[Editor's note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.] Wisconsin is one of the most fiercely contested battleground states in this election cycle, but it lacks federal transparency requirements for voter registration imposed on most states, according to a lawsuit by an election watchdog. Minnesota, generally a solidly blue state although it saw a razor-thin margin in the results of the 2016 presidential race, also doesn’t make its voter rolls available to the public, the lawsuit contends.

Oak Forest’s Justin Gibbs can easily pin down the moment that catapulted his baseball career. When he was 8 or 9 years old, Gibbs made a dramatic switch that started on the baseball field and carried over to the rest of his life. “I used to be right-handed,” Gibbs said. “One day I just tried throwing left-handed, and it just clicked. It felt right. That’s when I really started becoming a good pitcher.” And Gibbs, a junior pitcher/infielder, is putting together a dominant season on the mound. It continued Tuesday...

News item No. 1: The Craftsman Truck Series race at the Milwaukee Mile has a name, eight months after it was confirmed as part of the NASCAR schedule announcement last fall and roughly 3½ months before the race occurs. News item No. 2: The Milwaukee company that has been the title sponsor for the ARCA race at the Mile for the past two years will be back for a third. News item No. 3: Ahead of the IndyCar doubleheader at the Mile on Labor Day weekend, one of the bars...

In recognizing Children's Mental Health Week, the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health has recommendations and resources inspired by the state's high school students. Young people came together April 12 at the Mental Wellness Student Leadership Summit hosted by the Office of Children's Mental Health, to discuss their mental health needs.

GENERAL 10:30 p.m. Cox-3 — Oklahoma Sports Scene COLLEGE BASEBALL 6 p.m.;ESPN2 — Penn St. at West Virginia COLLEGE GOLF 2 p.m.;GOLF — The PGA Works Collegiate Championships: Final Round COLLEGE SOFTBALL 10 a.m.;SECN — Southeastern Tournament: Alabama vs. LSU 11 a.m.;BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Purdue vs. Indiana Noon;ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Boston College vs. Syracuse 1 p.m.;SECN — Southeastern Tournament: TBD vs. Missouri 1:30 p.m.;BTN — Big Ten Tournament: Illinois vs. Minnesota 2:30 p.m.;ACCN — Atlantic Coast Tournament: Notre Dame vs.

Reece Smith finishes his Northwest Missouri State University career a perfect 4-for-4 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association outdoor meet. The former Garner-Hayfield-Ventura prep star captured the title of the event on his home Herschel Neil Track on Saturday, running 8 minutes, 48.85 seconds, and leads off this edition of the WEEKEND UPDATE of the best performances by Iowa-based collegiate and postcollegiate distance runners and triathletes. Smith has established himself as one of the all-time greats in Bearcats program history.

MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. — Severe storms brought strong winds, rain and hail to parts of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind some damage. Amid the severe storms, a barn in Harvard, Illinois, collapsed while animals were inside. Harvard Fire Chief John Kimmel said crews are on the scene working to pull animals out, but currently, 17 are unaccounted for. SkyCam9 was over the scene around 4:23 p.m. when crews could be spotted searching through the wreckage. It has not yet been confirmed if the collapse was due...

Milwaukee Public Museum's future home had its groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, with construction to begin in June. The ceremony was moved from the construction site, at West McKinley Avenue and North Sixth Street, to The Trade hotel, 420 W. Juneau Ave., because of rain. Mayor Cavalier Johnson and others praised the $240 million project. Johnson told the crowd the museum "will be a major driver" in Milwaukee's continued growth, with County Executive David Crowley calling it "an exciting new landmark building." It will be "a place of answers" about learning, natural...

A diminishing line of storms should bring rain to Milwaukee by late morning, before a slight risk of severe weather develops in the afternoon. The National Weather Service is forecasting a one out of five chance of severe weather in southern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee. If conditions are met, the severe weather could bring strong wind gusts and hail, plus a thin chance of a weak tornado developing in the afternoon. "(It's) depending on how much sunlight we see behind the dying line of storms this morning," said Cameron Miller, a...

Spring allergy season is in full swing in Wisconsin As seasonal allergies return, Wisconsinites might be suffering with runny nose, sneezing and itchy eyes. Rising temperatures mean that plants are releasing more pollen into the air for a longer amount of time. According Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, between 1995 and 2011, warmer temperatures caused pollen season to be 11 to 27 days longer in the U.S. In Wisconsin, we experienced the warmest winters on record this year. Here's a look at what that means for the allergy season:...