BELMONT – Before Madison came Belmont. The quiet community of around 1,000 people, nestled in the rolling hills of the Driftless Area in southwest Wisconsin, was the center of state government for a ...

The ornate, stately Capitol at the center of Madison is one of Wisconsin's most recognizable landmarks, but the four-winged building that hosts lawmakers and visitors today isn't the original. In fact ...

BELMONT, Wis. (WMTV) - A small town about an hour southwest of Madison served as Wisconsin’s first Capitol. It was where the first lawmakers met to shape the future of America’s Dairyland. Decades of ...

My recent Mississippi River Country FAM (blogger familiarization) trip took me along three scenic sections of the river through Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. While Wisconsin was the briefest ...

(WLUK) -- The governor revealed the theme for the 2024 State Capitol Holiday Tree in Madison. Gov. Tony Evers announced “125 Years of Wisconsin’s State Parks” as the theme and invited students to ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps on Friday and ordered that new district boundary lines be drawn as Democrats had urged ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 1,000 people are expected at a gala event this weekend as Wisconsin finally honors a person of color with a statue at its state Capitol. Workers lowered the shrouded statue ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Governor Tony Evers and guests from around Wisconsin gathered Thursday to celebrate lighting this year’s Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree. The theme of this year’s tree is ...

Lawmakers met in Belmont for 46 days in 1836 to lay the groundwork for state government, including selecting a permanent site for the Capitol. The buildings were used as residences and livestock barns ...