When Wisconsin was chartered as a territory in 1836, it had a population of 11,683, increased to 30,749 by 1840 and the 155,277 in 1846, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society. The state's ...

Wisconsin, we're no spring chicken anymore. While it is nowhere near the oldest state in the United States — that would be Delaware — America's Dairyland is getting up there in age. Wisconsin ...

By 1836, the Wisconsin territory was organized and included parts of what is now Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. More than a decade later, in 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state to ...

When you hear disparaging words between Wisconsin and Illinois, it's usually related to the latter state's driving. But the rift between the two states goes back way before the automobile. It ...

According to the legal complaint, the majority of Wisconsin’s Assembly districts are noncontiguous — each consisting of between two and 40 disconnected pieces of territory.