Best Read Wisconsin Headlines
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#1 China Trade Spat Threatens Wisconsin’s ‘Napa Valley’ of Ginseng
Oct 23 2025 // The cool woodlands of central Wisconsin boast soils packed with Ice Age mineral deposits that make the area perfect for the cultivation of ginseng, a medicinal root that has been exported to Asia for more than 300...
#2 Wisconsin Man Pleads No Contest for Attempting to Burn Down Congressman’s Office
Nov 14 2025 // A Wisconsin man accused of trying to burn down a congressman’s office earlier this year because he was upset over the federal TikTok ban has pleaded no contest to felony arson. Caiden Stachowicz, 20, of Menasha,...
#3 Wisconsin Severe Storms Cause Flooding, Knock Out Power
Aug 12 2025 // Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and...
#4 Wisconsin Republicans Kill Cannabis Legalization And Tax Increases for Millionaires
May 13 2025 // Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The...
#5 Wisconsin Dairy Farmer Sues USDA Claiming Discrimination Against White Farmers
Jun 16 2025 // A Wisconsin dairy farmer alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that the Trump administration is illegally denying financial assistance to white farmers by continuing programs that favor minorities. The conservative...
#6 Mother of Dead Inmate Sues Troubled Wisconsin Prison
May 5 2025 // The mother of an inmate who died of dehydration and malnutrition at Wisconsin’s oldest maximum security prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit, marking the fourth action brought by relatives of inmates who have...
#7 Wisconsin Dairy Farm Sued for National Origin Discrimination, Sexual Harassment
Dec 18 2025 // United Pride Dairy LLC, a dairy farm in Phillips, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it subjected three employees of Mexican origin to disparate treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, and also subjected a...
#8 Meta Pledges $1 Billion to Build AI Data Center in Wisconsin
Nov 13 2025 // Meta Platforms Inc. is spending more than $1 billion to build a data center in Wisconsin that will power artificial intelligence work, its latest investment in the infrastructure needed for the fast-moving AI race. The...
#9 Wisconsin Contractor Fined for Acting as a Public Adjuster
Oct 14 2025 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Nathan Houdek issued a final decision to impose civil forfeitures of $6,000 after finding that a contractor was acting as a public adjuster under Wisconsin law, which subjected him to the...
#10 Residents Jumped From Windows in Wisconsin Apartment Fire That Killed 4
May 13 2025 // Residents jumped from the windows of a four-story apartment building in Milwaukee during a Mother’s Day fire that killed four people, critically injured four others and grew so intense that the blaze outmatched the...
#11 Meta Plans Nearly $1 Billion Data Center Project in Wisconsin
Apr 7 2025 // Meta Platforms Inc. plans to spend nearly $1 billion on the development of a data center project in central Wisconsin, underscoring a larger effort from the social media giant to ramp up investments in AI and cloud...
#12 Wisconsin Voters Seek Damages Over Uncounted Ballots
Mar 11 2025 // Four Wisconsin voters whose ballots were not counted in the November presidential election initiated a class-action lawsuit Thursday seeking $175,000 in damages each. The voters were among 193 in Madison whose ballots were...
#13 AM Best Downgrades Wisconsin’s Cities and Villages
Mar 25 2025 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of Cities and Villages...
#14 Wisconsin Sports Park Sued for Firing Christian Employee
Jul 3 2025 // Crystal Ridge Ski Area, LLC, doing business as The Rock Snowpark, a winter sports park and summer events venue in Franklin, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it terminated a lift operations manager because of his...
#15 World Acquires Wisconsin’s Green Bay Insurance Center
Oct 21 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Green Bay Insurance Center of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1968, Green Bay Insurance Center is a full...
#16 ZestyAI Gains Wisconsin Approval for AI Model Tackling Non-Weather Water Risk
Sep 25 2025 // ZestyAI, a provider of AI-powered property and climate risk analytics, announced that its non-weather water risk model, Z-WATER, has received approval in Wisconsin for use in underwriting and writing. With this approval,...
#17 Coterie Relocating Headquarters to Appleton, Wisconsin
May 15 2025 // Coterie, a small business MGA, announced it is relocating its headquarters from Cincinnati to Appleton, Wisconsin. Coterie said relocating the company’s headquarters to Appleton provides a reduction in operational...
#18 Wisconsin Paper Manufacturer Cited for Safety Violations
Aug 4 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Appleton, Wisconsin paper products manufacturer for allegedly exposing employees to dangerous energy and machine guarding hazards after an employee suffered two finger-tip...
#19 Wisconsin Roofing Contractor Faces $262K Fine for Failing to Protect Employees
Apr 10 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited Wisconsin roofing contractor Bacilio Rios Almanza for failing to protect employees atop a residential roof from fatal fall hazards in Appleton in September 2024. After its...
#20 Walmart Sued for Disability Discrimination at Wisconsin Location
Oct 8 2025 // Walmart Inc. violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a Wisconsin employee who required a job coach due to his intellectual disability and subjected him and a coworker to a hostile work environment based on...
