A series of thunderstorms ripped through Green Bay Wednesday, causing flash flooding and bringing golf ball-sized hail.

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Businesses say they are facing staffing challenges because many of the foreign workers they rely on through the summer tourism season haven’t arrived.

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Green Bay leaders are moving toward creating a registry of vacant buildings and charging fees in the hope of encouraging redevelopment.

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Door County leaders are trying to mend fences between the local sheriff and the union representing her deputies after union members criticized her for understaffing at the jail and failing to attend meetings.

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A Wisconsin U.S. senator says the Army mishandled a major vehicle contract by giving it to a private equity-backed company instead of a Fox Valley manufacturer.

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We Energies and a pair of data center developers are asking state regulators to loosen financial protections included in a new special rate structure for data centers.

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Hundreds of nurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison voted to form a union in what the Service Employees International Union is calling "the largest private sector union election in recent Wisconsin history.”

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Wisconsin saw a surge of new small businesses coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many have struggled to grow into larger companies.

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission has denied Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad a spot on the ballot for the upcoming primary in the governor’s race. 

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A projected decline in Wisconsin’s working-age population means the state needs to build fewer housing units than previously expected, according to a new report.

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A coal plant in southcentral Wisconsin is expected to receive $19 million in federal funding for a modernization project after the plant was originally scheduled to retire almost two years ago.

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The Board cited the previous 10 year tuition freeze and inflation as reasons for the increase. Republicans have been critical of the move, with some calling another freeze.

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Generac's sales of industrial-scale generators have been rising based on demand from data centers and its stock price has more than doubled since the start of the year. The company is expanding in Wisconsin, with plans to open a new factory to meet growing demand.

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The state launched the Child Care Bridge Payments program in 2025 to provide roughly $110 million to providers through June 2026 to help with the wind-down of Child Care Counts. 

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Wisconsin’s congressional delegation on Thursday sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to approve a disaster declaration for storms that ripped through the state in April and caused more than $27 million in damages.

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The median home cost in Wisconsin’s two biggest metro areas is at least five times the median household income in those communities, among the highest in the Midwest.

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Green Bay Packers star running back Josh Jacobs was released from custody Wednesday following an arrest in Brown County on suspected domestic violence charges.

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A new zoning proposal in Milwaukee would essentially ban large data centers in the city and establish regulations for smaller data centers.

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The economic impact of cruising on the Great Lakes is projected to be more than $300 million this year, up 25 percent from last year.

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Gov. Tony Evers is asking President Donald Trump to give Wisconsin a disaster declaration related to severe storms and flooding that ripped through the state in April, causing more than $27 million in damages.

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