Category Archives: State News
Bystanders Alert Madison Police Officer To Attack On Woman
A Madison police officer was in the right place at the right time and a guy accused of punching a woman in the face was arrested. The officer was driving in the downtown area early Thursday when bysta...
Jun 07, 2019
Republican Lawmakers Limit Lieutenant Governor's Security Budget
Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee have voted to limit the budget for the lieutenant governor's security. Recent reports show Democrat Mandela Barnes has spent nine times as much on sec...
Jun 07, 2019
Founder Of Madison's Rastafari Church Claims He "Can't Understand"
When the founder of Madison's Rastafari church showed up for a Dane County Court bond hearing, he asked for a translator. That request began a bizarre series of events. Thirty-nine-year-old Jesse Schw...
Jun 07, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Menomonee Falls: 5 Fire Stations, 3 Working Fire Trucks (Maybe Fewer)
The firefighters union in Menomonee Falls says crews from nearby Brookfield, Lisbon or Sussex might have to respond if there is a fire. The Milwaukee suburb of 37-thousand residents has five fire stat...
Jun 07, 2019 Gabriel Saldana / CC
Georgia Fracking Company Sues DNR Over Denied Permit
A Georgia fracking company is challenging the Department of Natural Resources' decision to deny it a permit to build a sand processing plant in Monroe County. Meteor Timber wants to spend $75 million ...
Jun 07, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Grand Jury Indicts Kashena Woman In Fatal Accident On Reservation
A Keshena woman has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter for an accident which left one person dead. The indictment alleges 39-year-old Erin Schweitzer was intoxicated at the time. A p...
Jun 07, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Dane County Jury Awards Family Of Bicyclist $15M For Fatal Accident
A Dane County jury has decided the driver of a car was 100 percent at fault when he hit and fatally injured a woman riding a bicycle four years ago. Madison police didn't cite driver Brian Hodgson at ...
Jun 07, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
Appeals Court Sides With Wisconsin Freedom Of Information Council
The Wisconsin Appeals Court has ruled in favor of the Freedom of Information Council. The court sided with a lower court decision on a public records request. Council President Bill Lueders had asked ...
Jun 06, 2019
Three-Year-Old Boy Seriously Wounded in Milwaukee Shooting
Police in Milwaukee are investigating a shooting Wednesday night that seriously injured a three-year-old boy. Officers say the boy was shot at a home on the city's north side and taken to Children's H...
Jun 06, 2019
Father Charged With Child Abuse After Shooting Children With BB Gun
An Eau Claire man who shot his two children with a B-B gun as a form of discipline has been charged with child abuse. Police say 28-year-old David Marshall initially admitted shooting his six-year-old...
Jun 06, 2019
