Category Archives: State News
Judge Makes Ruling On Witness In Former Badger Player's Trial
Attorneys for former Badger football player Quintez Cephus will be allowed to call a rape crisis advocate as a witness at his trial later this month. Cephus is charged with the sexual assault of two U...
Jul 12, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
US Secret Service: Middleton One-Of-27 Mass Shootings Last Year
The U-S Secret Service lists the shooting at W-T-S Paradigm in Middleton as one of 27 mass shootings in the country last year. Anthony Tong opened fire in that office September 19th. Police shot him t...
Jul 11, 2019
Fleet Farm Consolidates At New Appleton Headquarters
Wisconsin-based Fleet Farm plans to begin moving into its new headquarters by the first of next year and should have all operations consolidated in the location by the end of March. The company says a...
Jul 11, 2019
Texas Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Mailing Kilos of Cocaine to Wisconsin
A Texas man who sent several kilos of cocaine to Wisconsin is going to federal prison for 11 years. The U-S Attorney's Office says 51-year-old Gregory Smith of Houston was sentenced after pleading gui...
Jul 11, 2019
Democratic Presidential Candidates Taking Part in Town Hall in Milwaukee
Four Democratic candidates for president take the stage tonight in Milwaukee for a town hall at the LULAC convention (Thursday). Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, former U-S Representative...
Jul 11, 2019 Juan_Alvaro / CC
Central Wisconsin Man Taken Into Custody After Bomb Tip
In Adams County, Rome police say they took a 33-year-old man into custody after getting a call from the C-I-A about a bomb. The federal agency said it had received an email saying a bomb had been buil...
Jul 11, 2019
30-Foot Fall Kills Construction Worker At Oak Creek Work Site
A worker at a construction site in Oak Creek was killed when he fell at least 30 feet Wednesday. The man's name hasn't been released. Reportedly, he was operating a four-wheeler on an upper floor and ...
Jul 11, 2019
Woman Serving 1-Year Sentence At Dodge County Jail Walks Away From Work Release
A woman serving a one-year sentence in the Dodge County Jail is being sought after she didn't return from a pre-approved appointment. Thirty-four-year-old Nicolle Semrau was involved in a work-release...
Jul 11, 2019
Illinois Pharmaceutical Company Plans To Build Illinois Plant
An Illinois-based pharmaceutical company plans to start construction next month on a drug manufacturing plant in Pleasant Prairie. The 100-thousand-square-foot facility will cost 250-million dollars t...
Jul 11, 2019 Rhys A. / CC
Great Lakes State, Province Leaders Urge Congress To Fund Carp Project
The Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers has approved a resolution supporting a plan to keep the Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers wo...
Jul 11, 2019 Angie Jane Gray / CC
