Your guide to this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival

The Wisconsin Film Festival will be held from April 3-10 in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Department of Communication Arts. The Badger Herald spoke with two of the voices behind the festival, Mattie Jacobs and Benjamin Reiser, about the …

Wisconsin’s fight for PFAS cleanup: Who should foot the bill?

Wisconsin legislation regarding the cleanup of environmentally dangerous chemicals has been held up for roughly a year, halting the cleanup and removal process, according to PBS Wisconsin. Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers disagree over who should …

Local governments struggle despite funding touted by Wisconsin Legislature

Not long ago, state legislators touted historic funding for public schools and local government, but about a year on, many schools districts, villages, cities, towns and county boards are still looking for ways to cut budgets and reaching out to voters to …

Wisconsin star scores likely the best women's hockey goal of all time before scoring OT winner to secure NCAA ...

Kirsten Simms delivered what could be the greatest women's hockey goal ever scored before winning Wisconsin its eighth national title in overtime. The Wisconsin Badgers faced the Ohio State Buckeyes for the third-straight year in the Division I NCAA …

Elon Musk leads the deep-pocketed Wisconsin Supreme Court donors by spending $19 million on race

It's a bonanza of billionaires in the race for the state Supreme Court. Deep-pocketed donors are writing six- and seven-figure checks for liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford and conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel. The winner of the …

TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | March 25

1. AMOUNT: $50,969,308 AWARDED TO: Miron Construction Co., Inc., Neenah PROJECT: Biosolids Handling Improvements – Phase 2. Project ID# 1015907 2. AMOUNT: $13,229,407 AWARDED TO: Zignego Co. Inc., Waukesha PROJECT: WisDot Highway Letting 11, IH 43 North …

5 of Wisconsin’s “World’s Largest” Roadside Attractions

World’s Largest 6-Pack; photo courtesy of Tm and Kristi Flick Manus Wisconsin has some of the most gargantuan thingamajigs on the globe. Have you ever dreamt of exploring the insides of a fish four stories tall? What about beholding a ball of twine so …

Study: Minnesota, Wisconsin among least-stressed states

Wisconsin Badgers land Robin Pingeton less than a month after she resigned from Missouri

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin has hired Robin Pingeton as its women’s basketball coach three weeks after she finished her 15-season tenure at Missouri. Pingeton takes over for Marisa Moseley, who stepped down after going 47-75 in four seasons. Wisconsin went …

National champion Wisconsin finishes No. 1 in USA Hockey / The Rink Live women's poll

Wisconsin, following its thrilling eighth national title via an overtime victory, finished on top of the USA Hockey / The Rink Live women's poll. Title game runner-up Ohio State finished second in the poll, followed by Cornell, Minnesota and …