Former Franklin mayor Steve Olson has launched a write-in campaign after missing the ballot filing deadline. The April 7 Spring Election now includes a late, potential third option for voters.

New filings and reporting point to multiple shooters in the 2014 slaying of toddler Bill “Baby Bill” Thao, and the man convicted in the case may get a hearing. The move revives long‑running questions about the evidence and the original trial.

The 18th Milwaukee Film Festival runs April 16–30 and will open with Ueck, a new documentary about Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker.

Madison-based Forage Kitchen opened at The Shoppes at The Corridor in Brookfield on March 25, bringing bowls, salads, soups and its kombucha to the Bluemound Road strip.

Cooper's Hawk is moving into Pleasant Prairie with an 11,100‑sq‑ft restaurant and tasting room, bringing roughly 150 jobs to the Highway 50 corridor.

A Marquette Law School poll shows Trump’s favorability underwater in Wisconsin, with more voters viewing him unfavorably than favorably — a development grabbing local attention.

A Wauwatosa woman was run over by her own vehicle Tuesday morning in a Froedtert parking lot and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Former Plainfield fire chief Jeffrey Kessenich was arrested and charged after state investigators say he took roughly $112,000 from village accounts.

West Bend’s school board voted unanimously to combine East and West high schools into one for the 2027–28 school year, launching a public implementation process. The move follows a district survey and is billed as a cost‑saving reshuffle.

Milwaukee lawmakers and crash survivors urged a five‑year pilot for speed and red‑light cameras, arguing the systems could reduce crashes and serious injuries.

A 25‑year‑old was hospitalized after a domestic‑dispute shooting on Milwaukee’s north side; police arrested a 36‑year‑old woman and will refer charges to the DA.

A federal judge sentenced former MPD officer Juwon Madlock to 60 months after he admitted sharing rival gang members' addresses and discussing weapons and plates.

Menomonee Falls school board candidate Jefferson Davis filed a defamation lawsuit March 18, naming an anonymous Facebook user and two local residents.