Category Archives: State News
Michigan Man Facing 15 Felony Charges After He Was Caught With Credit Cards
A Michigan man has been charged with 15 felonies after he was caught with counterfeit credit cards during a traffic stop in January. Twenty-three-year-old Deshon Lamont-Rahim Davis was arrested in Col...
Mar 5, 2019 Håkan Dahlström / CC
Brookfield Man Charged For Breaking Measles Quarantine
Prosecutors in Waukesha are moving ahead with misdemeanor charges against a Brookfield man they say broke his measles quarantine last spring. Yesterday the Waukesha County D-A charged Jeffrey Murawski...
Mar 5, 2019 Medisave UK / CC
Wisconsin DOJ Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Eau Claire County last weekend. A sheriff's deputy and an officer with the Augusta Police Department were dispatche...
Mar 5, 2019 James / CC
Wisconsin Joins Other States In Lawsuit Over New Rule On Abortions
Wisconsin is one of 20 states suing over a new family planning rule put into place by the U-S Health and Human Services Department. The change is aimed at making it harder for a woman to have an abort...
Mar 5, 2019 Helene Samson / CC
Quarantined Man Could Go To Jail For Sneaking Out To Work Out
A Brookfield man and his wife could spend 30 days in jail for violating a quarantine. The man wasn't supposed to leave his residence after staying at the same La Crosse hotel as a family with the meas...
Mar 5, 2019
Flood-Prone SW Wisconsin Anticipating Spring Flooding
The National Weather Service predicts normally flood-prone areas of southwestern Wisconsin will have to deal with high water this spring. The worse-than-normal flooding can be blamed on the winter sno...
Mar 4, 2019 fotologic / CC
No Visitors Allowed To See Ice Caves At Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Wisconsin Park Service officials say visitors won't be allowed to go out to see the ice caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore again this year. It has been four years since the public was able to...
Mar 4, 2019 Chad Fennell / CC
DNR Says It Will Work With Anglers On Removal Of Ice Shanties
Ice fishermen are supposed to have their permanent shanties off the ice by now, but the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says it will work with them if they are delayed. Sunday was the deadli...
Mar 4, 2019 IrishFireside / CC
Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes Blasts Republican For Budget Opposition
Wisconsin's lieutenant governor says Republicans in Madison are violating 'the will of the people' by saying 'No' to Governor Evers' new budget. Mandela Barnes was in Wausau last week to talk about th...
Mar 4, 2019
Madison School Superintendent Vows To Address Racial Issues
Madison's school superintendent is vowing to address racial tensions at schools in the district. Jennifer Cheatham wrote an open letter Friday acknowledging several incidents involving racial slurs us...
Mar 4, 2019 Laurel L. Russwurm / CC
