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COOPERSTOWN, NY -- The Brewers' World Series win will be forever etched in history and will forever hold a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Hall on Thursday announced nine items worn by players and coaches would head to its museum to honor the 2026 Brew Crew. On Friday, they announced a very special tenth item. A special "Ueck" jersey worn by Hall of Famer Robin Yount when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in Game 1 of the World Series will also head to the Hall of Fame. The No. 19 jersey was worn in...

Some stories make headlines. Others get ignored. On "Unreported," Meagan Medick takes a deeper look at the unexplained through the eyes and experiences of you, the viewers. You send the mystery — we investigate. This week, Medick travels to Elkhorn, Wisconsin, to investigate the "Beast of Bray Road." Since the 1980s, residents of the area have reported sightings of a hairy, wolflike creature with glowing red eyes — leaving residents terrified. Resident Lee Hampel is not afraid to take on the beast. A math and computer science teacher who owns a farm along the road, Hampel has spent 13 years...

https://www.mlb.com/scores Is a cool website because I can't see the stats (balls and strikes) on my TV. The font is too small. The weird thing is the website is like 30 seconds faster than the TV. So it feels like I am predicting the future. lol

MILWAUKEE, WI — Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob apologized Sunday after video circulated on social media showing him and other bishops praying with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Oct. 22. Grob said he was invited in mid-September to join a group of 12 bishops for discussions about matters important to the Catholic Church, including human dignity and immigration enforcement. He said he had not been invited to an earlier gathering arranged by the Heritage Foundation in June. The bishops were told the October meeting would be private and that several Catholic members of the Cabinet might attend, Grob...

MADISON, Wis. -- On Friday, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced she would end her bid for reelection over threats and harassment. "The price of being in public office has gotten too high," Mayor Rhodes-Conway said in a TV-exclusive interview with News 3 Now's political reporter and "For the Record" host Elly Laliberte. The news broke amid rising threats against mayors, common council members, and other local officials around the country. In a report from the Brennan Center for Justice published in 2024, more than 18% of local officeholders said they experienced threats or attacks in the 18 months prior to...

Game 1 of the World Series is in the books after Milwaukee took a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. We spoke with fans leaving the stadium moments after the final out. Sally told us, "It was the most amazing experience I've ever had, honestly." Dan said, "The crowd's electric. Milwaukee needs this ring. We need this ring. We need this win." Dan Olson went to Game 1 with his son, Noah. Dan said, "First World Series for me and my son, and we won the whole thing twice tonight." Dianne said it was loud inside. "Oh, it was...

The state’s 1,800 municipal clerks are prohibited from using President Donald Trump’s federal voter database intended to flag noncitizen voters, the Wisconsin Elections Commission ruled Friday. Accessing the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database would be “impossible” because state law bars clerks from sharing voters' personal information, the bipartisan commission determined in a unanimous vote. That law supersedes a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that allowed the Trump administration to move ahead with creating the database, commissioners said. Despite voting for the guidance, Republican commissioner Robert Spindell said he was frustrated with the two other Republicans on the board,...

Wisconsin election officials say a loss of trust in the U.S. Postal service is likely behind a roughly 30 percent decline in the number of absentee ballots received three weeks ahead of the November election. As of Tuesday, the Wisconsin Elections Commission reported clerks have gotten around 128,000 absentee ballots. Three weeks out from the 2022 election, clerks reported getting nearly 184,000 ballots by mail. During a Tuesday press conference in Madison, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe was joined by Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell and acting Madison Clerk Kaitlyn Bernarde. McDonell was asked why he thinks the number...

The fake substitute teacher is accused of separating Rufus King students by race and gender; making racist remarks that include the N-word and derogatory comments toward white and Asian students; playing rap music in class; telling white male students they were the type of people to become school shooters; asking students if they were gay; asking students for a vape or “weed”; asking whether students were “virgins”; speaking positively about going to jail; making a graphic sexual comment to students…and more.

A Wisconsin congressional candidate has been arrested on hate crime charges after he went on a vulgar caught-on-camera rant against an Israeli dad with his young son in the car — after he was triggered by an anti-Hamas bumper sticker. Matthew Arndt, 54, allegedly cut off the 41-year-old father on a road in the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon Thursday morning, flipping him the bird and cursing at him before pulling into a gas station, where the dad followed him and began filming the explosive encounter. “Do you want to tell me something?” the father asked. “Yeah, you’re a f------ piece...

Wisconsin voters will decide in November whether to approve three proposed amendments to the state Constitution. The Republican-led Legislature has placed three separate questions on the ballot. The proposed amendments would: *Prohibit the governor from using the partial veto power to create a new tax or fee. *Prohibit the government from ordering the closure of places of worship during an emergency. *Bar the government entities from discriminating against or providing preferential treatment to individuals based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Under Wisconsin law, a proposed constitutional amendment must pass the state Legislature in the exact same form...

MILWAUKEE - Abortion hasn't been a major focus in the race for Wisconsin governor, but with just four weeks to go, Democrat David Crowley is making a new push. Constitutional amendment? What they're saying: Crowley announced he backs a push to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to make abortion a constitutional right. "I'm also a girl dad times three, and so this isn't just a policy debate for me. It's personal. You know, when I look at my three daughters, I think about the Wisconsin I want them to grow up in, a Wisconsin where they have the same rights to...

Miss Wisconsin is putting agriculture literacy at the forefront. Olivia Lulich made agricultural literacy a central part of her platform. She uses social media to reach the next generation who will help feed, clothe and fuel the world. The Viroqua-area schools agriculture teacher and FFA advisor has an initiative called "One to 100." It showcases how one percent of the population feeds 100 percent of our world. "I think so many of our society and generation cares about what's in our food and how it is getting to our tables at the end of the day and the best way...

Every year the presidential family displays an adorned Christmas Tree in the White House Blue Room. This years tree is coming from a small village in Wisconsin, with a population of only 426. Silent Night Evergreens in Endeavor won last year's Christmas Tree National Competition, earning its spot in the Blue Room this holiday season. "By winning the National Christmas tree contest that has us eligible to present the tree to the Trump family and The White House" said Silent Night Evergreens owner, David Chapman. This isn't the first time the farm has earned this honor. "Some of my first...

The U.S. can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. Salah Sarsour was detained in Milwaukee in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A federal judge ordered Sarsour’s release in June, saying he raised a “substantial” claim that the Trump administration was targeting him for speaking out against Israel and advocating for Palestinian rights. Sarsour called the ruling “deeply disappointing,” but said he intends to appeal. “I will continue fighting to defend the right to free speech and to stay in the...

The leaders of an unrecognized University of Wisconsin fraternity were arrested after cops found around 30 partially clothed teen pledges smeared in condiments and huddled in a sweltering, filthy basement. Fraternity president Brayden J. Klein and vice president Samuel N. Vane, both 20, were arrested Wednesday for misdemeanor hazing and misdemeanor disorderly conduct after police discovered the troubling scene while acting on an anonymous tip. Police entered the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house in Madison around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, and found the men, some of whom had “visible injuries consistent with being physically assaulted,” covered in food, condiments and other...

Two young men, identified by police as leaders of a banned University of Wisconsin fraternity, were arrested for an alleged horrific hazing incident. Fraternity president Brayden J Klein and vice president Samuel N Vane, both 20, were taken into custody by the Madison Police on Wednesday. The officers arrived at the location at 8.20pm after they received an ‘anonymous tip' about the events that were taking place at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, located along the 100 block of Langdon Street, Madison, about 80 miles west of Milwaukee. They allegedly found 30 half-clothed teens covered in ‘food, condiments, and other...

Milwaukee County Executive and Wisconsin Democrat gubernatorial candidate David Crowley has attacked beer gardens in the past, claiming they are systemically racist. In a post on X from December 2021, Crowley responded to a post from Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) about how Crowley had said, “it’s important to understand that the way we fund parks is just not sustainable.” Crowley, who defeated socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democrat gubernatorial primary, has repeatedly increased taxes while serving as Milwaukee County Executive. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, while Crowley “takes credit for ‘the largest property tax cut’ in the county’s history,”...

The federal government just told noncitizens who cast ballots in American elections that prosecutors are coming for them. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it had charged 16 people in seven states with illegally voting, registering to vote through false citizenship claims, and related fraud, according to a press release from the department’s Office of Public Affairs. Many of the accused are noncitizens alleged to have voted in federal contests. The department paired the filings with a blunt message on social media. “Let this be a warning to ANYONE trying to cheat and undermine our elections,” the DOJ wrote....

A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. They both ended up in the water and swam to safety. “After landing, we called 911. As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and swam to a shallow area, where we waited until emergency...