Category Archives: State News
Pleasant Prairie Police Look For 10 Shoplifters Who Swarmed North Face Store
Pleasant Prairie police are trying to identify the 10 men who were caught on surveillance video shoplifting more than 30-thousand dollars worth of merchandise from a clothing store Monday evening. The...
Jul 05, 2019
Not All Wisconsin Farmers Have Been Hurt By Unstable Weather Pattern
Although many Midwestern farmers have lost millions of dollars to the recent unstable weather, strawberry farmers say they've enjoyed their best season ever. The cold winter and wet spring hit grain p...
Jul 05, 2019
State Patrol Ramps Up Speeding Enforcement In SE Wisconsin
The Wisconsin State Patrol has stepped up the enforcement of speeding laws between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line. Troopers say reckless driving is causing a lot of the issues on Interstate 94....
Jul 04, 2019 Hsiung/d6478coke / CC
10th Annual Landing Blitz Taking Place This Week
Thousands of Wisconsinites will take to the water this Fourth-of-July for the state's busiest boating holiday of the year. During the tenth annual Landing Blitz, July 3-7th, 2019, many boaters will be...
Jul 04, 2019 karol m / CC
Wisconsin Has Record-Low Unemployment, But Stagnant Poverty Rate
Even though the state of Wisconsin has experienced record-setting low unemployment rates recently, there has been little-to-no impact on families living in poverty. University of Wisconsin-Madison pro...
Jul 04, 2019 CafeCredit.com / CC
Sen. Jacque Co-Sponsors Bill Calling for More Uniform Penalties for Drunk Drivers
State Senator Andre Jacque of De Pere is co-sponsoring a bill, which would provide more uniform penalties for OWI charges. In a news release, Jacque and Representative John Spiros of Marshfield say th...
Jul 03, 2019 Mike / CC
Wisconsin Construction Unemployment Rate Reaches All-Time Low
Wisconsin's construction unemployment rate set an all-time record low for any month on record, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released by Associated Builders an...
Jul 03, 2019 rulenumberone2 / CC
Federal Panel Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Legislative Boundaries
A panel of three federal judges has sided with Assembly Republicans and dismissed a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's legislative boundaries. Democratic voters had sued four years ago arguing the bounda...
Jul 03, 2019
6 People, 2 Dogs Escape Beloit House Fire
Six people and two dogs managed to avoid suffering any injuries when a home in Beloit caught on fire Tuesday afternoon. Beloit firefighters say the entire north side of the house was burning when they...
Jul 03, 2019 Trevor Hurlbut / CC
Expansion At Fitchburg Appliance Plant Could Mean 222 New Jobs
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation says a 70-million dollar expansion project at Sub-Zero Group appliances in Fitchburg will create 100 new jobs. The company makes refrigeration, cooking a...
Jul 03, 2019 Phillip Pessar / CC
