Category Archives: State News
Rusk County Homicide Suspect Found Competent To Stand Trial
A 32-year-old homicide suspect agrees with a doctor's evaluation -- he is competent to stand trial. Preston Kraft is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Robert Petit. Kraft ...
Sep 13, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Bystander Shot By Milwaukee Police Says Officer Was Reckless
The Milwaukee man accidentally wounded by an unidentified police officer last weekend says he has hired an attorney and will pursue legal action against the city. Forty-one-year-old Tari Davis accuses...
Sep 13, 2019 Luca Venturi / CC
Members Of HS Football Team To Be Disciplined For Hazing
Parents in the New Berlin School District have been notified that a group of football players at Eisenhower High School are going to be disciplined for a hazing incident. School officials have offered...
Sep 13, 2019
La Crosse Man Out On Bail Waiting For Trial Is Arrested Again
A 19-year-old La Crosse man was already facing sexual assault charges when he was arrested Wednesday for drug possession and possession of a firearm by a felon. Ronald Crosby Junior is being held in t...
Sep 13, 2019 cdogstar / CC
Wisconsin DHS To Lead Lead Abatement Program
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services will coordinate a new lead abatement program in the state. Federal dollars from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services will be used to remove lead-ba...
Sep 13, 2019
Number Of UW Administrators Growing, Faculty Members Declining
A spokesperson for the University of Wisconsin System says increased regulations are driving the growth of administrative positions. The number of administrators in the system grew by 53 over a recent...
Sep 12, 2019
First Human Case of West Nile Virus Reported in Wisconsin This Year
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is advising residents to continue to protect themselves against mosquito bites as it announces this year's first confirmed human case of West Nile vir...
Sep 12, 2019 Katja Schulz / CC
Plan Introduced To Spend $4M On Chronic Wasting Disease Fight
One Wisconsin lawmaker says that chronic wasting disease is a threat to the state's deer population and she hopes to get a handle on the problem before it's too late. Democrat Katrina Shankland of Ste...
Sep 12, 2019 Don DeBold / CC
Wisconsin Standardized Test Scores For Reading, Math Fall By 60%
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is releasing a series of disappointing results on standardized tests. Sixty percent of public school students in the state failed to read and do math at ...
Sep 12, 2019
Judge Rules In Case Against Man Accused Of Killing 3 Girl Scouts And A Mother
A Chippewa County Circuit judge has ruled that evidence from a Rusk County case can be used against the 22-year-old man accused of killing three Girl Scouts and a mother last year. Prosecutors say Col...
Sep 12, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
