Category Archives: State News
Accused Shooter Pleads Not Guilty Of Killing 3-Year-Old Girl
A Milwaukee man has pleaded not guilty to charges he shot a three-year-old girl to death. Police say Antonio Bratcher fired the fatal shot which killed Brooklyn Harris during a road rage incident. He ...
Jul 26, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
3 People From California Die In NE Nebraska Plane Crash
Authorities in northeastern Nebraska say three people have died in a plane crash near Chadron. Their names haven't been released. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and the F-...
Jul 26, 2019 Sean MacEntee / CC
Janesville Family: Son Died Because He Wasn't Supervised At Rehab Facility
A Janesville couple says their 23-year-old son died at a Florida rehab facility because there was no supervision. Seth Stricklin had been residing at a sober living home in West Palm Beach for the las...
Jul 26, 2019 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Registered Sex Offender Accused of Approaching Children At Park
Witnesses at a park in Whitefish Bay tell police a man who turned out to be a registered sex offender was approaching children. Fifty-six-year-old Raymond M. Hoelzer allegedly asked two children to lo...
Jul 26, 2019
GoFundMe Campaign Raises $65K For Man Hurt While Fixing Storm Damage
A worker who was fixing storm damage in Wisconsin Rapids is said to be recovering from spinal fractures, but Brian Ortner is paralyzed from the waist down. Ortner was injured Saturday when a tree limb...
Jul 25, 2019 Trending Topics 2019 / CC
Marinette County Man Found Guilty in Wife's Shooting Death
A Marinette County man will be sentenced in October for the January shooting death of his wife. Fifty-six-year-old Gary Rogge of Pembine pleaded no contest today to an amended charge of first-degree r...
Jul 25, 2019
Man Convicted in Closs Kidnapping, Parents' Murders Moved to New Mexico
The northern Wisconsin man convicted of kidnapping Jayme Closs after killing her parents in Barron County is now in a New Mexico prison. The New Mexico Corrections Department confirmed today that Jake...
Jul 25, 2019
Silver Alert For Man Last Seen in Neenah
Update: The Silver Alert has been Cleared. Richard Tierney has been found. A silver alert has been issued for the following individual who is missing and believed to have dementia or some other cognit...
Jul 25, 2019
Proposal Would Limit UW System Tuition Hikes If Freeze Is Lifted
The Fair Future Tuition Act would limit how much the U-W System could increase tuition if the current freeze is lifted. Republican Representative Dave Murphy says his measure would put protections in ...
Jul 25, 2019 SOCIALisBETTER / CC
2-Day Conference On Chronic Wasting Disease Continues
A two-day conference on chronic wasting disease continues at the Monona Terrace in Madison today (Thursday), with wildlife officials from all over the Midwest in attendance. Discussion of the latest r...
Jul 25, 2019 Jennifer C. / CC
