Category Archives: State News
3 Arrested in Two Rivers
Three people were arrested Friday after Two Rivers police and deputies from the Manitowoc County responded to a residence in the south part of Two Rivers for the report of a suicidal male. Whil...
Jan 06, 2019 Daniel / CC
Authorities Search For Western Wisconsin Bank Robber
Authorities in western Wisconsin are looking for a female bank robber. Witnesses say a white woman wearing a black hoodie stuck up the Jackson County Bank in Alma Center Thursday at about 1:00 PM. The...
Jan 05, 2019
Waunakee Woman Given 3-Year Prison Sentence For Killing Pedestrian
A Madison woman will serve three years in prison for fatally injuring a pedestrian in January 2017. Nicole Bruns pleaded no contest last October to a charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle...
Jan 04, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Among Those Not Supporting Pelosi For Speaker
A Democratic congressman from Wisconsin was among those refusing to back Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker. Pelosi won the position she previously held from 2007 to 2011 Thursday -- but only by four vote...
Jan 04, 2019
Wisconsin Woman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Charges In Minnesota
A 30-year-old Milwaukee woman has entered a guilty plea to a charge of attempted murder in western Minnesota. Melody Gray had been accused of pointing a handgun at Trooper Mark Peterson's head after a...
Jan 04, 2019
Evers: "I Have No Intent Of Breaking The Law"
Incoming Governor Tony Evers says he anticipates being involved in lawsuits over the lame-duck laws passed by Republicans in a special session last month. Those laws limit his powers. The Democrat tel...
Jan 04, 2019
Gas Prices Expected to Surge
It feels like the 1980's again. The president of the United States first came to prominence as a celebrity, and gas prices are below $2 per gallon. In North East Wisconsin, prices are sitting right ar...
Jan 04, 2019 Robert Geiger / CC
Man Accused Of Shooting Girlfriend 13 Times Headed To Trial
A plea of not guilty to recklessly endangering safety charges has been entered on behalf of a man accused of shooting his girlfriend. Edward Matthews made a Dane County Circuit Court appearance Thursd...
Jan 04, 2019
Milwaukee Porch Pirate Accused Of Stealing More Than $4K Worth Of Stuff
Milwaukee police accuse a suspected "porch pirate" of taking more than 175 packages worth four-thousand dollars. Investigators say Mario Beltran stole the items in Greenfield and Milwaukee. They say h...
Jan 04, 2019
Madison Night Club Owner To Sue City Alder For Libel, Slander
A Madison nightclub owner says there has never been an arrest for drugs or prostitution at his business. An attorney for Visions owner Tom Reichenberger sent a statutory notice of claim to Madison Ald...
Jan 04, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
