Category Archives: State News
Woman Arrested 39 Times For Driving With Revoked License
Sauk County authorities say there really isn't too much they can do about a woman who keeps driving even though her license has been revoked. Thirty-five-year-old Jeannie M. Lyons was pulled over for ...
Jul 10, 2019
Operators Want To Expand Wisconsin's Largest Landfill
The owners of the largest landfill in the state of Wisconsin are asking for D-N-R approval of an expansion. They want the state to let them dig up about one-point-three-million cubic yards of contamin...
Jul 10, 2019 Alan Levine / CC
2 Women Accused Of Killing 13-Year-Old Girl Make Initial Court Appearances
The mother and daughter accused of killing a 13-year-old girl made their initial appearances Tuesday in Iowa County Circuit Court. Fifty-year-old Laurie D. Barry and 27-year-old Alexis E. Barry, both ...
Jul 10, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Republicans Propose Constitutional Amendment To Change Governor's Veto Powers
Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are proposing a change to the state constitution which would alter the governor's partial veto powers. The measure being circulated by Senator Dave Craig and R...
Jul 10, 2019
Jury Hears Opening Arguments, Tours Crime Scene When Cop Was Killed
Jurors in the trial of the man accused of killing a Milwaukee police officer heard opening statements Tuesday, then toured the crime scene. Twenty-seven-year-old Jordan Fricke is facing charges of fir...
Jul 10, 2019
Wisconsin Supreme Court Suspends Municipal Judge For 3 Years
A former municipal judge in Fox Crossing has been barred from serving on the bench for three years, retroactive to July 2018. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Leonard Kachinsey has to demonstrate fit...
Jul 10, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Milwaukee Police Investigate Death Of Man Found In Burning Car
Milwaukee police are looking for suspects in the death of a man found in a burning car early Monday. Firefighters were called to the scene at about 3:00 am. One witness says he saw two people running ...
Jul 09, 2019
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign: Strong Opposition To Gerrymandering
Polling by Marquette University finds strong opposition to gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Sixty-three-percent of Republicans and 76-percent of independents say they oppose partisan-drawn legislative dis...
Jul 09, 2019
DNR Wants Hunters To Have Deer They Harvest Tested For CWD
Scientists with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources say hunters in the western part of the state should have the deer they harvest this fall checked for chronic wasting disease. C-W-D has be...
Jul 09, 2019 Don DeBold / CC
Authorities release photo of two men who may be with missing teen
14-year-old Melissa Estrella Vasguez-Gonzalez has been missing since the morning of July 7th. The Calumet County Sheriff's Office reported that she was last seen possibly leaving as a passenger in a r...
Jul 09, 2019
