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Wisconsin health leaders say they are “greatly concerned” about the new vaccine guidelines released Monday by the federal government.

Ryan Thornton, 37, of Racine reached a plea deal after being charged with threatening Wisconsin Chief Justice Jill Karofsky.

The Wisconsin Technical College System is growing at a time when four-year universities are largely struggling with enrollment. Dual enrollment programs are one reason.

A decades-old Wisconsin law caps compensation to a wrongfully imprisoned person at $25,000. That limit could increase under a bill with bipartisan support.

Homicides increased by 8 percent in Milwaukee last year after the city experienced two straight years of declines.

Reince Priebus, the influential Kenosha Republican who once served as White House chief of staff to President Donald Trump, said there’s no need for another GOP candidate to enter Wisconsin’s race for governor.

Foxconn has paid the Village of Mount Pleasant nearly $30 million in “makeup payments” since 2024, according to the village’s spokesperson. 

The town of Campbell will receive nearly $40 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Waukesha-based Generac is opening a new manufacturing plant in Sussex that will employ more than 100 factory workers, the company announced Monday.

Josh Glessing, who has been working as the Haslam Sports Group’s chief of strategy and development, will take over.