Category Archives: State News
Montello Woman Charged With Starting Fire Which Killed Former Boyfriend
A 42-year-old Montello woman tells investigators she started a fire last weekend intending to kill herself and her former boyfriend. She says she changed her mind about dying and left without calling ...
Apr 30, 2019 Trevor Hurlbut / CC
2 People Die In Crash As Authorities Follow Up On Kidnapping Report
The Wisconsin State Patrol says its troopers were trying to contact a kidnapping suspect who was thought to be in a vehicle on Interstate 39 when it crashed Monday morning. Two people died when that v...
Apr 30, 2019
Police Dog Sniffs Out Marijuana Vaping Cartridges During Traffic Stop
The Racine County Sheriff's Office reports the discovery of more than 200 vials of liquid marijuana during a weekend traffic stop. A police dog alerted on the presence of the illegal vaping cartridges...
Apr 30, 2019 Sodanie Chea / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Wants To See Full, Unredacted Mueller Report
A Democratic congressman from Wisconsin says he wants to see a full, unredacted version of the Mueller report on Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. Ron Kind says the report make...
Apr 30, 2019
Mother Says Unknown Man Tried To Kidnap Her Daughter
Authorities in the Fond du Lac area are looking for a man driving an S-U-V who allegedly tried to get a woman's daughter to enter his vehicle. The incident happened last Friday. The woman's name hasn'...
Apr 29, 2019
Victims Organization: 1-In-5 Teens Experience Violence In Romantic Relationship
The statewide victim's organization End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin says 30 teenagers have been the victim of intimate partner homicide since the year 2000. An estimated 20 percent of Wisconsin teens hav...
Apr 29, 2019 JOHNNY LAI / CC
Milwaukee Man Arrested For Allegedly Killing 6-Month-Old Boy
Doctors say a six-month-old boy died last week after he was apparently "violently shaken, slammed and-or thrown down." Milwaukee police arrested 26-year-old Devante Randall Friday. He is charged with ...
Apr 29, 2019
Oregon WI Man Arms Himself With Shotgun After Driving Into Home
Oregon WI police say officers were able to take a 27-year-old man into custody after he had crashed his car into a home, then armed himself with a shotgun. The man's name hasn't been released. There w...
Apr 29, 2019 Mesa Tactical / CC
Good Samaritan Holds Would-Be Carjacker For Police
Milwaukee police say a good Samaritan held a man until officers arrived after that suspect had attacked two people. Witnesses say he beat a 75-year-old man, then tried to carjack a woman. He apparentl...
Apr 29, 2019
Treasurer and Secretaries Meet To Discuss Issue of Student Loan Debt
Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Department of Financial Institutions Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld, Executive Secretary of the Higher Educational Aids Board Connie Hutchison sat down to discuss the $...
Apr 28, 2019
