Category Archives: State News
Former Teacher Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Sexually Assaulting A Student
A judge in Oconto County Circuit Court has sentenced a former teacher at Suring High School to four years in prison for the sexual assault of a student. Twenty-four-year-old Timothy Grimes had ...
Apr 04, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Coalition Of Liberal Groups Ask Supreme Court To Decide On Lame-Duck Session
A coalition of several liberal groups is asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide whether last December's lame-duck session of the Legislature was legal. Republicans passed bills which weakened th...
Apr 04, 2019
37-Year-Old Cold Murder Case Delayed
The trial in a cold case murder dating back to 1982 was supposed to start next Monday, but now it has been delayed. Parties will still report to the Oneida County courthouse, but the schedule refers t...
Apr 04, 2019
Teenager Tells Ohio Police He Was Kidnapped Seven Years Ago In Wisconsin
Police in southwestern Ohio are checking out the story given by a 14-year-old boy Wednesday morning. Authorities are trying to determine if he is Timmothy Pitzen, who was last seen at a Wisconsin Dell...
Apr 04, 2019
Former CFO of Roadrunner Transportation Turns Himself In
The 60-year-old former chief financial officer of Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation has turned himself into federal authorities. Investigators think Peter Armbruster of Milwaukee and two other...
Apr 04, 2019 cdogstar / CC
Superior's Husky Refinery To Be Rebuilt
Husky Energy says it will rebuild its Superior refinery. An explosion at that location injured 36 people and forced the evacuation of most of the northwestern Wisconsin city last April. Husky says it ...
Apr 04, 2019
Fire At Former Dairyland Greyhound Park Investigated As Arson
Authorities say Tuesday night's fire at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park is being investigated as arson because there is no electricity in the building. That Kenosha park closed almost 10 ye...
Apr 03, 2019
Congressman Kind Calls on USDA to Protect Wisconsin Farmers
Congressman Ron Kind is calling on U-S Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to protect Wisconsin farmers' access to the Mexican trade market. Kind fears the trade partnership could be in jeopardy...
Apr 03, 2019 RichardBH / CC
Wisconsin Supreme Court is Close Race
Both campaigns for the open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are getting ready to request a recount. Early Wednesday the race between Judge Brian Hagedorn and Judge Lisa Neubauer was too clo...
Apr 03, 2019
Federal Court Lets Wisconsin Withdraw Wisconsin From 2 Suits Over Obamacare
A federal court has given its approval to the Wisconsin attorney general's request to pull the state out of two lawsuits over the Affordable Care Act. Both Josh Kaul and Governor Tony Evers had campai...
Apr 03, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
