WOOD COUNTY, Wis. (WAOW) - After a long historic journey across the country, old Civil War artifacts that predate 1860, have made their way to Wisconsin. Historical Point Basse is already home to Wood ...

Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American Civil War soldiers. Historian Jeff Kannel shares stories of Wisconsin African American soldiers during and after the Civil War, and ...

In Wisconsin today, the state Supreme Court struck down a ban on almost all abortions that was more than a century old. The Democratic attorney general in Wisconsin, Josh Kaul, had brought the case.

Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a 145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river – and it was a complete surprise. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the organization that led ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The blue and grey returned to Heritage Hill State Park on Sunday for the second Wisconsin Civil War Encampment Reenactment. The event gives visitors a hands-on experience of ...

During the Civil War, Wisconsin farmers tried to grow sorghum, a substitute for sugar cane supplies cut off by the fighting. Refining it into syrup was unprofitable, however, and they gave it up until ...

Cedarburg History Museum, N58 W6194 Columbia Rd., opened its 2024 special exhibit "Wisconsin in the Civil War" in late February and you still have time to check it out.