Category Archives: State News
Senate Republicans Propose $133 Million Road Funding Plan
Wisconsin Senate Republicans are proposing a 133-million-dollar road funding plan. The proposal comes as the Joint Finance Committee is set to consider transportation funding on Thursday. The G-O-P pl...
Jun 05, 2019 Chuck Abbe / CC
Two Suspects Arrested, Hospitalized After Waukesha County Standoff
A man and woman are under arrest in the hospital after a shooting and standoff overnight that closed Interstate 94 in Waukesha County. It started Tuesday afternoon when a D-N-R warden tried to arrest ...
Jun 05, 2019
2 Officer-Involved Shootings Close Waukesha-Area Highways For Hours
What authorities are calling a "tactical situation" closed two major routes in Waukesha County for hours Tuesday night. Interstate 94 and Highway 67 are open to traffic again. The Wisconsin Department...
Jun 05, 2019 Tex Texin / CC
Scientists Study Lakeshore Erosion Which Could Be Caused By High Levels
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are using tools like G-P-S units and drones to see if high water levels on Lake Michigan are causing erosion. Students from the U-W Department of G...
Jun 05, 2019 Angie Jane Gray / CC
Authorities Identify Body Found In Beaver Dam River Last Weekend
Beaver Dam police have identified the body found by two kayakers last weekend. Forty-eight-year-old George W. Stodola was in the Beaver Dam River near the Highway 151 bridge. Investigators say they ar...
Jun 05, 2019 Daniel / CC
Software Company Plans To Sue The State For $14M Payment
A software company says it wants to be paid a little over 14-million dollars for its work, but the Wisconsin Claims Board has rejected its demand. The state Department of Employee Trust Funds contract...
Jun 05, 2019 David Stewart / CC
TSA Finds Loaded Gun During Screening At Dane County Regional Airport
Transportation Security Administration workers detected a loaded gun at a security screening checkpoint at Dane County Regional Airport Monday. The passenger was interviewed and the gun was seized. Th...
Jun 05, 2019 MIKI Yoshihito / CC
Lieutenant Governor Pays Overdue Parking Tickets
Wisconsin's lieutenant governor says he has paid a fine for three unpaid parking tickets. Democrat Mandela Barnes says he had no idea he owed 108-dollars for an improperly registered vehicle, a parkin...
Jun 04, 2019 Bradley Gordon / CC
Man Charged in Beating Death of Milwaukee Nurse Not Competent to Stand Trial
The man charged in the horrific death of nurse practitioner Carlie Beaudin will remain committed at Mendota Mental Health Center, at least for now. The 33-year-old victim was found brutally beaten and...
Jun 04, 2019
Spring Cleaning Discovery Causes Concern In Port Washington
Port Washington police weren't sure what they were dealing with for a few tense moments Monday. A woman who had been spring cleaning her house brought a grenade she found to the police station. Police...
Jun 04, 2019 David Moss / CC
