Category Archives: State News
Closs Kidnapper-Killer: It's Like He Disappeared
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections isn't saying where 22-year-old Jake Patterson is being held. All records of the man serving time for kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents have been er...
Jul 25, 2019
Uber Driver Takes 2 Sisters 200 Miles To Minnesota Birthday Party
A kind-hearted Uber driver agreed to help two sisters stranded in Madison by bad weather. Kerry Maggard and Deb Eggers were flying from San Antonio to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for their aunt's 100th...
Jul 25, 2019 Automobile Italia / CC
Home Buyers Find Wisconsin Is A Seller's Market
The Wisconsin Realtors Association reports home sales dropped almost 10 percent last month. Normally, June is the busiest month of the year. The average selling price for a Wisconsin property was more...
Jul 24, 2019
Grafton Schools Must Pay For Private School For Special Needs Student
A judge has ruled the Grafton School District has to cover the cost of sending an autistic student to a boarding school for special needs children. The judge says the school district failed the 16-yea...
Jul 24, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Democratic Wisconsin Lawmakers Proposing Bill to Cap Price of Insulin
Democratic state lawmakers want to cap the price of insulin for diabetics in Wisconsin. Representative Jimmy Anderson of Fitchburg plans to introduce legislation that would cap the price of insulin at...
Jul 24, 2019 Melissa Johnson / CC
Northwoods Man Found Guilty Of Beating Wife To Death 37 Years Ago
A Marathon County judge has found 70-year-old Robin D. Mendez guilty of beating his wife to death in 1982. Barbara Mendez died of multiple blows to her head which were suffered inside the credit union...
Jul 24, 2019
Wisconsin Tribe Sues Demanding Removal Of Pipeline
A Wisconsin-based Native American tribe has filed a federal lawsuit, demanding a pipeline which crosses its land be removed. The Line-5 pipeline owned by Enbridge carries oil and natural gas liquids f...
Jul 24, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Baraboo Neighborhood Evacuated When Work Crew Hits High-Pressure Gas Line
Baraboo emergency responders evacuated a neighborhood Tuesday afternoon when a utility crew hit an underground high-pressure gas line while digging. Witnesses say gas could be heard whistling as it es...
Jul 24, 2019
Democratic Group Plans To Target Voters In Wisconsin, 5 Other States
A Democratic group called Priorities U-S-A plans to spend big bucks trying to weaken support for President Trump in battleground states like Wisconsin. That group says it will devote 450-thousand doll...
Jul 24, 2019 Vox Efx / CC
9/11 Memorial Foundation Pays Off Mortgage of Fallen Appleton Firefighter
A 9/11 memorial foundation is paying off the home mortgage for the family of fallen Appleton Firefighter Mitchell Lundgaard. Tunnel to Towers C-E-O Frank Siller announced today that the foundation is ...
Jul 23, 2019 Gabriel Saldana / CC
