Wisconsin

Authorities say a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and was believed to have been in Eastern Europe has willingly returned to the U.S. and is in custody.

A sheriff says a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children is in Eastern Europe but has not committed to returning home.

The former congressman appeared on MTV’s “The Real World” reality show.

President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.

The search for Ryan Borgwardt’s body in a lake has dragged on since August. Now, investigators think he might have staged his disappearance and fled to Europe.

A suspect was taken into custody Thursday after police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, said a teenager attempted to enter an area elementary school while potentially armed.

Eau Claire resident Margaret Knegter, who was born just one year after the 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, cast her ballot on Tuesday.

After coming within feet of the motorcade carrying Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, a wrong-way driver was taken into custody and faces charges of operating while intoxicated and endangering safety.

A worker was rescued Thursday after scaffolding partially collapsed above the Milwaukee County Courthouse, police said.

A worker was trapped above the Milwaukee Courthouse Thursday when scaffolding partially collapsed.

The boy’s father said he was pinned beneath the 200-pound bruin when his son, Owen, jumped into action. Here’s what happened next.

Human remains found in a Wisconsin town last weekend have been identified as missing 3-year-old Elijah Vue, who disappeared more than six months ago.

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a national gymnastics champion in an apartment near the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus, police said.

A Chicago-area college student, who was a gymnast at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, was shot and killed in an apartment late Friday night, Whitewater police said.

The shooting took place about a mile from the Republican National Convention. Police said it was unrelated to any activity at the convention.

Police say an early morning shooting at a rooftop party in Wisconsin has left at least 10 people injured, including teenagers.

The incident involving a stolen vehicle injured two people, including a teen passenger who was arrested, according to Milwaukee police.

Police said they were still searching for the driver of the stolen car.

Someone’s plans to harvest dozens of apparent cannabis plants grown on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds have gone up in smoke.

Shoppers were greeted with a surprising notice when they arrived at a Wisconsin Dollar General store last week, the location was closed because they entire staff had quit at the same time.