Category Archives: State News
Stores Running Out Of Salt People Need To Melt Ice And Snow
Wisconsin stores like Menards and Home Depot are having to turn away customers looking for salt to melt the ice and snow covering driveways and sidewalks. Several rounds of snow and two ice storms hav...
Feb 12, 2019 bkaree1 / CC
Sub-Shop Manager Accused Of Coercing Worker Into Sexual Activity
The 23-year-old manager of a Waukesha sub-shop is accused of coercing an underage employee into having sex. Charges of child sexual exploitation, enticement and sexual intercourse with a child 16 or o...
Feb 12, 2019
Garbage Pile Growing On Ice Covering Lake Winnebago
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants people to enjoy the state's natural resources, including the ice in winter time. They just don't want people turning it into a garbage dump. A posti...
Feb 12, 2019 Richard Barley / CC
Driver Who Crashed Into School Bus Charged With Causing His Brother's Death
Witnesses say a 17-year-old driver ran from the scene after crashing his vehicle into a school bus, then returned to try to help his brother. No one was hurt on the school bus, but Laron Ball's 16-yea...
Feb 12, 2019 Sarah Taylor / CC
Former Volunteer Girl Scout Leaders Pleads Not Guilty To Sexual Assaults
A former volunteer Girl Scout leader has had his sexual assault case bound over for trial in Dane County Circuit Court. Forty-nine-year-old Steven C. Faust had a plea of not guilty entered on his beha...
Feb 12, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Blocked Interstate Means Rush Of Business For Osseo-Area Motels
When a crash involving 40 vehicles stopped traffic on Interstate 94 for six hours, many people had to find a place to spend the night. The manager of a nearby motel in Osseo says her 53 rooms were ful...
Feb 12, 2019 Jerry Huddleston / CC
Task Force Set Up To Study New Teacher Recruitment
The University of Wisconsin System is conducting a study of teacher education enrollments and incentives. Students taking teacher education classes are off by about 35 percent nationwide. The drop is ...
Feb 11, 2019 US Department of Education / CC
Weather Hampers Search For Missing Neenah Man
Winter conditions are hampering the search for a Neenah man missing in Door County. Police have not released the man's name, but say his wife reported him missing around 9:15 Sunday night. About a hal...
Feb 11, 2019
Reedsburg Woman Cited For OWI ... Twice In One Night
A Reedsburg woman was cited two times in about four hours one night last week for operating while intoxicated. Twenty-seven-year-old Myranda Batzler's first arrest came shortly before 8:00 P-M Wednesd...
Feb 11, 2019
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Opposes Closing Dark Store Loophole
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is expressing opposition to Governor Tony Evers' proposal to close the state's so-called "dark store" loophole. W-M-C claims there is no loophole to close and the ...
Feb 11, 2019
