Category Archives: State News
Closs Kidnapper Now Refusing To Cooperate With Presentence Investigation
A probation and parole agent tells the Barron County Circuit Court judge the man who admits he kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents is now refusing to cooperate with the presentence investigat...
Apr 17, 2019
Kenosha County Jury Finds Defendant Guilty Of Killing 2 Brothers
A Kenosha County jury didn't believe the defendant's story that he shot two brothers to death because he feared for his life. Nathan Kivi was found guilty Tuesday of two counts of first-degree intenti...
Apr 17, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
3 South Milwaukee Brothers Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Children For Years
Three brothers in their 20s are accused of sexually assaulting children in their South Milwaukee home for several years. Twenty-nine-year-old James Keene, his 27-year-old brother Elijah and 20-year-ol...
Apr 17, 2019
Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers Working On Uniform Procedure For Sex Assault Kits
A bipartisan group of Wisconsin lawmakers is working on a bill to create a uniform procedure for the processing and collection of sex assault kits. Attorney General Josh Kaul joined the group Tuesday ...
Apr 17, 2019
Bucks Try To Go Up 2 Games In 1st Round Playoff Series Against Detroit
The Milwaukee Bucks try to go up two-games-to-none when they host Detroit in their first-round N-B-A playoff series tonight (Wednesday). Tipoff at the Fiserv Forum is at 7:00 P-M. The Bucks became the...
Apr 17, 2019 Jose Garcia / CC
Brookfield Pond Drained As Investigators Look For Murder Evidence
A Brookfield pond has been drained as authorities look for evidence in the murder case against a 29-year-old Franklin man. Sunkeun Kim is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Investigators ...
Apr 16, 2019
Harley Workers Ratify Contract Agreement With Company
A new labor agreement announced Monday by Harley-Davidson covers workers at its Milwaukee-area and Tomahawk sites. United Steelworkers voted to ratify the new five-year contract agreement two weeks ag...
Apr 16, 2019 James Case / CC
State Grant Funds Peer-Run Respite Home For Veterans
A grant of 300-thousand dollars from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will jump-start the nation's first home for veterans run by other veterans. The non-profit Mental Health America of Wis...
Apr 15, 2019
68-Year-Old Man Caught In Sex Sting Avoids Prison
A 68-year-old Stevens Point man will spend six months in county jail, but won't have to go to prison for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. Leo Pelot was caught in a sex sting last year in Me...
Apr 15, 2019
Quick Work -- Madison Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed In 3 Minutes
Madison police are calling it one of the quickest apprehensions of a bank robber in the department's history. Officers had suspect Andrew E. Dailey in custody with a bag of money from Old National Ban...
Apr 15, 2019 cdogstar / CC
