Category Archives: State News
State Reminds Voters To Get Voter ID Ahead Of Spring Election
The state of Wisconsin is reminding everyone to get their voter ID ahead of the spring election. The state's Department of Transportation yesterday said anyone who needs a new driver's license or stat...
Mar 12, 2019 Daniel Morrison / CC
Mother of Missing Girl In Amber Alert Search Reportedly Shot and Killed
The mother of a little girl who's the subject of an Amber Alert was shot and killed Monday in Milwaukee. Family members confirm Sierra Robinson was killed Monday afternoon, in a shooting that also wou...
Mar 12, 2019 Noelani Robinson
Milwaukee Common Council Approves Contract With DNC
Members of the Milwaukee Common Council convened a special meeting Monday to approve the city's contract to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. The party chose Milwaukee over Houston and Mia...
Mar 12, 2019 DonkeyHotey / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Still Working To Get Info From ICE
Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan says he will file an appeal to get more information about a targeted operation last October. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took almost 20 weeks to respond to his...
Mar 12, 2019
President Wants To Cut Great Lakes Projects' Funding By 90%
President Donald Trump wants to cut the funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative by 90 percent in his 2020 budget. The president includes just 30 million dollars for the work to remove toxic...
Mar 12, 2019 Angie Jane Gray / CC
Driver Sentenced To Prison Admits He Deserves It
A 22-year-old man sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing a fatal accident last June says he deserves the time behind bars. Gavin Veium apologized to the court for driving while he was under the i...
Mar 12, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
AMBER ALERT: Two Year Old Milwaukee Child Believed to be with Father
An Amber Alert was issued last night after Dariaz L. Higgins failed to return his two year old daughter to her mother as was planned. Higgins was last seen in a black SUV, and is believed to be armed ...
Mar 12, 2019
Man Arrested For OWI Names Famous Actor As The Driver
A man accused of his seventh operating while intoxicated offense last week says he wasn't the driver. A witness called the Marathon County Sheriff's Office to report a vehicle had crashed into a snowb...
Mar 11, 2019 Chris Jackson / CC
Royal Caribbean To Appeal $3.4M Court Award To Passenger's Family
Royal Caribbean Cruises says it will appeal a federal court decision involving a Wisconsin man in Miami. The jury determined the cruise line should pay three-point-four million dollars to the family o...
Mar 11, 2019 allenran 917 / CC
University of Wisconsin Student Accused of Assaulting UWPD Officer
A University of Wisconsin student is facing several charges for the alleged assault of U-W-P-D officers. Police were called to Witte Hall early Sunday for a person urinating in a hallway and they say ...
Mar 11, 2019
