Category Archives: State News
Madison Police Department Launches Internal Investigation Of Arrest
Madison police will determine if its officers used excessive force when they took a 17-year-old boy into protective custody Wednesday. An internal investigation has been launched after a video was pos...
Jun 6, 2019
Woman Held Hostage Livestreams Incident On Facebook
While negotiators tried to get a man to give up during a standoff which lasted hours, the woman he was allegedly holding hostage was live-streaming the event. No names have been released, but both peo...
Jun 6, 2019 Sarah Marshall / CC
2 Green Bay Men Arrested In Nebraska On Drug, Counterfeit Charges
Nebraska State Patrol troopers report they seized drugs and about 18-thousand dollars in counterfeit money during a traffic stop last week. Two Wisconsin men were taken into custody. The 41-year-old d...
Jun 5, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
Jury Could Be Sequestered For Trial Of Accused Milwaukee Cop Killer
Motions to sequester the jury in the trial for the man accused of killing Milwaukee police officer Matthew Rittner will be discussed at a hearing next week. The defense made the initial suggestion dur...
Jun 5, 2019
Senate Republicans Propose $133 Million Road Funding Plan
Wisconsin Senate Republicans are proposing a 133-million-dollar road funding plan. The proposal comes as the Joint Finance Committee is set to consider transportation funding on Thursday. The G-O-P pl...
Jun 5, 2019 Chuck Abbe / CC
Two Suspects Arrested, Hospitalized After Waukesha County Standoff
A man and woman are under arrest in the hospital after a shooting and standoff overnight that closed Interstate 94 in Waukesha County. It started Tuesday afternoon when a D-N-R warden tried to arrest ...
Jun 5, 2019
2 Officer-Involved Shootings Close Waukesha-Area Highways For Hours
What authorities are calling a "tactical situation" closed two major routes in Waukesha County for hours Tuesday night. Interstate 94 and Highway 67 are open to traffic again. The Wisconsin Department...
Jun 5, 2019 Tex Texin / CC
Scientists Study Lakeshore Erosion Which Could Be Caused By High Levels
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are using tools like G-P-S units and drones to see if high water levels on Lake Michigan are causing erosion. Students from the U-W Department of G...
Jun 5, 2019 Angie Jane Gray / CC
Authorities Identify Body Found In Beaver Dam River Last Weekend
Beaver Dam police have identified the body found by two kayakers last weekend. Forty-eight-year-old George W. Stodola was in the Beaver Dam River near the Highway 151 bridge. Investigators say they ar...
Jun 5, 2019 Daniel / CC
Software Company Plans To Sue The State For $14M Payment
A software company says it wants to be paid a little over 14-million dollars for its work, but the Wisconsin Claims Board has rejected its demand. The state Department of Employee Trust Funds contract...
Jun 5, 2019 David Stewart / CC
