Category Archives: State News
Ohio Teen Charged For Dodge County "Swatting" Incident
A teenager from Ohio faces more than 70 charges in what is called a "swatting" incident from last year in Dodge County. Forty of the charges against the suspect are felonies. Swatting occurs when a ca...
Mar 19, 2019 sinisterbluebox / CC
Madison Zoo Workers Don't Know If They Will Have A Job Next Month
Dozens of workers at Madison's Henry Vilas Zoo don't know if they will have a job April 1st. Dane County is severing its partnership with the nonprofit organization which has been running the zoo. Neg...
Mar 19, 2019
St. Croix County Man Caught Up In Sex Sting Operation
A man caught in a Barron County sex sting operation worried at one point that he might get caught, but he wrote in an online message that he would "risk it." Joshua Studer is charged with attempted se...
Mar 19, 2019
Foxconn Holds First Of Several Informational Meets With Public
People attending the first of several Foxconn informational meetings didn't get all of their questions answered Monday night. The gathering at the village hall came on the same day the Taiwan-based el...
Mar 19, 2019
Dane County Judge Promises Ruling Over Lame Duck Laws, But Doesn't Say When
Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess has promised a decision on the law passed during the Legislature's lame-duck session, but he hasn't said when. Niess heard two hours of oral arguments Monday. L...
Mar 19, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Arrest Of Wanted Man In Richland County Turns Up Illegal Drugs
When Richland Center police arrested a man after he left a Walmart store last weekend, they discovered drugs and some needles. An off-duty deputy had spotted 27-year-old Kiefer J. Beran inside the sto...
Mar 19, 2019
Eau Claire Man Given 1-Year Probation For Mistreating Dog
An Eau Claire County Circuit judge has put a man on probation for one year for mistreating his dog. Police became involved when Branden Hadt began beating his roommate last summer during an argument o...
Mar 19, 2019 Eli Christman / CC
Presidential Hopeful Makes Stops In Wisconsin
Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke tells a Madison crowd he has issues with the detaining of immigrant children at the U-S border with Mexico. O'Rourke brought his presidential campaign to Wisconsin Sund...
Mar 18, 2019
Manitowoc Council Questions Gabriel
The curious correspondence by District 10 Alderperson Rhienna Gabriel was once again a topic of discussion during the Monday Manitowoc Common Council Meeting. The correspondence in question was addres...
Mar 18, 2019 Rhienna Gabriel and Eric Sitkiewitz discuss the curious correspondence during Monday’s Common Council meeting.
Three Wisconsin Students Head to National Bee
After winning this weekend's Badger State Spelling Bee a Fitchburg fifth grader will head to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D-C this May. Maya Jadhav from Eagle School successfully sp...
Mar 18, 2019 Julie Jordan Scott / CC
