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.

October 28, 2026

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.
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

Through the New Friends program, future medical professionals in Wisconsin get experience connecting with people living with cognitive changes, including the early stages of Alzheimer's, and these mentors get more social connection during what can be a particularly lonely time.

October 28, 2026

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

Democratic challenger Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, running in the 2026 race for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, discuss the importance of the election.

October 27, 2026 • West Central Region

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.
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

Cuts by the Trump administration to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement have forced a Green Bay-based nonprofit that provides English language education for immigrants to reduce its number of classes if offers, even as the group's waitlist swells to 300 students.

October 26, 2026 • Northeast Region

David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin
David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

Elections

David Crowley, Tom Tiffany on Flock camera use in Wisconsin

David Crowley and Tom Tiffany — the 2026 Democratic and Republican candidates for governor of Wisconsin — discuss their stances on the use of and oversight for automated license plate reader cameras.

October 26, 2026

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

Politics

‘Here & Now’ Highlights: Matt Rehberg, Mordecai Lee

Here's what guests on the Oct. 23, 2026 episode said about how farmers are faring as costs rise and how the World Series in Milwaukee offers a respite from politics.

October 26, 2026

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.'
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.'

Politics

Mordecai Lee on politics and the Brewers in the World Series

UW-Milwaukee political science professor Mordecai Lee considers how the Milwaukee Brewers playing in the World Series for the first time in 44 years intersects with the end of the 2026 election cycle.

October 23, 2026 • Southeast Region

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.'
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

Sparkling Springs Farm owner Matt Rehberg, who grows soybeans and corn in Rock County, describes differing impacts of growing costs for diesel and fertilizer amid ongoing trade wars and war with Iran.

October 23, 2026 • South Central Region

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

The lone debate between David Crowley and Tom Tiffany in the 2026 race for governor saw the candidates offer arguments and dodge questions — Inside Wisconsin Politics considers the race's big picture.

October 22, 2026

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.
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 federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote, finding the effort relies on data that's full of errors and is intimidating groups doing voter assistance efforts.

October 22, 2026