Flags are flying at half-staff on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus on Tuesday in honor of senior gymnast Kara Welsh, who was shot and killed in her apartment Friday evening. Welsh, 21, was a national champion and two-time All-American, according to a statement from the university. She was found by police with multiple gunshot wounds,...
Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is going viral after sharing a recipe that’s popular in the Midwest, and social media users appear to be trying it out. The Democratic vice presidential nominee from Minnesota, who is expected to speak at the 2024 DNC on Wednesday in Chicago, recently took to X to...
A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, admitted in court that he had paid young male masseuses, with some of whom he had sexual contact, during...
People living in Dolton, Illinois, demanded answers from embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard Monday night while attending a contentious board meeting. Along with voicing displeasure about how the village is being run, residents questioned government spending during the meeting, which was marked with interruptions, disorganization, shouting and ejections. Dolton police officers and Cook County Sheriff’s deputies...
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attempted to confront Vice President Kamala Harris over not answering reporters’ questions while both of their planes were on the tarmac of a Wisconsin airport on Wednesday. Vance, who is former President Trump’s running mate, also told a press gaggle at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport that he was trying to get...
Monday’s deadly and destructive summertime storm that wreaked havoc on the Midwest is known as a “derecho” — but what exactly is this, and where did it get its name? A derecho is “a widespread, long-lived windstorm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms,” according to the National Weather Service...
The Republican National Convention (RNC) is going on as planned following the attempted assassination of President Trump, and heightened security can be seen around the venue expecting tens of thousands of people. “Multiple layers of security and several perimeters to get through in order to get inside,” Fox News’ Bill Melugin posted to X early...
A Nebraska foster mother has been arrested following a hot-vehicle death involving a five-year-old child, who police say had been left unattended in an SUV for an “extended period of time.” Juanita Pinon, 40, is facing a charge of child abuse by neglect, resulting in death, after the incident that allegedly unfolded in Omaha on...
