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More than $164 million was spent during this year's governor's race in Wisconsin. This shattered the previous spending record by more than 75%.

Today Spartans are celebrating the birthday of Michigan State University’s basketball coach Tom Izzo.

Delaney Krings, a 5-year-old from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in October 2022, has died.

Dozens were hurt in a traffic pileup in Wisconsin on Friday afternoon amid snow, ice and whiteout conditions. Another crash occurred just an hour before the incident.

Wisconsin State Patrol officials said snow, ice and whiteout conditions were factors in the crash.

Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said. Beloit Memorial Hospital said at least 27 people were treated for injuries sustained in the crash, WIFR-TV reported. State Patrol officials said snow, ice and whiteout conditions were factors in the crash.

Following their third straight SEC victory, the Tennessee Volunteers made a big jump in Mike DeCourcy's latest NCAA Tournament bracket projections.

YPSILANTI, MI - A Wisconsin bond authority is helping Eastern Michigan University achieve tax-exempt status for its new student housing project. The project is still fully financed by EMU Campus Living, but EMU issued the bond through PFA to achieve tax-exempt status on the project, university spokeswoman Melissa Thrasher said. Read more: $200M student housing plan finalized at Eastern Michigan UniversityOther improvements include new wireless internet and air conditioning capabilities, as well as new room layouts. Gilbane was selected as the university’s private student housing partner in December. Eastern Michigan University is one of them$2.2M haul marks record ‘Giving True Day’ at Eastern Michigan University

Bed Bath & Beyond again warned of potential bankruptcy, saying it doesn't have enough cash to pay down its debts.

Officials in Wisconsin are searching for a missing man near the Michigan border. According to the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office, Theodore “Teddy” Egge was last seen walking southbound on Northway Drive from Benson Lake Road after asking for directions to Boat Landing 7 Road on Jan. 13. Crews have been searching the woods near the area he was last seen. Deputies are being assisted in the search by the Athelstane Fire Department, Amberg Fire Department, Middle Inlet Fire Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, which is using its drone. Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 715-732-7627.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating a fatal shooting of a home invasion suspect by police in Dunn County. The suspect broke into an apartment with a gun Saturday night.

1 Penn State on Friday at 7 p.m. in the first of two Big Ten Conference duals for the Wolverines this weekend. 21 Michigan State, and No. Michigan’s Mason Parris -- who has five ranked wins this season -- is having one of the best seasons in school history. Penn State has not lost a dual meet since Jan 31. MICHIGAN vs. PENN STATE

Police in Wisconsin believe that a body found in the rural township of La Grange is that of Felicia Wanna, who has been missing since December.

An indictment was unsealed today in the Western District of Wisconsin charging a Wisconsin man with one count of labor trafficking. The FBI Milwaukee Field Office and the River Falls Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Taylor Kraus for the Western District of Wisconsin and Trial Attorneys Slava Kuperstein and Julie Pfluger of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit are prosecuting the case. The FBI is asking anyone with information about Austin Koeckeritz to contact the FBI Milwaukee Field Office at (414) 276-4684. If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, please call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

The Biden administration wants to signal that the administration won't give up on aboriton now that the midterm election is over.

The Detroit Lions have been a source of comfort and dismay to football fans in this area for decades. And much of the time, almost all of the time, its been dismay.

Wisconsin Democrats are calling for the Republican leader of the state Senate to remove his appointee to the state's bipartisan election commission over comments he made about minority turnout in Milwaukee.

A Wisconsin judge has dismissed an open records complaint against Robert Spindell, a Republican state elections official who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump.

A Wisconsin judge has dismissed an open records complaint against a Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission who served as a fake elector for former President Donald Trump.

Police have identified a woman who was killed in a Wisconsin house fire. According to the Marinette Police Department, 54-year-old Julie Ann Price was found dead at the scene of the fire at 223 Terrace Avenue. Marinette is located just across the Menominee River from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Police say an autopsy was performed on Jan. 13 and preliminary findings determined she died in the fire. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Marinette Police Department at (715) 732-5200.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has appointed former state Sen. Jon Erpenbach to head the state's parole commission, a body that has been met with significant Republican criticism.

The second-winningest coach in Grand Valley State football history is heading to Wisconsin to join Luke Fickell’s new staff with the Badgers. GVSU announced Sunday the resignation of head football coach Matt Mitchell, who spent the last 19 years with the Lakers, including 13 atop the program.

They will look to punch their tickets to their Gold Medal Game in very similar-looking semifinals on Saturday. In the first 14 tournaments, they have made it to the Gold Medal Game each time, winning gold eight times. ETStream: ESPN+Unlike their run to the gold medal last summer, Canada looks dominant heading into the semifinals. Canada is trying to make it to the championship game for the 14th time in their history at the U18s. Suomi has never made it to the Gold Medal Game in the history of the Under-18s.

Well, that's Luck-y. A man from a town with less than 1,200 people just won $15.1 million.

· Watch the Michigan State Spartans on FuboTV (7-day free trial)GAME INFORMATIONWho: Michigan State (12-4, 4-1) vs. Illinois (11-5 2-3)When: 9 p.m. HOW TO LISTENRadio Network: Spartan Media NetworkGAME NOTES• Illinois won both games in the season series against Michigan State last year. • Michigan State point guard A.J. PRE-GAME LINKSSpartan Confidential podcast: Michigan State is tied for Big Ten lead, but will it last? Michigan State freshman makes the most of surprise role vs. Wisconsin‘Experience matters’: Veteran Michigan State team knows how to finish close gamesMichigan State’s Joey Hauser silences the boos in return to Wisconsin

Our expert has Michigan State vs. Illinois predictions for this Big Ten matchup with odds provided by FanDuel Sportsbook, so let’s get into it. Michigan State vs. Illinois basketball predictionsThe 2022-23 season has not been easy for both Michigan State and Illinois, but each team has figured some things out within the last month. Our expert favors the home side in this game, so let’s take a look at the best bet from their Michigan State vs. Illinois predictions. How to bet on Illinois -4.5 at DraftKings SportsbookIllinois -4.5 is our experts’ best bet from their Michigan State vs. Illinois predictions. Michigan State vs. Illinois college basketball odds available at FanDuel SportsbookThe Spartans are currently 4.5-point underdogs for Friday’s matchup against Illinois, with odds priced at -110 on FanDuel Sportsbook.

Wisconsin and North Carolina have become the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company.

ANN ARBOR -- Michigan visits Iowa on Thursday in what is an important Big Ten matchup because nearly every Big Ten matchup is important this season. Michigan saw its two-game win streak end with Saturday’s 59-53 loss at Michigan State. Here’s are three more things to know about the Hawkeyes, including more about what they do best, their star player, and a X-factor for Thursday’s game. Strength: Transition offenseFran McCaffery’s Iowa teams have generally been pretty good offensively and not very good defensively. Star player: Kris MurrayKris is the left-handed twin of Keegan, who as a sophomore at Iowa last season was a first team All-American before going fourth overall in the NBA draft.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has named Paul Buhr, a dairy and cash crop farmer who has owned and operated Rabur Holsteins, to the state's Department of Natural Resources.

The Badgers were scoring baskets down low and forcing Michigan State into a sloppy game as they seemed poised to close things out. Inside the Michigan State huddle with 3:53 left, though, the expectation was different. It became the latest example of this Michigan State team’s ability to close strong and finish out close games. Three days earlier, Michigan pulled to within four points late at the Breslin Center before Michigan State pulled away for a comfortable win. Michigan State coach Tom Izzo points to one factor above all in Michigan State’s late-game success: experience.

The Capital Times, a local Wisconsin newspaper, suggested that Libs of TikTok was to blame for “safety concerns” over a high school canceling an upcoming drag show event.

MADISON, Wis. – For the second straight year, Michigan State is leaving the Kohl Center with a win over a ranked Wisconsin team. The Spartans came back in the final five minutes to beat the Badgers, 69-65, on Tuesday night on the road. I think it was just tough all around.”-- Spartans forward Malik Hall on the win“I think that’s where our experience helped us. What I’ve got a little different than some, all of my guys have played together. It’s not a factory of guys running in, running out.

MADISON, Wis. – Michigan State got a big game from a senior returning to his home state and some late point guard heroics as it recorded a critical Big Ten road win. Michigan State (12-4, 4-1) has now won seven straight and moved back into a tie for first place in the Big Ten standings. Hoggard’s make helped Michigan State come back from five points down with four minutes left to extend its win streak. With 6:07 left, Michigan State had again cut it to two before Joey Hauser had the ball poked away. But Michigan State played a clean final few minutes as it hit critical shots and recorded a crucial road win.

After a relaxing, undefeated month at home, Michigan State at last has to leave the friendly confines of the Breslin Center. · Watch the Michigan State Spartans on FuboTV (7-day free trial)GAME INFORMATIONWho: Michigan State (11-4, 3-1) vs. No. • Michigan State now ranks No. • Michigan State is expected to have all of its players available; Malik Hall suffered an ankle injury during Saturday’s win over Michigan but is expected to play. Hoggard leads clean Michigan State offense in win over Michigan

Michigan State vs. Wisconsin basketball predictions for Tuesday, 1/10It’s not often that Michigan State can be considered lucky to start conference play at 3-1, but that’s the case this season. Taking those things into consideration, our Michigan State vs. Wisconsin basketball predictions see a bounceback performance for the Badgers here. FanDuel Sportsbook is the perfect spot to either tail or fade out Michigan State vs. Wisconsin basketball predictions. So whether you decide to follow our Michigan State vs. Wisconsin basketball predictions or not, make sure you sign up for an account with them today. For our Michigan State vs. Wisconsin basketball predictions though, we believe the smart plays are on Wisconsin’s money line as well as the over 125.5.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers nominated Deputy Secretary James Bond of the state's Veterans' Affairs department to head the agency during his second term in office

The Detroit Lions turned their house of horrors into their kingdom as they eliminated Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers 20-16 at Lambeau Field.

It was madness -- pure delightful madness. Not the bad kind of madness. The good kind.

Human remains found in 1997 along Lake Michigan's shoreline in western Michigan have been identified as those of a Chicago woman last seen weeks earlier at a Wisconsin beachfront park, police said Monday. Forensic experts relying on advanced DNA analyses confirmed in December that the remains are those of Dorothy Lynn (Thyng) Ricker, Michigan State Police said. “Although DNA testing wasn’t possible when Dorothy Ricker died, investigators are grateful that it brings her family some resolution today,” police said in a news release.

The Green Bay Packers linebacker ejected for shoving a Detroit Lions trainer who was trying to tend to an injured player has issued an apology.

A woman found dead along the shoreline of Lake Michigan 25 years ago has been identified.

The Detroit Lions wrapped up the 2022 schedule on Sunday night with a win vs. the Green Bay Packers, finishing the season with a winning record for the first time since 2017.

PINE LAKE, WI -- Four people have been arrested and arraigned on various charges in connection with an alleged imprisonment of a woman in Wisconsin last month. According to UP Matters, the victim arrived at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rhinelander on Dec. 22 and told staff that she had been held captive. The victim reported that she had been tied to a chair, beaten and strangled with a belt at a home in Pine Lake. Investigators eventually determined there were four suspects in the case and after the suspects were arrested the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office filed charges. READ MORE:High-speed crash kills 1 woman in Jackson CountyWanted man arrested after chase through 2 Northern Michigan counties3 arrested following report of 40 vehicles drag racing near Detroit

After Detroit Lions running back Jamaal Williams broke Barry Sanders’ single-season touchdown record on Sunday night vs. his old team, the Green Bay Packers, all of the emotions were on display.

After the Lions played spoiler to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night, the team’s social media accounts emptied the drafts.

The Lions couldn’t clinch a playoff spot, but they played spoiler on Sunday night with a big road win vs. the Packers at Lambeau Field, dashing Green Bay’s playoff hopes.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aidan Hutchinson is doing his best to keep this thing close. The defensive rookie of the year candidate is finishing off his first season in high style, racking up two huge sacks in the first half against Green Bay. Both came on third downs inside Detroit’s 25-yard line too, forcing Green Bay to settle for field goals. Hutchinson now has 9.5 sacks on the season, which wrestles the NFL rookie lead away from teammate James Houston (8.0). Lions rookies have accounted for 20.5 sacks overall, an NFL record since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Detroit Lions have a huge game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football. A game that would be even bigger if the Los Angeles Rams figured out a way to keep Detroit’s playoff hopes alive with a win in Seattle. The former Lions safety was sent to Seattle by the former regime over personality clashes with the head coach. With that, Detroit is officially eliminated from the playoff chase before kicking off in Green Bay -- yet another gift from the grave of the Quinntricia regime. Now, it looms large -- ending the club’s hope to make the playoffs before even taking the field at Lambeau Field.

The fire at an Associated Milk Producers Inc. plant in Portage began in a storage room full of butter, authorities said.

Noam Littman of Appleton, New Jersey says his family is now "hesitant" to plan a trip like this again.

Newly released documents from the House Jan. 6 committee show that the former Wisconsin Republican Party chairman testified that U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson spoke to him weeks before Joe Biden assumed the presidency about having the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature, rather than voters, choose Wisconsin’s presidential electors.

Six universities in South Dakota plan to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Wisconsin and Illinois. The move is expected to lead more graduates to remain in South Dakota.

A pink-footed goose, a breed of waterfowl native to northwestern Europe, was spotted in Kentucky — such an appearance is a rarity in North America.

South Dakota’s six public universities plan to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Illinois by next fall.

A waitress in Wisconsin received some extra Christmas cheer when she received a $1,000 tip from a customer on Christmas morning. The customer thought she was "everything."

The Wisconsin teachers were among thousands of people whose Southwest flights were canceled, prompting some to miss their cruise ship departures.

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy snapped at a reporter following Tuesday night's loss to Wisconsin when asked about potential staff changes in the offseason.

Badgers' new coach, as well as their outgoing interim head coach, were both on the sidelines for win over Oklahoma State.

Braelon Allen ran for 116 yards and a touchdown and Wisconsin withstood Oklahoma State’s second-half push in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl for a 24-17 victory Tuesday night.

A Wisconsin shop along Lake Michigan is frozen solid after a massive storm that has walloped much of the United States. (Dec. 27) (Production: Carrie Antlfinger)

A Wisconsin waitress got a Christmas morning surprise from a customer — a $1,000 tip. Callie Blue, 29, was waiting tables at Gus's Diner in Sun Prairie, just outside Madison, at 6 a.m. Sunday when she started chatting with one of the few customers in the restaurant at that hour, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. The customer was Michael Johnson, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County.

A 47-year-old Wisconsin man is dead after his snowmobile left the trail and struck a tree last week near the border of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, officials said. At 7:33 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 22, a dispatcher in Iron County, Wis., received a call about a snowmobile crash on Trail No. The snowmobile had gone off the trail and hit a tree; the operator, Mathew J. Wolfgram, 47, of Greenville, Wis., was unresponsive. RELATED: Indiana man, 55, dies in Northern Michigan snowmobile crashIron County deputies, Hurley Fire Snowmobile Rescue and Beacon Ambulance responded to the scene, police said. RELATED: Woman, 50, dies after Upper Peninsula snowmobile crashThe incident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The NFL reached a deal with Google's YouTube TV for its Sunday Ticket subscription package.

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said he isn’t ruling out the use of state funds to construct a passenger rail line between the cities of Madison and Milwaukee that would also expand connections between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota.

Concerns about the effects has led Natural Resources Board members to request new rules or laws to better regulate the power craft in Wisconsin.

It will feel like December as we work through the first part of the weekend with gusty winds and snowflakes for most areas of Metro Detroit.

Do the top four teams in the current College Football Playoff rankings -- Georgia, Michigan, TCU, and USC -- deserve to make the playoff no matter what happens in the conference title games this weekend? Or should Ohio State and Alabama be rewarded for sitting at home?

Two of the more notable games on Friday’s college basketball schedule are taking place on an aircraft carrier and in a baseball stadium.

A day after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results is zeroing in on the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania.

America is getting ready to vote in the midterm election, and poll workers around the country are bracing for possible conflict in an era of polarization and misinformation.

In Wisconsin's tight U.S. Senate race, Democrat Mandela Barnes' chances to unseat two-term Sen. Ron Johnson may rest with how well he turns out Black voters who don't always show up in big numbers.

A Wisconsin appeals court is refusing to block a lower court’s ruling prohibiting voters who already submitted an absentee ballot from voiding it and voting again, a rarely used practice known as ballot spoiling.

The full Michigan State football schedule for the 2023 season was released Wednesday by the Big Ten.

Two weeks from Michigan’s Nov. 8 election, more than 770,000 mail-in ballots have already been returned by voters.

In-person early voting has begun in swing state Wisconsin amid ongoing lawsuits affecting which ballots can be counted or tossed, recently ordered bans on drop boxes, and restrictions on who can return ballots.

The Powerball jackpot has increased to $625 million ahead of Monday night’s drawing.

A Colorado man was fatally struck by a kayak rack when driving in the Upper Peninsula.

The missing Michigan family from Fremont has been found in Wisconsin.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation program.

The Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor is suggesting he does not support arresting doctors under the state's near total ban on abortions.

On Milwaukee’s largely Hispanic, working-class south side, voters are fed up with rampant lawlessness.

Meijer, a Michigan-based company, is looking for chefs in the midwest to feature their products in the new Frederik’s by Meijer line.

Wisconsin has fired head coach Paul Chryst after a 2-3 start to his eighth season leading his alma mater.

The 2022 Michigan General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 8 -- here are the key dates you need to know about voting.

Vice President Kamala Harris has met with college students and Latino leaders in Milwaukee during a visit meant to energize voters weeks before an election in which Wisconsin's Democratic governor, Tony Evers, and Republican U.S. senator, Ron Johnson, are on the ballot.

As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back.

Some independent voters who began 2022 looking to Republicans for answers have drifted back to moving toward Democrats.

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An International Crane Foundation official says it's exciting that a record eight whooping cranes have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild.

The always outspoken and entertaining Stephen A. Smith will be in Detroit this week for a special gala, and he’s bringing ESPN’s “First Take” along with him.

The U.S. women's national sled hockey team wants to see a competition in the Paralympic Games.

President Joe Biden is traveling to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Labor Day.

The wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contacted at least two Wisconsin state lawmakers urging them to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in 2020 in the tightly contested state.

An uncle of Jacob Blake filed a federal lawsuit alleging sheriff’s deputies in Wisconsin unjustly arrested and tortured him during a protest over the 2020 Kenosha police shooting of his nephew.

Miller has been brewing staple beers in the Midwest for over 100 years. Miller Lite was first rolled out in the 1970s giving an American standard to pilsners.

Donald Trump reasserted his grip on Republicans in Wisconsin’s primary, but both Democrats and Republicans say that the former president’s involvement in the state’s key races for governor and U.S. Senate could come back to hurt them in the swing state.

Longtime Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette has won his Democratic primary, advancing to a general election in which Republicans hope to win back the seat and give it power over elections.

Businessman Tim Michels has won Wisconsin's Republican nomination to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race in Tuesday's primary elections features competing candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence.

Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin see abortion as the issue that will carry them to election wins in November, but efforts to reach Black voters on the topic are sparse.