Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson: I Don't Trust FBI Or CIA
Wisconsin's Republican U-S Senator is getting a lot of headlines for saying that he doesn't trust the F-B-I or C-I-A when it comes to investigating President Trump. Senator Ron Johnson set-off "Meet T...
Oct 7, 2019
Account Set Up To Help Victims Of Wausau Cemetery Shooting
A Go-Fund-Me account has been set up to help a victim in the Wausau cemetery shooting with medical bills. 60-year-old William Buhse is said to be heavily sedated but getting better. In an update on th...
Oct 7, 2019 Daniel / CC
UW-Madison To Make Changes After Whitewashed Homecoming Video
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and it's alumni association are promising changes after the school received backlash over a homecoming video that only featured white students. The 90-second video ...
Oct 7, 2019 Jason Dean / CC
Governor Evers To Issue Pardons
Governor Tony Evers is ready to end prison sentences for nine people in Wisconsin. The governor will issue the state's first pardons in nine years, later today. The governor says the people he is pard...
Oct 7, 2019
New manufacturing facility will create 80 jobs, draw $80 million capital investment
Matalco Inc. broke ground today for construction of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Wisconsin Rapids-an $80 million project expected to create 80 jobs over the next three years. "We w...
Oct 6, 2019
New Research Shows Low Financial Literacy, Social Isolation Increase Scam Risk
New fraud research shows that people who live alone or have low financial literacy levels are more like to lose money to fraudsters. The research also shows that the highest engagement and victimizati...
Oct 6, 2019 Widjaya Ivan / CC
AAA Warns Pedestrian Detection Systems Don’t Work When Needed Most
New research from AAA reveals that automatic emergency braking systems with pedestrian detection perform inconsistently, and proved to be completely ineffective at night. An alarming result, consideri...
Oct 5, 2019 Peter Blanchard / CC
Poll Shows Wisconsinites Care about Caregivers
New polling shows that Wisconsinites care about caregivers. Eight-in-10 voters in an AARP statewide survey support components of the CARE Act (Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable), which would help de...
Oct 5, 2019 Seniors woman with her caregiver at home
Former Governor Walker To Join Former VP Cheney At Speech
Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is scheduled to join former Vice President Dick Cheney on stage at Beloit College for a public speaking appearance next week. Cheney was invited to campus by the...
Oct 4, 2019 Michael Vadon / CC
Man Sentenced to Life in Fatal Shooting of Milwaukee Police Officer
A man who shot and killed a Milwaukee police officer in February will spend the rest of his life in prison. 27 year-old Jordan Fricke was sentenced to life without parole Thursday in the killing of 35...
Oct 4, 2019 michael scott / CC
