Category Archives: State News
Defense Attorney: Client Is Good Person With Alcohol Problem
A 63-year-old Eau Claire man is going to prison for four years for his latest in a long series of drunken driving convictions. Bradley Armstrong has been found guilty of operating while intoxicated 16...
Dec 19, 2018
Madison Man Who Shot Officer Multiple Times Given 22-Year Sentence
A Madison police officer has told the court he is sure Cornelius Britton was trying to kill him two years ago -- just because he wore the uniform. Britton was given a 22-year prison sentence in Dane C...
Dec 19, 2018
Wisconsin Senator Says Pre-Existing Protections Too Popular To Eliminate
U-S Senator Ron Johnson says his Republican party isn't getting rid of federal protections for health insurance customers with pre-existing conditions. The Wisconsin lawmaker says the protection is to...
Dec 19, 2018
Rusk County Prosecutors Want Life Without Parole For Cop Killer
Rusk County prosecutors will ask the judge to give a man convicted of killing a deputy life in prison without the possibility of parole. Doug Nitek is to be sentenced in a Ladysmith courtroom this mor...
Dec 19, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
Milwaukee Officer Involved In Sterling Brown Arrest Wants His Job Back
One of the Milwaukee police officers involved in the arrest of Bucks guard Sterling Brown is making a bid to get his job back. Officer Erik Andrade was accused of mocking Brown online when the N-B-A a...
Dec 19, 2018
14 Rescued From Ice On Bay Of Green Bay
Brown County authorities say 14 people were rescued this (Tuesday) from the ice on the Bay of Green Bay. Officials say rescue crews responded to Volk's Landing off Edgewater Beach Road in the Town of ...
Dec 18, 2018
3 Patients Dead, 14 Diagnosed In Legionnaires' Outbreak At UW Health
Health officials say three patients who contracted Legionnaires' disease after an outbreak of the disease at U-W Health have died, and the hospital has confirmed a total of 14 cases during the outbrea...
Dec 18, 2018 Matt Madd / CC
Marshfield Man: Didn't Think The Gun Was Loaded
A 37-year-old Marshfield man tells investigators he didn't think the gun he was handling was loaded. When a second man told him to fire a round into the couch, William Crowley did it, hitting the couc...
Dec 18, 2018 Tony Webster / CC
Wisconsin Singer 1 Of 4 Finalists For NBC's "The Voice"
He wowed the crowd and the judges with his rendition of the rock-and-roll classic, "Sweet Home Alabama." Wisconsin's Chris Kroeze is one of four finalists for the N-B-C hit program, "The Voice." A win...
Dec 18, 2018
Technological Challenges Could Close NE Wisconsin Jail
The administrator at the Shawano County Jail has been quoted as saying there is more technology in your cell phone than there is in his facility. The jail was built 24 years ago and has a real need fo...
Dec 18, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
