Category Archives: State News
Budget-Writing Committee Nixes Governor’s Priorities
Republican leaders of the Joint Finance Committee did what they said they would - removing more than 130 items from Governor Tony Evers' proposed state budget. Medicaid expansion and the legalization ...
May 10, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly To Vote On Crime Victims Rights Bill Next Week
Members of the Wisconsin Assembly will vote on a constitutional amendment next week aimed at strengthening the rights of crime victims. Amendments to the state constitution have to earn passage in two...
May 9, 2019
Madison Superintendent To Teach At Harvard
When Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham leaves her position with the Madison Metropolitan School District at the end of the summer, she will join the faculty at Harvard. Cheatham says she will give up t...
May 9, 2019 Nick Amoscato / CC
4th Man Convicted In Death Of Lac Du Flambeau Tribal Member
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says a fourth man has been convicted in the murder of a Lac du Flambeau tribal member. Evan Oungst of Woodruff entered a guilty plea to a charge of second-degree re...
May 9, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
30-Year-Old Man Shot To Death While Sitting In Car At A Milwaukee Park
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy today (Thursday) on the body of a man shot to death in the city's Mitchell Park neighborhood. Authorities haven't released the 30-year-old...
May 9, 2019
Ashwaubenon Police Officer Investigated For His Attire At Charity Event
An Ashwaubenon police officer has been investigated for wearing thong underwear at a charity event last summer. The Public Safety Association says questions were asked about whether what Officer Jamie...
May 8, 2019 Filippo Diotalevi / CC
Sentencing Friday for Man Convicted in Kloss Kidnapping, Parents' Murders
Jake Patterson will be sentenced tomorrow in Barron County Circuit Court for the October 2018 abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs and shooting deaths of her parents (Friday 1:30 P-M). The 21-year-old...
May 8, 2019
Sun Prairie Woman Arrested For Shooting Man In The Face
A 17-year-old Sun Prairie woman has been tentatively charged with first-degree reckless injury after an April incident where a man was shot in the face. Kennedy Denoble told investigators she and seve...
May 8, 2019
UW-Stevens Point Capital Campaign Surpasses Goal By $10M
When the capital campaign for initiatives at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point was officially kicked off three years ago, the stated goal was 30-million dollars. On Tuesday, Chancellor Bernie ...
May 8, 2019 Jay Cross / CC
Wisconsin A-G Kaul Joins Coalition Supporting Marijuana SAFE Banking Act
Wisconsin A-G Josh Kaul is joining a bipartisan coalition of 38 state attorneys general urging Congress to pass legislation giving marijuana-related businesses access to the federal banking system. Fe...
May 8, 2019
