Note: Police are expected to hold a press conference at 6 p.m. CT. Watch live in the player above. Seven people were killed, including the gunman, in a shooting Wednesday at Molson Coors Brewing Co. in Milwaukee, a senior law enforcement official told NBC News. The senior official briefed on the situation said an employee who had recently been fired…

Parents in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit against a high school principal after two students were not allowed to wear T-shirts depicting images of guns.

A Los Angeles-based photographer is using his studio to take free portraits of rescued pit bulls. Headshots Melrose owner Peter Michelena plans to publish the photos in a book with the hope that it demonstrates, despite common misconceptions, pit bulls are just as loving as other breeds of dog. Michelena adopted a pit bull and fell in love with the...

About six years ago, Paula Slaasted’s husband found Merlin, a boxer-pit bull mix, as a stray running around the campus of USF Holland, a trucking company, near General Mitchell International Airport. Slaasted’s husband sent her a picture of Merlin, saying: “Here’s our next dog.” The couple took the dog to the Wisconsin Humane Society and found he was not microchipped...

Inmates from the Rock County Wisconsin jail are being paired with ‘unadoptable dogs. It is part of the Canine Corrections Academy, a way to give a second chance to these unadoptable dogs and inmates suffering from drug addiction. (WMTV)

The email was enough to stop any seasoned reporter in his tracks. “My name is Sheila Lockwood,” it began. “On June 10, 2018, I was sentenced to life without my oldest son, Austin Lee Lockwood.” Austin Lockwood was just 23 years old when he volunteered to help a friend of a friend spruce up his cabin in upstate Wisconsin. That…

School district officials in Waushara County say a kindergarten student was killed and her sibling was injured when they were struck by a vehicle just before boarding a bus. The Tri-County Area School District says the children were hit along Highway 73 southeast of Plainfield just after 7 a.m. Monday. WLUK-TV reports district administrator Anthony Marinack says the bus was…

A Wisconsin resident has been sickened with coronavirus that originated in China and spread across the world, the first case in Wisconsin and the 12th in the country, health officials said Wednesday.

The baby goats will remain at the Oregon High School for about a month before going back to their farm. (WMTV)

A Wisconsin woman was able to make a call to the Brown County Dispatch Center while being held captive about 2,000 miles away in the Dominican Republic. She says she had been held against her will since October after traveling there to meet a man she had met online. (WGBA)

A golden retriever named Scout will be featured in a Super Bowl ad on Sunday to highlight the work of the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Care after being treated for cancer. (WMTV)

A family from Wisconsin is trying to evacuate Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, which has now killed at least 170 people. Sam Roth of Neenah, Wisconsin, tells NBC Chicago his wife and two young daughters are stuck in Wuhan where they are visiting relatives. “My wife says the hardest part is staying positive,” Roth said. “She gets…

Myles Jorgensen had been on the U-S Abraham Lincoln for 10 months serving in the Navy. Jorgensen arrived a few days early to surprise his mom in a mascot outfit at her elementary school where she teaches. (WMTV)

President Donald Trump heads to battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday to rally supporters just down the street from where Democrats will meet in six months to nominate his opponent, a campaign trip that coincides with the Democratic presidential debate in neighboring Iowa.

President Donald Trump heads to battleground Wisconsin on Tuesday to rally supporters just down the street from where Democrats will meet in six months to nominate his opponent, a campaign trip that coincides with the Democratic presidential debate in neighboring Iowa. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Tommy Mecher is seen on video driving with snowmobile on the roof of his car.

Electrician apprentice Tommy Mecher has caused quite a stir in Wisconsin after being seen driving his car with a snowmobile on the roof. Photos and video popped up on Facebook last week and were first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I only burned 10 dollars more in gas on a 430-mile trip,” Mecher told the Journal Sentinal. “I put…

An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy who battled terminal cancer died while on a “Make-A-Wish” trip to Mall of America on New Year’s Day. Mikey Choroszy had one final wish to shop at The LEGO Store at Mall of America, according to WTMJ, the NBC station in Milwaukee. Choroszy’s family knew his time was running out, but they had no idea their loved...

Delta Air Lines workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Lands’ End, alleging that uniforms from the clothing manufacturer and retailer are making the airline’s employees sick, NBC News reports.

Delta Air Lines workers have filed a class-action lawsuit against Lands’ End, alleging that uniforms from the clothing manufacturer and retailer are making the airline’s employees sick, NBC News reports.