Category Archives: State News
Rock County Teen Who Jumped Out Of Courthouse Window Headed To Prison
A Rock County teenager who jumped out of a courthouse window to escape last October is headed to prison for four years. Eighteen-year-old Quantrell Schwartzlow entered a guilty plea to charges of esca...
Jun 27, 2019 michael scott / CC
Waukesha County Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Killing His Wife In 1979
A former Florida man faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison after being convicted by a Waukesha County jury Wednesday. Seventy-nine-year-old John Bayerl had been accused of killing his wife, Don...
Jun 27, 2019
Barron County Man Who Broke Into Closs Home Sentenced To Probation
A 33-year-old Cameron man will be on probation for two years for breaking into the home of abducted teenager Jayme Closs while she was still missing. Kyle Jaenke-Annis was sentenced Wednesday. He had ...
Jun 27, 2019
Former Teacher Given 5-Year Sentenced For Repeated Sexual Assault Of A Child
A former teacher is going to prison for five years after his April conviction on charges he sexually assaulted a child multiple times. Forty-six-year-old Jason Lavigne will be on extended supervision ...
Jun 27, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Authorities in Langlade County Working to Identify Pickerel Fire Victims
Authorities in Langlade County are using to D-N-A samples to identify the six people killed in a house fire Tuesday in Pickerel. The sheriff's office released the name of the youngest victim - ten-mon...
Jun 26, 2019
New 2-Year State Budget Would Make Room For Direct Sales Of Teslas
The new state budget will make it easier for Wisconsin customers to get that Tesla they want. The Assembly approved the state's two-year spending plan Tuesday and it now goes on to the Senate. The new...
Jun 26, 2019 randychiu / CC
Rep. Tittl Votes for the Wisconsin Budget
Representative Paul Tittl of Manitowoc joined the Assembly passing the new budget. "I voted for the budget last night because we've, again, spent historic amounts, and increased a record amount a reco...
Jun 26, 2019
2 People Charged In Death Of 13-Year-Old Girl Last Year
Iowa County prosecutors have filed charges against two women in the death of a 13-year-old girl last year. Laurie and Alexis Barry of Mineral Point are scheduled to make a court appearance next month....
Jun 26, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Wisconsin Assembly Tries To Make State Budget Bill "Line-Item Veto-Proof"
Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly spent most of Tuesday trying to make the two-year state budget bill what they call "line-item veto-proof." The Joint Finance Committee approved the original versi...
Jun 26, 2019
Mosinee Man Handed Prison Sentence For His Role In Fatal 2015 Crash
A Marathon County Circuit judge has sentenced a Mosinee man to 11 months in prison for causing a fatal accident nearly four years ago. Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Kohel tried to pass another vehicle i...
Jun 26, 2019 michael scott / CC
