Category Archives: State News
Powerball Jackpot Winner Has Come Forward
A West Allis man is the winner of the largest jackpot in Wisconsin Lottery history. Twenty-four-year-old Manuel Franco bought the winning $768-million ticket for the March 27th drawing at a Speedway i...
Apr 23, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
Teen Injured In Crash During Police Chase Has Died
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office reports a teenager injured in a crash during a police chase has died. The 18-year-old was one of four people in the vehicle being chased when it hit a sc...
Apr 23, 2019
2 Milwaukee-Area Women Plead Guilty To Terrorism Charges
Two Milwaukee-area women entered guilty pleas to terrorism charges in federal court Monday. The U-S Attorney's Office says 46-year-old Waheba Davis, a mother of seven from Cudahy, hacked into social m...
Apr 23, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Waukesha County Sheriff's Office Investigating Death In Milwaukee County Jail
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 49-year-old inmate in the Milwaukee County Jail. Authorities say the man experienced a medical emergency Monday at about 3:45 A-M. ...
Apr 23, 2019 miss_millions / CC
Man Accused Of Killing 4 In Girl Scouts Crash Pleads Not Guilty
The man accused of killing four Girl Scouts in a Chippewa Falls crash last year has entered a not guilty plea to additional charges in Rusk County. Colten Treu made a court appearance Monday to enter ...
Apr 23, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Door County Status Conference For 83-Year-Old Murder Suspect Next Month
A status conference for 83-year-old murder suspect Richard G. Pierce will be held in Door County May 31st. Pierce entered a not guilty plea to charges of first-degree intentional homicide and disinter...
Apr 22, 2019
Wisconsin Among The States With Highest Decline In Higher Education Funding
Wisconsin has reduced its funding of higher education by more than eight percent over a five-year period ending in 2018. That means its funding decline is so significant, only Mississippi, Oklahoma an...
Apr 22, 2019
Evers, Foxconn In Talks To Rewrite Contract
Now that Foxconn has scaled back its plans for a manufacturing facility in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin's governor says it could be time to revisit the three-billion-dollar deal. Governor Tony Evers has ...
Apr 22, 2019
Sauk County Residents Near Wisconsin River Advises To Evacuate
Emergency management officials in Sauk County are advising residents living near one stretch of the Wisconsin River to evacuate. Those people are being told water levels on the river could rise quickl...
Apr 22, 2019 internets_dairy / CC
Wood County Couple Makes Court Appearance
A Wood County couple makes a court appearance today (Monday) to face charges they killed their baby boy shortly after he was born. Marylinn Feher and Allen Rice haven't been formally charged, but they...
Apr 22, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
