Category Archives: State News
Utility Scams Topped the List of Most Frequent Scams, Says Wisconsin DATCP
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has released the top scams in May according to their CP Hotline (in order of most calls) Utility scams (WPS, WE Energies, MGE, Al...
Jun 09, 2019 Widjaya Ivan / CC
Depopulated Portage County Hunting Ranch Tests Negative for CWD
The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) confirms that a Portage County deer and elk hunting ranch that tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Novem...
Jun 09, 2019 Eric Sonstroem / CC
Industry and Government Food Safety Partners Work to Make Every Day World Food Safety Day
Commentary from Dr. Steve Ingham, Administrator, Division of Food and Recreational Safety We often hear about food deserts, food insecurity problems, and even excess food consumption in the U.S. and o...
Jun 08, 2019
Bystanders Alert Madison Police Officer To Attack On Woman
A Madison police officer was in the right place at the right time and a guy accused of punching a woman in the face was arrested. The officer was driving in the downtown area early Thursday when bysta...
Jun 07, 2019
Republican Lawmakers Limit Lieutenant Governor's Security Budget
Republican members of the Joint Finance Committee have voted to limit the budget for the lieutenant governor's security. Recent reports show Democrat Mandela Barnes has spent nine times as much on sec...
Jun 07, 2019
Founder Of Madison's Rastafari Church Claims He "Can't Understand"
When the founder of Madison's Rastafari church showed up for a Dane County Court bond hearing, he asked for a translator. That request began a bizarre series of events. Thirty-nine-year-old Jesse Schw...
Jun 07, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Menomonee Falls: 5 Fire Stations, 3 Working Fire Trucks (Maybe Fewer)
The firefighters union in Menomonee Falls says crews from nearby Brookfield, Lisbon or Sussex might have to respond if there is a fire. The Milwaukee suburb of 37-thousand residents has five fire stat...
Jun 07, 2019 Gabriel Saldana / CC
Georgia Fracking Company Sues DNR Over Denied Permit
A Georgia fracking company is challenging the Department of Natural Resources' decision to deny it a permit to build a sand processing plant in Monroe County. Meteor Timber wants to spend $75 million ...
Jun 07, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Grand Jury Indicts Kashena Woman In Fatal Accident On Reservation
A Keshena woman has been indicted on charges of involuntary manslaughter for an accident which left one person dead. The indictment alleges 39-year-old Erin Schweitzer was intoxicated at the time. A p...
Jun 07, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Dane County Jury Awards Family Of Bicyclist $15M For Fatal Accident
A Dane County jury has decided the driver of a car was 100 percent at fault when he hit and fatally injured a woman riding a bicycle four years ago. Madison police didn't cite driver Brian Hodgson at ...
Jun 07, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
