Category Archives: State News
Report Says Problems Persist In Wisconsin Youth Prisons
Conditions are better at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake, but a monitor says there are still some problems. The A-C-L-U released a report on Wisconsin's youth prisons Monday. The report says guards are ...
Jan 15, 2019
Southeast Wisconsin Starts Day Under Winter Weather Advisory
Authorities say it could be a slick drive to school and work across all of southeast Wisconsin. The National Weather Service is leaving a winter weather advisory in place until 9 A-M because of the li...
Jan 15, 2019 Anna / CC
Tourism To Milwaukee Public Market Up Ten Percent
Milwaukee's public market is proving to be a popular place. Market managers said Monday that nearly one-point-eight million people visited the market in 2018, and they spent about $18 million . Both n...
Jan 15, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
Ambulance Catches Fire In Sauk County
Emergency officials in Sauk County say crews were able to remove a patient from an ambulance just before the vehicle went up in flames Sunday evening. The Sauk County Sheriff's Department says deputie...
Jan 14, 2019 Chovee / CC
Republican Lawmakers Look For Help From Governor On Criminalizing 1st Drunk Driving Offense
A number of Wisconsin Republicans are hoping they can get new Democratic Governor Tony Evers to help them criminalize first-offense drunk driving. Wisconsin is the only state in the nation that doesn'...
Jan 14, 2019 walknboston / CC
Sheriff: Marinette County Man Told Dispatchers He Shot His Wife
The Marinette County Sheriff's Office says a 55-year-old Town of Pembine man called dispatchers to report that he had shot his wife on Sunday. Deputies say the call was placed to the Marinette County ...
Jan 14, 2019
Accused Closs Kidnapper Appearing In Court
The man accused of kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs after killing her parents makes a Barron County Court appearance today. Court documents indicate Jake Patterson "targeted" Jayme after seeing her ...
Jan 14, 2019
Closs Kidnapper to Appear in Court Today
The man responsible for an 88 day search for 13 year old Jayme Closs of Barron Wisconsin is due in Barron County Circuit Court at 3:30 this afternoon. 21 year old Jake Patterson is currently facing tw...
Jan 14, 2019
Legislative Drunken Driving Fight Begins Again In Wisconsin
A number of Wisconsin Republicans are hoping new Democratic Governor Tony Evers will help them finally criminalize first-offense drunken driving. Wisconsin is the only state in the nation that doesn't...
Jan 14, 2019 Jim Kelly / CC
Man Allegedly Steals Car On A Dare, Crashes Into Van
Police say a 21-year-old man stole a car that had been left running on Hawthorne Court and then crashed it into a minivan. Madison police say a 20-year-old man had parked the automobile and left it un...
Jan 14, 2019
