Category Archives: State News
15-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Falling Through Lake Michigan Ice
A Racine County Sheriff's deputy and Racine firefighters and rescue personnel were able to pull a 15-year-old boy out of Lake Michigan Wednesday night. The teenager had fallen through the ice near Rac...
Feb 21, 2019 Christopher Michel / CC
Waukesha Father Died Trying To Save 2 Children In House Fire
Relatives say a Waukesha father was trying to save two of his children when he died in their burning home early Tuesday. Investigators are still trying to determine how the fire started. Kevin Duffy h...
Feb 21, 2019 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Evers Vetoes Republican Income Tax Bill
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the Republican middle-class income tax cut bill. The Democrat has his own plan for cutting taxes which is going to be included in his proposed state budget. Ev...
Feb 21, 2019
Man Accused Of Violent Assault Makes 1st Court Appearance
A 22-year-old Madison man is being called a repeat offender after making a Wednesday appearance in Dane County Circuit Court. Jeremy Winslow is accused of the violent attack on a 19-year-old woman in ...
Feb 21, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Hit-And-Run Suspect Held In Crash That Killed Milwaukee Public Works Employee
A 30-year-old suspect is in custody facing a charge of hit-and-run resulting in death. Milwaukee Department of Public Works employee Bryan Rodriguez was filling potholes when he was hit and fatally in...
Feb 21, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Governor Won't Include Plan On School Vouchers In First Budget
He campaigned on a wish to phase school vouchers out, but Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers isn't including that in his first state budget. Evers says he will work toward more accountability and transpare...
Feb 20, 2019
Madison Man Repeatedly Punched, Choked During Random Attack
A 38-year-old suspect is accused of attacking a man on a Madison street corner shortly after 6:00 PM Monday. The victim says he had just given his attacker a cigarette when he was punched in the face ...
Feb 20, 2019
Manawa Man Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Animal Mistreatment
A Manawa man accused of shooting a neighbor's dog has entered a not guilty plea to a felony charge of mistreatment of an animal. Dog owner Justin Beese told the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office he star...
Feb 20, 2019
Governor Evers: Dollar Gas Tax Increase Won't Happen
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers isn't saying that the gas tax won't go up. But he is saying it won't go up by a dollar. The governor told a crowd in Milwaukee yesterday that there's no way the state's g...
Feb 20, 2019 Robert Geiger / CC
3 People Killed, 3 Injured In Waukesha County Home Fire
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department reports one adult and two children died in a Tuesday morning home fire in the Town of Waukesha. Three other people were injured, including an 80-year-old woman...
Feb 20, 2019 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
