Category Archives: State News
Businesses Invited to Apply for September 2019 Japan Trade Venture
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is inviting Wisconsin companies seeking to establish or expand their exporting efforts to participate in a global trade venture to Japan in Septem...
Jun 21, 2019 François Philipp / CC
Highway Work Crews Take 15 Hours To Get Racine Interstate Ready To Go
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says Wednesday's explosion and fire on Interstate 94 in Racine did damage to the roadway surface. Two truck drivers died in the crash. It took work crews abo...
Jun 21, 2019
Assembly Passes Bill To Delay Closing Of Youth Prison By 6 Months
A Thursday vote by the Wisconsin Assembly has advanced a bill delaying the closing of the state's youth prison by six months. The Senate considers the measure next. The Department of Corrections was s...
Jun 21, 2019
Mother Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Causing Daughter's Death
A Milwaukee mother will spend 16 years in prison for causing her two-year-old daughter's death last September. Forty-one-year-old Lisa Simmons pleaded guilty in April to charges of physical abuse of a...
Jun 21, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Drug Suspect Collapses During Booking, Dies At Hospital
Officials at the Richland County Jail say a 25-year-old drug suspect collapsed during booking and died at Richland Hospital Wednesday. Kevin Flint and a second person were arrested by deputies after d...
Jun 21, 2019
Washington Backtracks, Blackwell Job Corps Center To Stay Open
The Trump administration has withdrawn its plans to close 25 Civilian Conservation Centers operated by the U-S Forest Service. U-S Senator Tammy Baldwin objected last week, saying the Blackwell Job Co...
Jun 21, 2019 Taken by Ryan Brahmstadt
Democratic National Convention CEO Wants To Leave Milwaukee In Good Shape
The C-E-O of next year's Democratic National Convention says he hopes to leave Milwaukee in better shape than it was when the massive event first arrived. Joe Solmonese spoke at an event Wednesday. He...
Jun 20, 2019 Richard Anderson / CC
Surveillance Video Shows Baby Thrown From Car At Gas Station
Police say surveillance video shows a man fighting with a woman, then grabbing a baby carrier and throwing it to the ground, with the 10-month-old child flying out and hitting the concrete. Ronald Zie...
Jun 20, 2019
Second Wisconsin Senate Republican to Vote 'No' on State Budget
Another Wisconsin Republican lawmaker says he's a 'no' vote on the proposed two-year state budget. Senator David Craig of Waukesha says the G-O-P plan spends too much money. Craig said, "there's no wa...
Jun 20, 2019
Wisconsin Unemployment Rate 2.8 Percent for Second Straight Month in May
Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained at a record-low of two-point-eight percent in May. The Department of Workforce Development says the state added 18-hundred private-sector jobs last month and 17-...
Jun 20, 2019 Tax Credits / CC
