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Skydivers Spot Plane Crash, Jump to the Rescue

2 members of Wisconsin group were former paramedics

(Newser) - Skydivers in Wisconsin who had been out for a recreational jump ended up dropping to a rescue. A Skydive Milwaukee plane was preparing for an afternoon of jumps Sunday when its occupants watched a small aircraft bank, vanish behind trees, and fail to reappear. Realizing they'd likely seen a...

Republican's Campaign Bars 'Slanted' Reporters From Event

Tom Tiffany pledged to allow press access just 2 days earlier

(Newser) - Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, is facing questions over press access after his campaign barred two Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporters from a Thursday event. The move kept Wisconsin's largest newspaper from covering the stop, despite Tiffany saying just days earlier that he welcomed journalists, including those...

Tom Tiffany Says He Swam to Safety After Lake Landing

GOP nominee for Wisconsin governor reports having minor injuries

(Newser) - Rep. Tom Tiffany's trip home from a GOP dinner in western Wisconsin ended in a lake Saturday night. The congressman and Republican nominee for governor said in a post on X that he walked away with minor injuries after the small plane he was in lost power and ditched...

Teen Cousin Sentenced for Murder of Lily Peters, 10

Wisconsin teen receives life sentence in 2022 killing

(Newser) - A Wisconsin teen who admitted killing his 10-year-old cousin in the woods near her home will spend much of his life behind bars, People reports. Carson T. Peters-Berger, now 18, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of extended supervision after 25 years for the 2022 murder...

High School Football Player Dies After Game

17-year-old suffered undisclosed injury in Wisconsin

(Newser) - A northern Wisconsin school district is mourning a student-athlete who died after being hurt in a high school football game Thursday night. Alma Center Lincoln High School senior Adam Massman, 17, suffered an injury during a matchup against Turtle Lake and was taken from the field by EMTs to a...

A Little Alfalfa Sprout Problem Crops Up in Minnesota, Wisconsin

Unless you happen to enjoy a side of E. coli or salmonella with your sprouts

(Newser) - Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been linked to an unusual outbreak involving different disease-causing bacteria. Officials say 23 people in Minnesota have become ill with either E. coli or salmonella infections, reports the AP , with two of them hospitalized....

His Fake Election Poll Site Fooled Media, Campaigns

Rahil Prakash, 21, says he was simply running a 'social experiment'; others slam his efforts

(Newser) - A guy with a slick-looking website just showed how easily bogus political data can circulate. The Guardian reports that Rahil Prakash, a 21-year-old recent college graduate, created "Median Strategies," an anonymous site that pumped out fabricated polls in key 2026 races in Wisconsin, Nevada, and California—numbers that...

Landlord Cleaning Out Apartment Finds Stolen Picasso

Etching was taken from Milwaukee art gallery in 2018

(Newser) - Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever. But then police called last week and asked him to look at an artwork that a local landlord found while cleaning out a vacant apartment. DeLind immediately recognized the stolen "Torero"...

Sanders Rejects Criticism After a Loss in Wisconsin

'We can't endorse every single candidate,' he says of Francesca Hong, who lost a tight race

(Newser) - Progressive candidate Francesca Hong lost by a mere 4,000 votes in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary, and critics on the left have been blaming Bernie Sanders in particular because he remained neutral in the race. The independent senator, however, isn't having it. "We have limited resources and capabilities,...

Polls Keep Misfiring in the Midwest
Polls Keep Misfiring
in the Midwest
Aug 13, 2026 5:51 AM CDT

Polls Keep Misfiring in the Midwest

A look at the factors at play in Wisconsin and Michigan

(Newser) - If the polls in Wisconsin were correct, democratic socialist Francesca Hong should have cruised to an easy win in the gubernatorial primary. Instead, she lost a close race . Similarly in Michigan, progressive Abdul El-Sayed won a tight race in the Senate primary, but polls suggested he would win in a...

In Big Wisconsin Race, a Moderate Upsets Left Flank

David Crowley, who was trailing in the polls, wins gubernatorial primary over Francesca Hong

(Newser) - This time, the establishment candidate won. In Wisconsin's closely watched Democratic primary for governor, David Crowley defeated democratic socialist Francesca Hong and two other rivals, reports the Washington Post . Crowley, who was backed by outgoing Gov. Tony Evers, had been trailing in the polls to Hong ahead of Tuesday'...

Tony Romo Gone From CBS 'Until Further Notice'

Network says lead NFL analyst is on leave after his Milwaukee arrest for driving while intoxicated

(Newser) - Tony Romo won't be calling games for CBS "until further notice" as fallout continues from his recent arrest in Wisconsin. The network confirmed on Friday that the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and lead NFL analyst is on leave, though it didn't clarify whether the move was his...

Anti-Trump Brewery Owner Has Permit Yanked

Wisconsin officials cite beer transport issues; owner of Minocqua Brewing Co. calls the move political

(Newser) - A Wisconsin brewery that once dangled a "free beer day" if President Trump died is now fighting to stay alive itself. Liberal activist and Minocqua Brewing Co. owner Kirk Bangstad says he'll battle "tooth and nail" after state officials moved to revoke his company's brewing and...

Damaging Wisconsin Tornado Takes Out Power to Thousands

Crews are still looking for people who may be injured

(Newser) - A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twisted metal across a highway, and knocked out power to more than 30,000 people. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Winnebago County, about...

A 'Most Significant Smoke Event' Is Set to Consume NYC

More than 115M affected as smoke from Canada/ Minnesota wildfires hits Midwest, NE, mid-Atlantic

(Newser) - If the Midwest, Northeast, and mid-Atlantic states look a little hazy, it's not your eyes: A vast plume of Canadian and Minnesota wildfire smoke trapped lower to the ground by a heat dome is set to envelop more than 115 million people through Friday, with some of the worst...

Musk's $1M Wisconsin Checks Likely Broke Law: Board

Billionaire handed out checks to voters ahead of impactful 2025 election

(Newser) - Billionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found. The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney's office, which can choose to bring...

Wisconsin Judge Who Helped Immigrant Escape Sentenced

Hannah Dugan won't go to prison for 'deviation from an otherwise law-abiding life'

(Newser) - Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence, the AP reports. Dugan, 67, was...

Town Residents Sue Microsoft Over Data Center Noise

They say Fairwater facility sounds like 'a freight train'

(Newser) - Microsoft's massive data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is facing a federal class-action lawsuit from nearby residents who say the facility sounds like a never-ending freight train. Filed Wednesday, the suit claims the Fairwater data center—Microsoft calls it " the world's most powerful "—produces constant noise...

Police: 3 Children Dead After Boat Capsizes on Wis. Lake

Emergency responders rescued 7 other people after storm passed over Geneva Lake

(Newser) - Three people died and seven others were rescued on Friday after a boat capsized in Geneva Lake as a strong storm passed through southern Wisconsin, an official said. Many injuries were reported in Wisconsin's Walworth County after the storm toppled trees, knocked down power lines, and damaged buildings, said...

Two Cautionary Tales Show Risk of Rabid Bats

Young girl in Wisconsin is recovering after a bite, but a boy in Canada died

(Newser) - Two incidents, one in the US and the other in Canada, illustrate the risks of rabid bats:
  • Wisconsin: A 6-year-old girl is recovering after being bitten by a rabid bat in her backyard in Tigerton. Cecilia Kale was climbing a tree outside her home in Tigerton last week when a
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