Category Archives: State News
Deer Poaching Investigation Ends With Five Arrests
Conservation Police say they've busted a deer poaching ring in southwestern Wisconsin that may be the biggest in the state. Officers arrested five people after looking into deer killed in Vernon Count...
Nov 18, 2019
Long-Standing US Census Bureau Policy Challenged
Wisconsin liberals are challenging a long-standing U-S Census Bureau policy of counting prison inmates as residents of the community where they are incarcerated. That means the poorest neighborhoods i...
Nov 18, 2019
Eau Claire Co. Sheriff's Office Issues Scam Warning
The Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office is warning about a deputy impersonation scam. The sheriff's office said over the weekend it got three calls from people who were contacted by someone falsely cla...
Nov 18, 2019 Widjaya Ivan / CC
Too Much Water – Then Too Much Ice – Disrupts Business At Airport
Some flood mitigation work and a November thaw has improved conditions at the Tri-County Regional Airport in Lone Rock. Planes were grounded for about six weeks when flooding left more than six inches...
Nov 18, 2019 Martin Pettitt / CC
Request For Change Of Venue Denied For Man Who Killed Girl Scouts
Chippewa County Judge James Isaacson says a jury member doesn't have to be ignorant or unaware of a case to be neutral. Isaacson has denied a request for a change of venue from attorneys for Colton Tr...
Nov 18, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Sentencing Pushed Back For Plover Man Convicted Of Killing His Wife
Portage County Court officials haven't said why the sentencing for a man convicted of killing his wife has been delayed for a week-and-a-half. Jason Sypher was supposed to be sentenced Friday. The Plo...
Nov 18, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
DATCP: Wisconsin Lost 683 More Dairy Farms in 2018
The number of dairy farms in Wisconsin continues to decline. T he Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reports the state lost 638 dairy farms last year. Democrats point t...
Nov 18, 2019
Fewer Than One in Four Donors “Highly Trust” Charities Says New Study by BBB’s Give.org
Only 19% of individuals say they highly trust charities, according to a new study by BBB's Give.org, but 70% rate trust in a charity as essential before giving. The group today released the 2019 Give....
Nov 17, 2019 airpix / CC
Prevea Neurosurgeon Becomes First in Wisconsin to Use Breakthrough Surgical Tool for Brain Tumor Removal
About 17,000 new cases of high-grade gliomas are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2019, according to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States. Gliomas are tumors that aris...
Nov 17, 2019
Teamwork Strikes Again in Major Illegal Deer Harvest Case
The Vernon County Circuit Court on November 6 ordered two local men who led a 2018 illegal shining and shooting operation of deer to pay thousands of dollars in fines and banned them from hunting, fis...
Nov 17, 2019 Eric Sonstroem / CC
