Category Archives: State News
Victims Organization: 1-In-5 Teens Experience Violence In Romantic Relationship
The statewide victim's organization End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin says 30 teenagers have been the victim of intimate partner homicide since the year 2000. An estimated 20 percent of Wisconsin teens hav...
Apr 29, 2019 JOHNNY LAI / CC
Milwaukee Man Arrested For Allegedly Killing 6-Month-Old Boy
Doctors say a six-month-old boy died last week after he was apparently "violently shaken, slammed and-or thrown down." Milwaukee police arrested 26-year-old Devante Randall Friday. He is charged with ...
Apr 29, 2019
Oregon WI Man Arms Himself With Shotgun After Driving Into Home
Oregon WI police say officers were able to take a 27-year-old man into custody after he had crashed his car into a home, then armed himself with a shotgun. The man's name hasn't been released. There w...
Apr 29, 2019 Mesa Tactical / CC
Good Samaritan Holds Would-Be Carjacker For Police
Milwaukee police say a good Samaritan held a man until officers arrived after that suspect had attacked two people. Witnesses say he beat a 75-year-old man, then tried to carjack a woman. He apparentl...
Apr 29, 2019
Treasurer and Secretaries Meet To Discuss Issue of Student Loan Debt
Treasurer Sarah Godlewski, Department of Financial Institutions Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld, Executive Secretary of the Higher Educational Aids Board Connie Hutchison sat down to discuss the $...
Apr 28, 2019
Wisconsin FFA Foundation Awards Post-Secondary Scholarships
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation has awarded $25,520 in post-secondary scholarships to Wisconsin FFA members from 24 chapters. Recipients of these awards will be recognized at the 90th Wisconsin FFA Conve...
Apr 28, 2019
Wisconsin Teacher Wins Norwegian Cruise Line Giving Joy Campaign
Cruise Line Rewards 30 Teachers With a Seven-Day Cruise For Two and Top Three Grand Prize Winners' Schools With Cash Prizes Norwegian Cruise Line, announced the final list of winners resulting from th...
Apr 27, 2019 Jim Pennucci / CC
Milwaukee Police Hang On To Pursuit Policy Despite Crashes
Milwaukee police say failing to chase criminal suspects would return a sense of lawlessness to the city's streets. The Milwaukee Police Department is keeping its current pursuit policy despite several...
Apr 27, 2019
Federal Board Wants Hydrofluoric Acid To Be Studied Again
The U-S Chemical Safety Board wants the E-P-A to review a 1993 study on the safety of using hydrofluoric acid while making gasoline. The explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior last Apr...
Apr 27, 2019
Creating An Income Tax Exemption for Wisconsin Taxpayers
Representative Cody Horlacher (R-Mukwonago) and Senator Andr Jacque (R-DePere) introduced legislation relating to an income tax exemption for cash tips paid to an employee. Currently, in Wisconsin, ti...
Apr 27, 2019 Steven Depolo / CC
