Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin FFA Foundation Awards Annual SAE Grants
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation has awarded $23,920 in Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) grants to a total of 29 Wisconsin FFA members. These award winners are members of 18 FFA chapters statewide...
Dec 22, 2018
Watch Your Heart Over the Holidays, During Snow Season
Research from the American Heart Association says cardiac mortality is highest during December and January. Doctors point to holiday stress - and shoveling snow. Although we haven't seen much snow her...
Dec 22, 2018
Father, Stepmother Of Tortured Teen Charged In Milwaukee Case
Charges of false imprisonment, chronic neglect of a child and physical abuse of a child have been filed against the father and stepmother of a 15-year-old girl. When she was found during a police chec...
Dec 21, 2018
3 Civil Lawsuits Filed In Downtown Sun Prairie Explosion
Three civil lawsuits were filed Thursday in connection with the fatal explosion in downtown Sun Prairie last summer. The suits were filed on the same day local officials said no criminal charges would...
Dec 21, 2018
Kenosha Schools Apologize Over Sexual Assault Assignment
School leaders in Kenosha are apologizing after an assignment on sexual assault upset some parents. The assignment asked students in a health class at Bradford High School to point out ways that a fic...
Dec 21, 2018 jda / CC
Man Dies Of Heart Attack After Hospital Turns Him Away
An Oak Creek woman says her husband was sent home after suffering chest pains, even though a doctor wanted to admit him. Forty-six-year-old Spendi Rusitovski died of a heart attack Monday night. He ha...
Dec 21, 2018
Evers Names Cabinet Picks For Transportation, Agriculture, Insurance
Governor-elect Tony Evers has named today (Friday) four more members of his Cabinet. His choice to lead the Department of Transportation is Craig Thompson, the executive director of the Wisconsin Tran...
Dec 21, 2018
Wisconsin Senate Leader Won't Rule Out Medicaid Expansion
The majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate says he doesn't support the idea of taking 180-million dollars from the federal government to expand Medicaid, but he won't rule it out. Fitzgerald made the...
Dec 21, 2018
Gas Prices Falling Just As Families Head Out For Christmas
Depending on which survey you accept, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is down 20-to-30 cents in Wisconsin, compared to last year at this time. Triple-A puts the Wisconsin average at ...
Dec 21, 2018 allenhimself / CC
Tomahawk Man Sentenced To 1 Year For Stabbing Rival Over Woman
A Tomahawk man has entered a plea of no contest to a charge of reckless injury after reaching a plea agreement with Lincoln County prosecutors. Cody Jenson stabbed the victim 11 times during an argume...
Dec 21, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
