Category Archives: State News
UW-Madison Scientist Allowed To Resume Controversial Flu Research
A UW-Madison scientist is being allowed to resume his controversial approach to flu research. Yoshihiro Kawaoka is working to modify bird flu viruses so they can spread among ferrets as a model for st...
Mar 6, 2019 Amy / CC
No Criminal Charges For Iowa Woman Who Caused 2016 Crash In Stevens Point
All charges have been dropped against an Iowa woman who was accused of causing a fatal accident in 2016. Elizabeth Weber had been charged with homicide by negligent use of a vehicle. Investigators det...
Mar 6, 2019
Evers' Top Aides Get Bigger Paychecks Than Walker's People
Top aides for Wisconsin's new governor are getting bigger paychecks than the people who held the same positions in the Scott Walker administration. State records reveal almost a dozen are getting paid...
Mar 6, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
10-Year-Old Girl Charged With Homicide Found Not Competent
A judge in Chippewa County Circuit Court has determined a 10-year-old girl isn't competent to stand trial for causing the death of an infant. Two psychologists offered testimony during a Tuesday heari...
Mar 6, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Milwaukee Sanitation Crew Dodges Bullet While Picking Up Trash
Workers with a Milwaukee sanitation crew were dodging bullets for a few tense moments Tuesday morning. Shots were fired at a garbage truck carrying two city workers at about 9:15 A-M. Nobody was hit, ...
Mar 6, 2019
DA Declines To Charge Teacher Accused Of Attacking Middle School Student
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne says he doesn't believe a crime was committed during an incident at Madison's Whitehorse Middle School last month. The D-A has declined to press charges aga...
Mar 6, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Wisconsin Snowmobiler Dies In Wyoming Avalanche
Authorities in Teton County, Wyoming identify the snowmobiler killed in an avalanche as a man from New London, Wisconsin. Twenty-seven-year-old Dale Walter Clyde Laedtke was snowmobiling near Togwotee...
Mar 6, 2019 Jules Morgan / CC
Badger Senior Howard Named All-Big Ten
The Wisconsin women's basketball team has had two of its players earn post-season honors. Senior Marsha Howard was named to the second team All-Big Ten squad and freshman Imani Lewis earned honorable ...
Mar 6, 2019 Karl Baron / CC
Shawano County Woman Found Competent To Stand Trial On Child's Death
A March 19th preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Shawano County woman faces charges in her child's death. Twenty-two-year-old Catherine Barker was found competent to stand trial. She had been...
Mar 5, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Man Accused Of Punching Woman In Car, Then Shooting As She Drove Away
A 35-year-old Madison woman tells police a man punched her inside a car, then opened fire as she was driving away. The victim says she was knocked out Saturday at about 9:30 P-M. Thirty-seven-year-old...
Mar 5, 2019
