Category Archives: State News
Retiring English Teacher Admits He Was “Being An Idiot”
A retiring Milton English teacher tells authorities he was "being an idiot" when he defecated multiple times in a public park over the past few years. Jeffrey S. Churchwell says he did it for convenie...
Jan 3, 2020 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Wisconsin Health Officials Report Explosion Of Pediatric Flu Cases
Wisconsin doctors were dealing with an explosion of pediatric flu cases during the month of December. Children's Wisconsin Hospital handled 829 cases during the month - 90 times the caseload in the sa...
Jan 3, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
Sparta Man Sentenced To Probation For Running Marijuana Operation
A La Crosse County judge has sentenced a man to probation after he had been initially accused of running a large-scale marijuana operation which trafficked the drug between Colorado and Wisconsin. Dou...
Jan 2, 2020
Concrete Plant In Ladysmith “Total Loss” After New Year’s Eve Fire
Units with the Ladysmith Fire Department say the Haas Redi-Mix Concrete plant structure was engulfed in flames as they arrived. The concrete plant is considered to be a total loss after the fire New Y...
Jan 2, 2020 Chovee / CC
W-4 Tax Form Updated This Year, What You Need To Know
It's officially the New Year, which means, among other things, it will be time to file your taxes. But in 2020, for the first time in more than three decades, the IRS has given its W-4 form a makeover...
Jan 2, 2020 Garry Knight / CC
Milwaukee Police Look For Man Who Entered Home, Stabbing 2 Women
Milwaukee police are still looking for the man who entered a home almost two weeks ago, started making demands, then stabbed the two women living there multiple times. The suspect is described as a bl...
Jan 2, 2020
Mukwonago Police Rescue 2 Children Who Fell Through Ice
Bystanders tried to throw ropes and electrical cords to two children who fell through the ice on a pond last week, but an officer eventually had to go into the wave to help save them. Mukwonago police...
Jan 2, 2020 Richard Barley / CC
Customers Start Showing Up Early At Illinois Dispensaries – Many From Wisconsin
The first two customers showed up at the Rise Dispensary in Mundelein, Illinois Tuesday, 13 hours before the doors were going to open. Operators expect much of their business to come from Wisconsin, a...
Jan 2, 2020 Cannabis Culture / CC
Man Clearing Driveway Killed In Accident
Authorities in Taylor County say a 65-year-old man who died in a two-vehicle accident New Year's Eve was plowing snow from a driveway at the time. The Taylor County Sheriff's Office responded to the c...
Jan 2, 2020 oatsy40 / CC
Wisconsin Driver’s License Holders Urged To Get Real IDs
State officials are warning some Wisconsin driver's license holders that D-M-V offices are going to be even busier than normal this year. Most of those licenses don't meet the federal standards for a ...
Jan 1, 2020
