Wisconsin National Guard

Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard troops have been activated in preparation for a possible verdict next week in the Kenosha murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, according to Gov. Tony Evers’ office.

Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial were dismissed for the the weekend Thursday following a day during which prosecutors clashed with the judge yet again. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Soldiers from a Wisconsin National Guard unit will head to the southwestern border to provide security. The National Guard announced Wednesday that 125 soldiers from the 229th Engineer Company out of Prairie du Chien will head to the border this fall as part of a federal deployment. They will assist with what Guard officials called “non-law enforcement activities” along the…

Kamala Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as part of her role leading the Biden administration’s response to a steep increase in migration.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday ordered the state’s National Guard troops to withdraw from the border with Mexico, drawing the ire of a Republican congressman from Illinois who serves as a pilot in the Wisconsin detachment.

The buzz of chain saws could be heard around Wisconsin Thursday as residents worked to clean up after storms this week produced more than a dozen tornadoes.

Northern Illinois has been inundated with storms and historic flooding in recent days, but there has been no word or sighting of Governor Bruce Rauner following the deluge.

Storms carrying tornadoes, torrential rain and powerful winds damaged homes, deposited a snowplow in a tree and flooded highways in north-central Minnesota and northern Wisconsin.