vaulted into the national spotlight.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 For Janesville native and Craig High School graduate Dennis Hansch, the decision to invest in his hometown鈥檚 arts community and in the preservation and modernization of its premier, historic performing arts space was easy.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 To Thomas Baer, this single business principle mattered above all else: producing a product of uncompromising quality.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 Janesville lore has it that if you were walking down the sidewalk in the late 1980s and saw Bob Yahr approaching, it was time to move to the other side of the street.
WEST ALLIS 鈥 Janesville Craig鈥檚 boys wrestling team competed in the E.H. Stech Invitational Friday and Saturday at West Allis Central High School.
JANESVILLE 鈥 In a rivalry game with little margin for error, Janesville goalie Kaleb Erickson made sure Milton never found the back of the net.聽
MADISON 鈥 Milton鈥檚 girls wrestling team continues to dominate the Badger State Invitational. The Red Hawks have now won the event three times in a row with Saturday being the third time.
MADISON 鈥 Janesville Parker鈥檚 boys and girls wrestling teams competed at the Badger State Invitational Saturday at the Alliant Energy Center.
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CHICAGO -- With the holiday season coming to a close shortly, a gift guide to cooking treats and meals by some Chicago-based chefs might offer ideas for last-minute gifts.
When I came down with a cold the day after I saw the third and latest 鈥淎vatar鈥 film, 鈥淔ire and Ash,鈥 I half-wondered if I had picked it up on Pandora.
JANESVILLE 鈥 Rotary Botanical Gardens鈥 Holiday Light Show is open to the public through Jan. 3, featuring over 2 million lights.
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WEST BEND, Wis. -- Whether you aim to interact with butterflies, run through a maze with your family, or explore beloved children鈥檚 books alongside corresponding flowers and plants, three small public Wisconsin gardens are must-see destinations.
BELOIT, Wis. -- It doesn鈥檛 take a lot to unleash your creativity. In the works of artists like Nancy Mayhew, built around discarded items, sometimes surprising collections of small things are elevated to a greater, beautiful whole.
RACINE, Wis. -- Whether you鈥檙e new to camping or a seasoned pro, renting equipment from an outfitter or hiring a live guide to lead your adventure has its advantages.
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Long before Wisconsin became a state, its lakes and rivers were a source of sustenance, Native American tribes mastered fishing techniques, employing everything from spears to nets, while respecting the delicate balance of nature and the region鈥檚 creeks, rivers and lakes.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) 鈥 Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests, a coalition of attorney generals announced Monday.
A life ring and a lifeboat remnant from a famous Great Lakes shipwreck have sold at auction for $150,000. The sale came a month after the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior. There were no survivors among the 29 men back in 1975. The life ring and lifebo…
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. -- Elvira Benitez of Sheboygan Falls is just one step away from receiving her green card.
A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin is scheduled to be imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that will make way for a modern replacement.
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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The Federal Communications Commission on Monday said it would ban new foreign-made drones, a move that will keep new Chinese-made drones such as those from DJI and Autel out of the U.S. market.
A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein鈥檚 longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said Monday that exhibits included…
WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the East Coast due to unspecified national security risks identified by the Pentagon.
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JANESVILLE 鈥 Mercyhealth has welcomed Tianyu Dong, MD, board certified internal medicine doctor, to Mercyhealth East, 3524 E. Milwaukee St., Janesville.
Milton High School released its first-trimester honor roll for the 2025-26 school year.
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