Category Archives: State News
Eau Claire Woman Charged With Attacking Her Mother
Michelle Gritzmacher-Ring made an initial appearance in Eau Claire County Circuit Court Tuesday. Investigators say she pushed her 66-year-old mother out of her wheelchair and punched her in the back l...
Feb 7, 2019
Milwaukee Officer Killed, 3rd Time In 8 Months
Milwaukee police have arrested a 26-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of a veteran police officer Wednesday morning. Sources have identified the person taken into custody as Jordan P. Fricke. The...
Feb 7, 2019
Fired UW Health Worker Won't Face Criminal Charges
The Dane County Sheriff's Office says nothing criminal took place, so no charges will be filed against a former U-W Health worker. The employee hasn't been named. Medical records of a 24-year-old murd...
Feb 7, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Legislative Leaders Talk Tolls As A Way To Pay For Needed Highway Work
Republican leaders of the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate suggest that highway repairs could be funded by establishing toll roads. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald ...
Feb 7, 2019 Marco Verch / CC
Wisconsin College Graduate Numbers Setting Records
Officials with the University of Wisconsin System report nearly 37-thousand students at all levels graduated during the 2017-2018 academic year. That's a new record for the system, 13 percent more tha...
Feb 7, 2019 David Stewart / CC
Evers: Directs DNR To Review Foxconn Air Permits
Wisconsin's governor says he is keeping a campaign pledge by directing the Department of Natural Resources to review the air permits granted for the Foxconn project. Governor Tony Evers says he has di...
Feb 6, 2019
Police: Daughter Urged Man To Shoot Her Father
Investigators say a daughter was fighting with her father Sunday when she told a second man to shoot him. Thirty-seven-year-old Richard B. Adams and 35-year-old Nicole Nelson made Tuesday court appear...
Feb 6, 2019 Scott Davidson / CC
Former Teacher To Be Sentenced Next Month For Sexual Assault Of A Student
A former teacher at Suring High School will be sentenced March 22nd after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff. Twenty-four-year-old Timothy Grimes originally f...
Feb 6, 2019
Frito-Lay Recalls Limited Number Of Stacy's Pita Chips Due To Undeclared Milk
Frito-Lay announced a limited voluntary recall of a very small number of 7 1/3 oz. bags of Stacy's Simply Naked Pita Chips because they may contain undeclared milk ingredients. People who have an alle...
Feb 6, 2019
Illinois Officials Say It Could Take "Weeks Or Months" To ID Burned Body
Authorities in Lake County, Illinois say it could take weeks or months to identify the burned body found in a car last weekend. That vehicle belonged to Milwaukee private school teacher Kathleen Ryan ...
Feb 6, 2019
