Category Archives: State News
Evers Orders Withdrawal Of Wisconsin National Guard From Southwest Border
Governor Tony Evers is withdrawing Wisconsin National Guard troops from the Southwest border. Evers issued an executive order yesterday bringing about 110 Wisconsin National Guardsmen home from assist...
Feb 26, 2019
Charges Against Milwaukee Driver To Be Enhanced
Charges against a 21-year-old driver, whose car was split in half when it hit a light pole, will be enhanced now that his passenger has died. Investigators say Tyshawn Combs was racing another vehicle...
Feb 26, 2019
Four Men Make 1st Court Appearance In Fatal Shooting In Green Bay
Four Green Bay-area men are facing anticipated charges of reckless homicide in the weekend shooting death of an 18-year-old victim. Authorities have identified the dead man as Federico A. Abarca. Jare...
Feb 26, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Trial For Man Accused Of Killing Milwaukee Cop Ready For Opening Arguments
A Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury has been selected for the murder trial of the 31-year-old man accused of killing Police Officer Michael Michalski. If he is found guilty, Jonathan Copeland Junior...
Feb 26, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Fire In Large Watertown Shed Causes Estimated $1.1M Damage
Watertown firefighters report flames were already pushing through the roof of a large shed when they arrived on the scene Monday at about 4:20 A-M. Investigators think an oil burner started the fire. ...
Feb 26, 2019 Ponas Jonas / CC
Governor Evers Wants To Cap Private Voucher School Enrollment
Wisconsin's Democratic governor wants to stop the expansion of the state's private voucher school program. Tony Evers says he will include the proposal in the state budget plan he releases later this ...
Feb 26, 2019
Marquette Professor Receives $1.2 Million Grant for Cancer Research
A biology professor at Marquette University is getting a one-point-two-million-dollar National Institutes of Health grant to further explore how to repair damaged D-N-A cells. The results of Doctor Ed...
Feb 25, 2019 Medisave UK / CC
Governor Evers Continues UW Tuition Freeze In Budget Plan
Governor Tony Evers will call for extending the tuition freeze at the University of Wisconsin System as part of the budget plan he will release Thursday. He also wants to let students who were childre...
Feb 25, 2019
2 Milwaukee Police Officers Cleared In October Shooting Case
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has cleared two M-P-D officers who shot a man during an exchange of gunfire last October. An investigation determined officer Brady Baker and Edgar Rodr...
Feb 25, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Heavy Snow Causing Many Farm Buildings To Give Way
A retired agriculture expert says several Wisconsin farm buildings have collapsed under the weight of accumulated snow. Farm structures like barns are exempt from state building codes so they often ar...
Feb 25, 2019 RichardBH / CC
