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Scholar Athlete: Avianna Lee
Baraboo High School senior Avianna Lee always strives for her best.

Wisconsin Republicans renew push on their government shutdown bills
Bills introduced last fall during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history have new urgency during DHS' lapse in funding.

'Not simply a policy change': Evers signs bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to a year
The extended coverage will be available starting July 1 this year.

Tracking showers, possible freezing drizzle into early Thursday
Be mindful of wet pavement and possible slick spots Thursday morning.

While eating disorder awareness has increased, so has the rise in cases
Diet culture and weight stigma also play a role.

New outdoor gathering space coming to American Family Field
It'll feature a beer garden and a playground for kids.

Stout student, professor design custom packaging for Madison charcuterie business
Less than 15 colleges and universities in the U.S. offer a degree in packaging. The University of Wisconsin-Stout is one of them.

Milwaukee County selects former MPS budget leader to lead financial office
He'll take over after the former leader, Joe Lamers, left to take the role of transportation director.

From Star Wars to bobbleheads, here are the 2026 Brewers theme nights and promotional giveaways
There will also be four community nights and 23 promotional giveaways.

Firefighters continue to battle active fire on west side of Green Bay
Weather conditions have impacted the response and at least two firefighters have been injured.

Madison gets national attention for keeping electric buses working through winter
Madison’s 62 electric buses make up about one-third of Madison’s total bus fleet.

Transfer portal era allows some players to experience NCAA Tournament at multiple schools
Wisconsin guard Nick Boyd’s NCAA Tournament experiences have run the gamut at his previous schools.

Packers will add Bob Harlan's name on Lambeau Field facade next season
Harlan joined the Packers in 1971 and was elected president and CEO of the NFL’s only publicly owned franchise in 1989.

New approach at Waukesha County communications center aims to fill critical 911 dispatcher gap
In 2023, they only had 25 people on staff out of the 46 they require to be full staff.

Springing right into the season
Temperature rise significantly this weekend.

Evan Mobley and James Harden lead the way as Cavaliers beat short-handed Bucks 123-116
The Bucks shot 20 of 45 from 3-point range, and their bench outscored Cleveland's 57-24.

Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined with hyperextended knee and bone bruise
Antetokounmpo didn't play in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 134-123 win over the Pacers after landing awkwardly.

Wisconsin Senate greenlights online sports betting, releases long-held PFAS contamination funds
The “to-do” list was a long one on Tuesday as lawmakers in the Wisconsin Senate met to take their final votes of the year.

'We wind up having to walk away': Lawmakers try to address high cost of housing
Senators overwhelmingly passed a bill that aims to bring housing costs, but some House members are raising concerns about the legislation.

Sturgeon Bay bouncing back after getting 3 feet of snow
Smaller roads crews have been working around the clock to clear roads.

World News

All doctors in England warned to watch for meningitis symptoms after Kent outbreak
Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.

Why has this meningitis outbreak spread so fast?
There have been 20 cases since the weekend in one small area of Kent - but this isn't the normal pattern, so what could have happened?

PM swerves questions on whether he spoke to Mandelson over Epstein friendship
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch repeatedly asks if the prime minister spoke to Peter Mandelson about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein before picking him to be a UK ambassador.

Fly tippers in England face clearing up own rubbish as punishment
Fly tippers could face up to 20 hours of community service removing rubbish they have illegally dumped.

UK temperature reaches 21C in warmest day of year so far
The UK has seen its warmest day of the year so far with temperatures reaching 21C.

King Charles greets Nigerian president in Windsor sunshine
The King and President Tinubu will give speeches later at the state banquet, to be attended by political leaders and celebrities.

Sony removes 135,000 deepfakes of its artists' music
The company says the proliferation of AI has enabled people to upload fake songs to streaming sites.

One killed as ski gondola crashes down mountain at Swiss resort
Dramatic footage showed the gondola flipping over several times in the snow before coming to a halt in Engelberg.

Cost of online passport application could rise to over £100
The Home Office says the increase will help it "move to a system that meets its costs through those who use it" and rely less on taxpayers.

Fire-hit Glasgow building being demolished by hand
Demolition workers are using hand tools to dismantle the remaining facade of a B-listed Victorian building in Glasgow which went up in flames.

'This is the first time I've left my room since the outbreak'
Twenty people are confirmed or suspected to have fallen ill with meningitis in the Canterbury area.

Why is MenB vaccine not given to teenagers in UK and should they be offered it?
Students and older teens have not been vaccinated against the meningitis strain behind the Kent outbreak.

Was response to outbreak too slow?
Questions are being asked about whether the NHS and authorities should have raised the alarm sooner.

Computer says no. Are AI interviews making it harder to get a job?
Bhuvana Chilukuri has sent more than 100 job applications and is convinced very few have been seen by a human.

Higgs boson breakthrough was UK triumph, but British physics faces 'catastrophic' cuts
Britain is preparing to cancel its contribution to one of the Large Hadron Collider's next major upgrades.

Angela Rayner's explosive speech reignites leadership speculation
The ex-deputy PM did not name Keir Starmer in her attack on Labour's direction and policies - but she did not have to.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day gets unusual trailer rollout
Fans react to the unusual release of the trailer for the new Spiderman film

Mean Girls actress says being cast as Regina George is 'monumental'
Vivian Panka is the first black actress to play the character full-time in in the UK production of Mean Girls.

'It's not a waste of time' - young people defend the gap year
Gwen and Mia are among thousands of young people each year who opt to take a gap year before university

'The longest VAR check in history' - the fallout from shock Africa Cup of Nations decision
BBC Sport journalists and pundits look at what happened at the chaotic Afcon final, and what comes next.

Oil nears $110 a barrel after gas field strike
Iran's military warned it would take "decisive action" in response to the strike on its energy infrastructure.

Iran's intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed
Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.

Israel destroys river bridges in southern Lebanon
The health ministry says that 968 people, including more than 100 children, have been killed since 2 March.

'Very difficult to stop': BBC visits scene of Iran cluster bomb strike on Israel
An elderly couple was killed after a bomb flew into their apartment in central Israel and exploded.

Police deny Nottingham attacks killer was charged early to 'shut down stories'
Retired Det Supt Leigh Sanders has told a public inquiry that Valdo Calocane was charged early.

Body of 16-year-old girl found after car entered river
Searches continue for a missing male teenager who remains unaccounted for.

Average age of first time buyer in England climbs to 34
A new report looks at how conditions have changed for first time buyers since the 1990s.

Nursery employee worked with children after arrest
Kristian Parry, 26, found work at another nursery despite being arrested for making indecent images.

Rhinos back in the wild in Uganda for the first time in 40 years
The return of southern white rhinos from the country comes after Ugandan poachers once wiped them out.

Murder charges after body found in wheelie bin
Thomas Niven, 37, was found in a park in Coventry on Friday evening.

Greyhound racing to be outlawed in Scotland
The sport, which already faced extinction after the country's last track closed, is to be banned permanently.

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