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Milwaukee Brewers owners, staff, players and their families, all wearing World Series champion shirts, celebrate on a stage behind a dais with the Commissioner's Trophy and Willie Mays Most Valuable Player Award Trophy on its surface, with the team's ball-in-glove logo and World Series logos illuminated on signs in the background with blue and gold confetti and fireworks sparklers flying in the air, with photographers and people cheering facing the group in the foreground.

History

A look at the 2026 World Series title won by the Milwaukee Brewers, by the numbers

The Milwaukee Brewers are World Series champions for the first time after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, capturing the title and wrapping up one of the most dominant postseasons in recent memory.

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Bill Ducett poses for a portrait while standing outside under the canopy of a tree with its trunk wrapped with sting lights, with an out-of-focus business sign and the tops of multiple parked vehicles in the background.

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Rebecca Cooke, Derrick Van Orden on what’s at stake in 2026

Elections

Rebecca Cooke, Derrick Van Orden on what's at stake in 2026

Sierra Susa holds the palm of her right hand against a wall with multiple printed signs and posted notes affixed to its face, with more than a dozen people standing in a line behind her in a hallway with hand-written posters attached to a cable display system on the opposite wall, with small flags of numerous nations and territories displayed in connected rows suspended from the ceiling.

Education

Hundreds of immigrants, refugees await English education as Literacy Green Bay weathers federal cuts

David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

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David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

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A still image shows Mordecai Lee seated in front of a green wall with vintage political posters, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Milwaukee,' 'Mordecai Lee' and 'UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Political Science.'

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Mordecai Lee on politics and the Brewers in the World Series

A still image shows Matt Rehberg standing in front of a large red tractor, with a graphic at the the bottom that reads 'Clinton,' 'Matt Rehberg,' and 'Sparkling Springs Farms.'

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Hits and dodges in Wisconsin’s lone 2026 debate for governor

Inside Wisconsin Politics

Hits and dodges in Wisconsin's lone 2026 debate for governor

Two law enforcement officers wearing tactical vests and utility belts hold both arms of a person whose hands are restrained in two pairs of handcuffs behind their back, with another officer standing to the side, with parked vehicles and an out-of-focus concrete wall topped with razor wire in the background.

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in Wisconsin, other states

A video camera monitor with two cables connected to one side and an illuminated power light shows David Crowley and Tom Tiffany standing behind podiums with two microphones affixed to the top of each and the logo on WISN 12 ABC on their front in a room with a wood judicial dais and the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in the background, with two people seated in chairs facing them in the foreground.

Elections

The 2020 vote is a focus of Wisconsin's only gubernatorial debate in 2026

What the race in Wisconsin’s 3rd means for national politics

Elections

What the race in Wisconsin's 3rd means for national politics

Justin Sydnor on the rapid expansion of prediction markets

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Justin Sydnor on the rapid expansion of prediction markets

Bill Ducett poses for a portrait while standing outside under the canopy of a tree with its trunk wrapped with sting lights, with an out-of-focus business sign and the tops of multiple parked vehicles in the background.

Health

How Alzheimer's and dementia patients are teaching a new generation of Wisconsin's health care workers

Rebecca Cooke, Derrick Van Orden on what’s at stake in 2026

Elections

Rebecca Cooke, Derrick Van Orden on what's at stake in 2026

Sierra Susa holds the palm of her right hand against a wall with multiple printed signs and posted notes affixed to its face, with more than a dozen people standing in a line behind her in a hallway with hand-written posters attached to a cable display system on the opposite wall, with small flags of numerous nations and territories displayed in connected rows suspended from the ceiling.

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Hundreds of immigrants, refugees await English education as Literacy Green Bay weathers federal cuts

David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

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David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

Frederica Freyberg sits at a desk on the Here & Now set and faces a video monitor showing an image of Mordecai Lee

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'Here & Now' Highlights: Matt Rehberg, Mordecai Lee

A still image shows Mordecai Lee seated in front of a green wall with vintage political posters, with a graphic at the bottom that reads 'Milwaukee,' 'Mordecai Lee' and 'UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Political Science.'

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Mordecai Lee on politics and the Brewers in the World Series

A still image shows Matt Rehberg standing in front of a large red tractor, with a graphic at the the bottom that reads 'Clinton,' 'Matt Rehberg,' and 'Sparkling Springs Farms.'

Agriculture

Matt Rehberg on the 2026 harvest in a tricky economic moment

Hits and dodges in Wisconsin’s lone 2026 debate for governor

Inside Wisconsin Politics

Hits and dodges in Wisconsin's lone 2026 debate for governor

Two law enforcement officers wearing tactical vests and utility belts hold both arms of a person whose hands are restrained in two pairs of handcuffs behind their back, with another officer standing to the side, with parked vehicles and an out-of-focus concrete wall topped with razor wire in the background.

Courts

Federal judge orders Trump administration to halt noncitizen voting investigation in Wisconsin, other states

A video camera monitor with two cables connected to one side and an illuminated power light shows David Crowley and Tom Tiffany standing behind podiums with two microphones affixed to the top of each and the logo on WISN 12 ABC on their front in a room with a wood judicial dais and the U.S. and Wisconsin flags in the background, with two people seated in chairs facing them in the foreground.

Elections

The 2020 vote is a focus of Wisconsin's only gubernatorial debate in 2026

What the race in Wisconsin’s 3rd means for national politics

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What the race in Wisconsin's 3rd means for national politics

Justin Sydnor on the rapid expansion of prediction markets

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Justin Sydnor on the rapid expansion of prediction markets

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Milwaukee Brewers owners, staff, players and their families, all wearing World Series champion shirts, celebrate on a stage behind a dais with the Commissioner's Trophy and Willie Mays Most Valuable Player Award Trophy on its surface, with the team's ball-in-glove logo and World Series logos illuminated on signs in the background with blue and gold confetti and fireworks sparklers flying in the air, with photographers and people cheering facing the group in the foreground.

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