Category Archives: State News
Dells Resort Guest Finds Stash Of Used Syringes
A guest at a Wisconsin Dells resort says her boyfriend found a stash of used syringes when a toilet paper holder fell off the wall in their room. The incident happened Monday at the Polynesian Water P...
Mar 1, 2019
Governor Evers Delivers 1st State Budget To Lawmakers
Governor Tony Evers tells Wisconsin lawmakers the state budget is about "putting people first." The Democrat revealed his spending plan to a joint session of the Legislature Thursday night. Evers is c...
Mar 1, 2019
Kenosha Man Indicted For Causing The Death Of An Illinois State Trooper
A 61-year-old Kenosha man has been indicted on a charge of reckless homicide of a police officer and violating Scott's Law in Illinois. Prosecutors say Scott Larsen caused a January accident on Inters...
Mar 1, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Madison Man Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge Of Threatening Police
A 36-year-old Madison man has reached a plea agreement with Dane County prosecutors on a felony charge of threatening police. Officers shot Scott R. Stein Junior last September when he waived a knife ...
Mar 1, 2019
Racine Man Faces 6 Felony Charges For Sexually Assaulting Teen
A 68-year-old Racine man was arrested Wednesday after the mother of a teenager found pictures of his private parts on a cell phone. Investigators say Roy Wright started molesting the victim last Octob...
Mar 1, 2019 cdogstar / CC
Pedestrian Fatality In Oconto
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has reported that a pedestrian fatality occurred on Tuesday. At approximately 2:35 PM, a City of Oconto owned and operated front end loader with a snow blowe...
Feb 28, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
Janesville Places Elementary Teacher On Paid Leave After 4th OWI
The Janesville School District has placed an elementary teacher on paid leave after his fourth arrest for O-W-I. Fifty-year-old Dennis Brunner was found passed out in his running vehicle, which was pa...
Feb 28, 2019
Wisconsin Man Found Dead In Minnesota Apartment
The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office says determining the manner of death for a Wisconsin man will take some time. The body of 39-year-old Anthony James Racich was found in an apa...
Feb 28, 2019
2 Wisconsin Congressmen Join Effort To Block President's National Emergency Declaration
Republican congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner and Mike Gallagher have voted to block President Trump's national emergency declaration. The measure will be vetoed by the president and the 245-to-182 vote wa...
Feb 28, 2019
Early Morning Fire Chases Family Of 5 Outside
Madison firefighters say a family of five was able to escape through a second-floor window when their home started burning. Crews were called to the location shortly before 5:00 A-M Wednesday. The smo...
Feb 28, 2019 Ponas Jonas / CC
