Category Archives: State News
Lafayette County Couple Accused Of Severely Neglecting 2 Children
Two parents from Belmont each face four felony charges of child abuse, neglect and intentionally causing harm. Lafayette County authorities say Jamie Lee Weigel and Dalton Hopper severely neglected th...
Apr 19, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Speaker Vos: No Reason to Change Foxconn Deal
Speaker Robin Vos says there is no need to change Wisconsin's deal with Foxconn. Governor Tony Evers said Wednesday the state is working to revise it because he doesn't think the company will ever hir...
Apr 18, 2019
Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Unchanged in March at 2.9 Percent
Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained at two-point-nine percent in March. The Department of Workforce Development says private-sector employment decreased 45-hundred jobs from February while total no...
Apr 18, 2019
AG Kaul: Isn't Going To Launch New Juvenile Prison Investigation
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says federal authorities conducted a "full and thorough" investigation of the state's juvenile prison. Now that the feds have declined to file any charges, Kaul sa...
Apr 18, 2019
Iowa County DA Dies Suddenly In His Office
The Iowa County district attorney died suddenly Tuesday of a blood clot in his lung. Larry Nelson was at his desk in the office at the time. He had served as an assistant district attorney and corpora...
Apr 18, 2019 Matt Madd / CC
Construction Site Accident Leaves Worker In Critical Condition
A Madison police officer used a towel to apply pressure to a bleeding head wound when a construction worker fell four stories at a work site Wednesday. The worker's name hasn't been released, but he i...
Apr 18, 2019
Governor: It's "Unrealistic" To Think Foxconn With Employ 13K People
Wisconsin's governor says the state is working to revise its deal with Foxconn Technologies now that the size of its project has been scaled back. Democrat Tony Evers tells reporters it's "unrealistic...
Apr 18, 2019
Invasive Silver Carp Caught On St. Croix River
The invasive fish coordinator for the Minnesota D-N-R says the capture of a silver carp on the St. Croix River is not surprising. Nick Frohnauer confirms a commercial fisherman reported the catch in a...
Apr 17, 2019 Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee / CC
2 Students At Madison East HS Charged With Sexual Assault
Sexual assault charges have been filed against two 15-year-old students at Madison East High School. A search warrant was issued to collect D-N-A from one of the suspects. The victim says one of the b...
Apr 17, 2019
Lawmakers Consider Refund Of Overpaid Miller Park Sales Taxes
The Wisconsin Senate is considering a bill which would return excess proceeds from the Miller Park sales tax to the people who paid it. The sales tax was supposed to sunset in 2014, but it is still be...
Apr 17, 2019
