BUSINESS & COMMUNITY
WISCONSIN, USA
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A squirrel named KOJO has become one of the internet’s most recognizable animals after a perfectly timed photograph turned into a global reaction meme. Following months of reposts, edits and increasingly absurd variations, the image has now won the title of “Meme of the Year,” transforming an ordinary squirrel into an unexpected online celebrity.
Read report »A newborn pygmy hippopotamus named ROBIN is becoming an unexpected social media sensation after his arrival at Shamba Safari in Neshkoro, Wisconsin. Videos of the tiny hippo exploring his enclosure, following his mother and awkwardly discovering the water have spread rapidly online, turning ROBIN into the latest baby pygmy hippo to capture the internet’s attention.
Read report »Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was arrested in Wisconsin and booked on multiple domestic violence-related charges, according to police and jail records.
Read report »CNN said a detained person of interest in the Brown University shooting was identified as Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, while authorities continued to investigate the attack that killed two people and injured nine.
Read report »Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case, was detained in Illinois after fleeing a Wisconsin group home and removing her monitoring bracelet.
Read report »A Sunday morning fire at a Milwaukee apartment building killed five people and displaced hundreds more, according to CNN reporting that described residents jumping from windows to escape the flames.
Read report »Prosecutors say the father allowed his teenage daughter to access semiautomatic pistols after she killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting last year.
Read report »Federal agents arrested Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on 2025-04-25, a move that sharpened tensions around the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Read report »Federal investigators say Nikita Casap, 17, discussed killing Donald Trump, sought a drone-delivered attack and linked himself to the Order of the Nine Angles.
Read report »A hard freeze spreading across Canada and the contiguous United States has already been linked to a death near Milwaukee, while forecasters warned of historic snow and dangerous blizzard conditions farther south.
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