And that's how Illinois shortchanged Wisconsin for the first time — but not the last. A group of men survey the ruins of Peshtigo buildings after the Peshtigo fire in Marinette County, Wis., in ...

In 1972, Wisconsin lowered the state's legal drinking age to 18, turning the Badger State into a magnet for young Illinois drinkers. (In some circles, the state line was known as the "blood border." ...