Waukesha County began serious consideration of a sales tax. Now the county will remain one of only two in the state without one.

Since the holidays, a Waukesha food pantry has seen long lines and hundreds of new families. Normally, January brings a slowdown, but rising numbers have people worried they could run out of food.

Waukesha County’s proposed sales tax is dead, and the county’s business community is happy to see it go. Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow told county leaders this week he is scuttling his proposed half-percent sales tax.

A proposal that would have instituted a Waukesha County sales tax is now officially dead, County Executive Paul Farrow announced on Tuesday.

Hartland Bus Driver Walter Cunningham is now charged with 28 felony charges of second degree recklessly endangering safety after allegedly operating while intoxicated. The charges

Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow on Tuesday announced the sales tax ordinance introduced in October of 2024 is officially dead. The tax was proposed to help pay

Conservative candidate Brad Schimel refuses to criticize the president for freeing rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers.

Detectives said he stole a stamp collection worth $395,000, as well as art, antique silverware and the homeowner's gun and Lexus.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said there have been at least five vehicles that have fallen through ice in Waukesha and Racine counties so far this year. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department said a 61-year-old man died after he fell through the ice on Pewaukee Lake on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 25.

A recent Waukesha County Drug Task Force investigation resulted in the seizure of guns, drugs, cash and more in Milwaukee County.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the most outspoken officers who defended the U.S. Capitol against rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, accused the Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday of “clearly playing both sides” on the issue of pardoning of people who attacked the Capitol four years ago.

Just over thre months after its introduction, a proposal that would have added a 0.5% sales tax in Waukesha County is now off the table. County