Category Archives: State News
Deadline For Hemp-Growing License Extended 3 Months
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is extending the deadline for potential hemp farmers by three months. They will now have until March 1st to apply for a license or an exten...
Nov 28, 2018
City Reaches Out To Help With Crime-Ridden Madison Housing Development
Deputy Mayor Gloria Reyes has been appointed to help with the effort to control a crime problem at Madison's Tree Lane Family Apartments. Madison police have been called to the building more than 200 ...
Nov 28, 2018 christopdesoto / CC
15-Year Dispute With Potawatomi Tribe Finally Resolved
Governor Scott Walker's office has released details of an agreement with the Forest County Potawatomi Tribe which would resolve an issue dating back 15 years. The U-S Bureau of Indian Affairs will hav...
Nov 28, 2018
3 People Charged With Child Neglect After Discovery Of Drugs
Eau Claire authorities have filed child neglect charges against three people after drugs were discovered in an apartment. Eau Claire police had been asked to check on the welfare of three children and...
Nov 28, 2018
Beloit Man Says He Thought Man He Shot Was Breaking In
A Beloit man has made his first Rock County Circuit Court appearance on charges of first-degree intentional homicide after a fatal shooting last week. Twenty-year-old Ezequiel Acosta told investigator...
Nov 28, 2018
2 People Charged In Fatal Dodge County Shooting To Appear In Court
Two people charged in the shooting death of a man found in a Dodge County farmhouse are scheduled to make a court appearance this afternoon. Prosecutors have charged 20-year-old Nigel R. Schultz of Po...
Nov 28, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
Fewer Wisconsin Hunters Kill More Deer
The Department of Natural Resources reports Wisconsin hunters harvested more deer during the nine-day gun season, even though fewer hunters were in the field. The 211,430 deer taken represent a seven-...
Nov 28, 2018 C Watts / CC
Record Low Number of Wisconsinites Smoking Tobacco
The smoking rate in Wisconsin has reached an all-time low. After several years with 17% of adults smoking tobacco, the rate has now dropped to 16% according to the Department of Health Services' Behav...
Nov 28, 2018 Vaping360 / CC
Two Rivers City Meeting 11/28/2018
The Two Rivers Special Committee on Branding and Marketing will be holding a meeting in the Council Chambers in City Hall this evening. At the 5:30 gathering, They will be following up on an estimated...
Nov 28, 2018
Manitowoc City Meetings 11/28/2018
There is pair of meetings this evening in the City of Manitowoc. First up, at 4:00 PM, the Board of Public Works will be occupying the Council Chambers in City Hall. They will be taking a look at vari...
Nov 28, 2018
