Associated Press

A funding increase for tribal colleges and universities announced before the shutdown was welcome news, but college leaders remain uneasy about the government’s financial commitments.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tweeted Friday afternoon that Eduardo Flores-Ruiz has been deported. Flores-Ruiz had spent almost seven months in jail since he was arrested outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse in April.

Residents of Michigan towns bordering Indiana and Wisconsin voted last week to limit or ban marijuana shops.

Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin man with stalking after he allegedly sent liberal state Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky a series of intimidating emails

In the middle of Lake Superior, near the boundary between Canadian and US waters, sits the Superior Shoal, a mountain that’s completely underwater.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany becomes the front-runner over the two other announced Republican candidates who have less name recognition and support from key conservative donors.

Justice Rebecca Bradley’s decision announced Friday not to run for a second full term comes after conservative candidates for the highest court in the battleground state have lost each of the past two elections by double digits.

They’ve demanded more forest thinning, prescribed burns and other measures to prevent fires from starting

Among the worst hit was the Milwaukee area, where up to 14 inches (36 centimeters) of rain had fallen in some areas by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service, which also noted river flooding in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties

Rian Nyblom pleaded guilty in April to two counts of being a party to the crime of battery by a prisoner