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For 20 consecutive years, Greendale High School won the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship in their division. The band makes up nearly 25 percent of the student body. It recently performed before the Rose Bowl and has participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade twice.

The National Weather Service is warning of dangerous cold across much of the state beginning Thursday evening. Snow is also expected through Wednesday in the south central and southeast areas of the state.

Microsoft Corp. is proposing to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant as part of two new  data center campuses with a total taxable value of more than $13 billion.

As energy-hungry data centers pop up all across Wisconsin and the nation, fusion startups, including one in partnership with UW-Madison, are working to bring a new energy source to market to meet the colossal need.

Milwaukee’s Woodland Pattern is set to host its 32nd Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit. Wisconsin’s Poet Laureate has attended programs there for over 45 years and has a special bond.

In the first 10 months of 2025, ICE arrested nearly 1000 people in Wisconsin — an almost 25 percent increase from all 2024 arrests. Meanwhile, immigrants in Wisconsin say they are feeling more afraid than ever.

After the closure of Northland College in Ashland last year, a newly formed nonprofit group is exploring creation of a microcollege to continue its mission.

A memo from state Senate Chief Clerk Cyrus Anderson says state statute gives supremacy to Senate or Assembly rules when it comes to open meetings law.

Mom Amanda Vogel uploaded a video in December 2025, after pulling her daughter from the School District of Pittsville in Wood County. According to the school district officials, Vogel’s video is harassment.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first daily GLP-1 pill in the U.S. A Wisconsin healthcare leader explains what people should know.