Category Archives: State News
Milwaukee Authorities Look For Drive-By Shooter Who Wounded Woman
People living nearby say they heard seven-to-eight shots Wednesday morning when a woman was wounded by a drive-by shooter. Milwaukee police are looking for the person who shot the woman twice and hit ...
Dec 13, 2018
Gas Leak Forces Sun Prairie Evacuation
Emergency responders and residents being forced out of their Sun Prairie homes may have been having flashbacks to last summer's fatal explosion and fire in the Dane County city. One neighborhood was e...
Dec 13, 2018 Muhammad Ali / CC
65K Wisconsin Residents Receive Mistaken Notification
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says a notice thousands of residents got was a mistake. About 65-thousand people enrolled in Wisconsin Medicare Savings programs were told their benefits wo...
Dec 12, 2018
Voter Fraud Suspect Will Have Competency Evaluated
A 70-year-old Wausau man will have his competency evaluated before he goes to trial on voter fraud charges. A preliminary hearing for David Kitowski Tuesday was delayed until after the evaluation is c...
Dec 12, 2018
Hortonville Man Sentenced For Exploiting Minors
A federal judge has given a Hortonville man a 15-year prison sentence for the sexual exploitation of minors. Authorities began investigating 42-year-old Jason W. Junek last February. The National Cent...
Dec 12, 2018 michael scott / CC
4 Weeks On The Run Ends For Waukesha County Fugitive
Authorities aren't offering too many details about the way a Waukesha County fugitive was finally caught after four weeks on the run. Jonathan Pogreba was arrested Tuesday. He had been sought since vi...
Dec 12, 2018
Suspect Finally Surrenders After Refusing To Come Out For 5 Hours
Milwaukee police report an armed standoff ended peacefully Tuesday morning when a suspect decided to surrender. The M-P-D Tactical Enforcement Unit was on the scene for about five hours. The suspect h...
Dec 12, 2018
Fatal Crash During High School Lunch Hour Leaves Student Facing Felony Charges
Janesville police say a student at Parker High School was speeding when he caused a fatal accident last October. Ty Matijevich was found to have been driving at more than 80 miles-an-hour as he headed...
Dec 12, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
Governor Walker: Priority Remains Saving Kimberly-Clark Jobs
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he hopes to announce a plan in the next few days which will save nearly 400 jobs at the Kimberly-Clark plant in Fox Crossing. Walker says saving the factory is his...
Dec 12, 2018 Michael Vadon / CC
Cottage Grove Man Arrested For Altercation At UW Hospital
A 59-year-old Cottage Grove man faces charges of resisting an officer and disorderly conduct after an incident at a U-W Hospital parking garage Tuesday. A passerby called university police about a man...
Dec 12, 2018 cdogstar / CC
