Category Archives: State News
Douglas Co. D-A Does Not Plan to File Additional Charges in Closs Kidnapping
The Douglas County District Attorney's Office does not plan to file charges in "the immediate future" in the abduction of Jayme Closs. Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson is already facing first-degree...
Jan 28, 2019
Dead Woman Found In Hospital Parking Garage Was Nurse Practitioner
Authorities have identified the woman who died after she was found in a Milwaukee hospital parking garage as nurse practitioner Carlie Beaudin. She was discovered early Friday morning trapped under a ...
Jan 28, 2019 Matt Madd / CC
Neighbors Split Over Plans For Huge Solar Farm In SW Wisconsin
Plans for a solar farm covering more than five square miles in southwestern Wisconsin are being met with mixed reactions. The Badger Holler Solar Farm will produce 300 megawatts of electricity -- enou...
Jan 28, 2019 Always Shooting / CC
Marquette Poll: 59% Say Marijuana Should Be Legalized
Results of the latest Marquette Law School Poll reveal 59 percent of registered voters think marijuana should be legalized in Wisconsin. Thirty-five percent were opposed. The results show a shift in s...
Jan 27, 2019 Carlos Gracia / CC
Eau Claire Chosen As One Of Three Cities In Two Year Wintermission Study
Eau Claire leaders are leading an effort to improve public life and reduce social isolation in winter. The city was selected as one of three cities in the country to participate in a two-year study ca...
Jan 27, 2019 Anna / CC
Governor To Commit $31M Toward Expansion At Marinette Marine
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he will include 31-million dollars in his budget plan to help Marinette Marine expand and add 400 jobs. Evers was in the northeastern Wisconsin city Thursday to expl...
Jan 27, 2019
Wisconsin Ranks Third in Winning Health and Life Science Business Grants
Wisconsin's early-stage health and life science firms and the Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) received national attention for the state's success over the past decade in landing competit...
Jan 27, 2019
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM MONDAY.
* WHAT...Heavy snow and very cold wind chills expected. Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches expected. Locally higher totals are possible downwind of Lake Michigan. * WHERE...Portions of ...
Jan 27, 2019 bkaree1 / CC
Take Precautions Against Extreme Cold
Dangerous wind chills are expected through the middle of next week The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) wants everyone to take precautions as dangerously cold temperatures blanket the sta...
Jan 26, 2019 LASZLO ILYES / CC
The DATCP Wants You To Take Your Digital Privacy Into Your Own Hands
Digital privacy is one of the great challenges of our connected age, and it is important that we all take action to protect our information to the greatest extent that we can. While we cannot keep wat...
Jan 26, 2019 sarconi XYZ / CC
