Category Archives: State News
Driver Who Hit, Killed Milwaukee Public Works Employee Given 12-Year Sentence
Bryan Rodriguez was filling potholes last February in Milwaukee when he was hit and pinned between the car that hit him and a city truck. The 54-year-old Rodriguez died. Terron Clayborn ran from the s...
Jun 14, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Wood County Deputy Shot By Colleague While Trying To Help Suicidal Man
The Department of Justice has determined a Wood County deputy who was shot this week while trying to help a suicidal man was hit by a colleague. The 32-year-old man grabbed a knife while he was talkin...
Jun 14, 2019
AED Used To Revive Man Having Heart Attack While Riding Down I-90
The Wisconsin State Patrol says troopers used an automated external defibrillator on a heart attack victim to save his life Thursday. A woman driving down Interstate 90 called the DeForest post and sa...
Jun 14, 2019 Leon Brocard / CC
Prison Inmate Scheduled For Release In 2021 May Have To Wait 20 Years For Freedom
A prison inmate serving time for robbery -- who is supposed to get out in 2021 -- will have to wait a little while longer for freedom. Twenty-four-year-old Keenan Brown has been found guilty of robber...
Jun 14, 2019 michael scott / CC
Police Dog Sniffs Out 14-Year-Old Burglar At Milwaukee Car Dealership
Milwaukee police say people living nearby called 9-1-1 when they heard a would-be burglar break out the glass at a nearby car dealership. A 14-year-old suspect was arrested early Wednesday after a pol...
Jun 13, 2019 Michel Curi / CC
Joint Finance Committee Budget Includes $322-Million Tax Cut
The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines today (Thursday) to approve a two-year budget that includes a 322-million-dollar tax cut. The G-O-P plan would cut taxes on ...
Jun 13, 2019
St. Croix County Man Found Guilty of Son's Shooting Death in New Richmond
A western Wisconsin father is guilty of second-degree reckless homicide in the deadly shooting of his son in New Richmond. Forty-three-year-old Kayle Fleischauer was convicted by a St. Croix County ju...
Jun 13, 2019
Wood County Judge Rules There Is Enough Evidence For A Trial For Couple In Baby's Death
Two people charged in the death of a newborn baby will be going to trial. Twenty-two-year-old Marylinn Feher and 19-year-old Allen Rice entered not guilty pleas during a Wednesday appearance in Wood C...
Jun 13, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Man Accused Of Hospital Attack In Northwoods Sentenced To 8 Years
An Oneida County judge has sentenced a man to eight years in prison for an attack inside a Northwoods hospital. Seventy-year-old Joseph Buza was found guilty of holding a medical worker against her wi...
Jun 13, 2019 michael scott / CC
Former Janitor Charged With Bringing Loaded Gun Into A School
A janitor says he was using his work tools to fix the slide on his semi-automatic pistol when the weapon fired. Fifty-nine-year-old Heriberto Martin has been charged with possessing a gun on school gr...
Jun 13, 2019 MIKI Yoshihito / CC
