Category Archives: State News
9-Year-Old Boy Dies After Falling Through Ice In Sparta
Officials with the Sparta Police Department say that the nine-year-old boy who was rescued by dive teams Sunday afternoon died at a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Police say first responders were c...
Jan 7, 2019 Christopher Michel / CC
Evers: Will Try To Work With Republicans As He Takes Over
Incoming Governor Tony Evers says Wisconsin voters showed their displeasure with partisan politics when they elected him. The Democrat officially assumed the top elective office in the state today. Ev...
Jan 7, 2019
Deputies: It Took 6 People To Get Suspected Drunk Driver Into Handcuffs
An accused drunk driver is scheduled to make an appearance in Clark County Circuit Court next month. Authorities say it took six deputies to put the handcuffs on Dale Kortesmaki when he was finally st...
Jan 6, 2019
3 Arrested in Two Rivers
Three people were arrested Friday after Two Rivers police and deputies from the Manitowoc County responded to a residence in the south part of Two Rivers for the report of a suicidal male. Whil...
Jan 6, 2019 Daniel / CC
Authorities Search For Western Wisconsin Bank Robber
Authorities in western Wisconsin are looking for a female bank robber. Witnesses say a white woman wearing a black hoodie stuck up the Jackson County Bank in Alma Center Thursday at about 1:00 PM. The...
Jan 5, 2019
Waunakee Woman Given 3-Year Prison Sentence For Killing Pedestrian
A Madison woman will serve three years in prison for fatally injuring a pedestrian in January 2017. Nicole Bruns pleaded no contest last October to a charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle...
Jan 4, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Among Those Not Supporting Pelosi For Speaker
A Democratic congressman from Wisconsin was among those refusing to back Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker. Pelosi won the position she previously held from 2007 to 2011 Thursday -- but only by four vote...
Jan 4, 2019
Wisconsin Woman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Charges In Minnesota
A 30-year-old Milwaukee woman has entered a guilty plea to a charge of attempted murder in western Minnesota. Melody Gray had been accused of pointing a handgun at Trooper Mark Peterson's head after a...
Jan 4, 2019
Evers: "I Have No Intent Of Breaking The Law"
Incoming Governor Tony Evers says he anticipates being involved in lawsuits over the lame-duck laws passed by Republicans in a special session last month. Those laws limit his powers. The Democrat tel...
Jan 4, 2019
Gas Prices Expected to Surge
It feels like the 1980's again. The president of the United States first came to prominence as a celebrity, and gas prices are below $2 per gallon. In North East Wisconsin, prices are sitting right ar...
Jan 4, 2019 Robert Geiger / CC
