Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Rural Areas Dealing With Shortage Of EMS Providers
A shortage of Emergency Medical Technicians is putting a strain on the system, especially in northern Wisconsin. Low pay is a problem -- and, in many cases, E-M-S providers are actually working for no...
Jan 21, 2019 Paul Long / CC
2 Men Die While Removing Snow
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office reports two men died Sunday while removing snow. Persons in the Milwaukee area are being reminded that they can get help from snow removal volunteers by ...
Jan 21, 2019 oatsy40 / CC
3 People Suffering Overdoses Found In Pickup Stopped In Traffic
The Dane County Sheriff's Office reports one of the three people found suffering overdoses in a pickup has died. Deputies had responded to a report of a vehicle stopped in traffic on Highway 151 in th...
Jan 21, 2019
Pilot Of Crashed Plane In NE Wisconsin Identified
The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office has identified the pilot of a plane which crashed in northeastern Wisconsin as 64-year-old Michael Kruswick. He had to make an emergency landing Friday afternoon ...
Jan 21, 2019 Martin Pettitt / CC
Dane County Authorities Seek Escaped Inmate
Dane County authorities are looking for a 40-year-old Madison man who allegedly removed his G-P-S tracking bracelet last weekend. Shannon Owen is serving 60 days for possession of cocaine. He was also...
Jan 21, 2019 Farhad sh / CC
Wisconsin Native Shot To Death In South Dakota By Federal Officers
The F-B-I says a 34-year-old man originally from Hortonville was shot to death while federal agents were trying to arrest him last week. Nathan Thoe had been the subject of what the F-B-I calls an ong...
Jan 21, 2019
Man Accused Of Selling Drugs On Dark Web Given 12 Years In Prison
A federal judge has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for selling the fentanyl which caused a fatal overdose last year. Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Michael Schoenmann ran a vendor site on ...
Jan 21, 2019 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Waupaca County Man Accused Of Shooting Neighbor's Dog
Charges could be filed against a Waupaca County man who is accused of shooting his neighbor's dog, then dumping the body. The dog owner called authorities last week saying he found evidence his pet ha...
Jan 21, 2019 Eli Christman / CC
4 People Injured, 2 Hospitalized After Saturday Plane Crash
The Menominee County Sheriff's Office reports four people were injured Saturday morning when their plane went down on the Menominee Reservation north of Kashena. Two people were taken to a hospital an...
Jan 21, 2019
Wisconsin Food and Nutrition Programs Will Continue Despite Federal Government Shutdown
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today that funding for February benefits will be available for current FoodShare members, those participating in the Women, Infants and Chil...
Jan 20, 2019
