Category Archives: State News
Janesville Drunk Driver Sentenced To 14 Years For Fatal Head-On Accident
A Janesville man who was drunk when he was involved in a fatal head-on accident last May has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. 33-year-old Thomas Bluhm entered a guilty plea last November to a cha...
Mar 3, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Suicide Hotline Numbers Would Be Added to Student IDs Under Bill Governor Signs
Pointing out that suicide is the second-leading cause of death among young people, Governor Tony Evers signed a bill Monday which would require suicide hotline resources to be listed on student I-Ds. ...
Mar 3, 2020 Sebastien Wiertz / CC
Good Samaritan Carjacked In Washington County
The Washington County Sheriff's Department says a driver from Michigan who tried to help a man who appeared to be stranded on the side of Interstate 41 was carjacked. The Good Samaritan who was victim...
Mar 2, 2020
Evers Vetoes Republican Tough-On-Crime Bills
Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a series of "tough-on-crime" bills supported by Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature. The measures would have required prison officials to recommend revoking parole ...
Mar 2, 2020
Environmental Groups Ask Court To Review PSC Decision On Power Plant
Two environmental groups have filed a complaint asking that Public Service Commission approval for a natural gas power plant in Superior be reviewed. The complaint was filed in Dane County Circuit Cou...
Mar 2, 2020
3 Suspects Arrested For Big Fight At Wauwatosa Mall
Wauwatosa police say three of the teenagers involved in a weekend fight at Mayfair Mall were arrested and put in jail. The rest of the almost three dozen fighters were cited. Police got a call about a...
Mar 2, 2020
Wisconsin Makes It Tougher On Repeat Drunk Drivers
Wisconsin is taking steps to make it tougher on repeat drunk drivers. Governor Tony Evers has signed two new laws into effect to keep people who drink and drive off the roads. One of the measures requ...
Mar 2, 2020
Wisconsin Now Conducting Tests for COVID-19 Virus
From The Wisconsin Department of Health Services The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (State Lab) anno...
Mar 2, 2020
Miller Brewer Reopens Monday With Workers Having Option To Return
Workers at Milwaukee's Miller Brewery are being told they have the option to return to their jobs today (Monday). The office will be opened but attendance isn't mandatory five days after a shooting le...
Mar 2, 2020 Bernt Rostad / CC
Wisconsin's Confirmed Coronavirus Patient Released From Isolation
The patient with Wisconsin's lone confirmed case of coronavirus is now out of isolation. Public Health Madison and Dane County says it has been testing the patient for the virus every other day for th...
Mar 2, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
