Category Archives: State News
Greendale Marching Band Departs Wisconsin for Rose Parade
The Greendale High School Marching Band is on its way to the Rose Parade in Southern California. Band members, students, staff and chaperones left this morning for Pasadena. Band director Tom Reifenbe...
Dec 27, 2019 Scott Swigart / CC
Man Struck By Train on Christmas Eve in Waukesha Dies in Hospital
Th man struck by a train on Christmas Eve in Waukesha did not survive his injuries. Police say the 33-year-old man from Chicago died Thursday in the hospital. Investigators believe he was walking home...
Dec 27, 2019
Manitowoc County Deputy Involved In High Speed Chase Sunday Identified
The state Department of Criminal Investigation has identified the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Deputy involved in a fatal crash early Sunday morning in Two Rivers as Eric W. Roehl and the decease...
Dec 27, 2019
Rain-Snow Mix Forecast For Wisconsin This Weekend
There's another snow storm headed for northern Wisconsin and people ought to be ready when they're heading back from their holiday trips. Chris Gitro from the National Weather Service in Duluth says t...
Dec 27, 2019
Trial Set For Rice Lake Man Accused of Sexually Assault, Domestic Abuse
A trial date is set for a man charged in Chippewa County with sexual assault, child enticement and domestic abuse. A jury trial for 37-year-old Brandon Geiger of Rice Lake will begin May 12th. A compl...
Dec 27, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Women Charged With Distributing Heroin at Columbia County Jail
Two women face felony charges for selling heroin at the Columbia County jail in Portage. Twenty-year-old Sala Marchand of Wisconsin Dells and 39-year-old Amanda Fisher of Oxford are accused of distrib...
Dec 27, 2019 Joseph Kranak / CC
Madison School District Reveals Three Superintendent Finalists
The Madison School District is naming the three finalists in its search for a new superintendent. All three are from outside of Wisconsin, and are people of color. Matthew Gutierrez is superintendent ...
Dec 27, 2019 Laurel L. Russwurm / CC
Three Teens Charged in Marshfield High School Threat
Three teens are now charged in connection with a December 17th threat against Marshfield High School. Bradley Hendrickson, Gage Plechaty, and Jared Roggenbauer appeared in Wood County court on Thursda...
Dec 27, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Wisconsin A-G: Restitution Collected For Almost 300 People In Southeast Wisconsin
Wisconsin's attorney general says his office has made-good on helping nearly 300 people get their money back from a couple of businesses who stepped over the line. Attorney General Josh Kaul on Tuesda...
Dec 26, 2019
Madison Police Name Suspect in Christmas Eve Homicide
Police in Madison are naming the suspect in a Christmas Eve murder. Officers say John G. Green is in the Dane County jail on a first-degree intentional homicide charge. Investigators say a woman was s...
Dec 26, 2019
