Category Archives: State News

Winnebago County prosecutors say a Milwaukee man was drunk when he caused an August crash which left his 10-year-old daughter dead. Steven Brownell is charged with three felonies, including homicide b...

Gundersen Nutrition and Hospitality Services had anticipated serving about 35 meals-a-day to children through its Summer Food Service Program. The four-thousand meals it actually served are almost dou...

October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. What is that? A collaborative effort between the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance - a national campaign to raise aware...

It started with a simple mosquito bite. Now, 62-year-old Susan Pappalardo faces months of rehab. The West Allis woman is the first documented case of West Nile virus in a human being in Milwaukee Coun...

The FORWARD Endowment, the Manitowoc County trust established to fund projects focused on hunting, fishing, conservation and related education, has announced that it will begin accepting requests for ...

Election managers in Madison are giving just over 20-thousand voters a shot to vote again this fall. The state Elections Commission Tuesday said they were restoring the voter registration for 21-thous...

A competency hearing will be held in November for a man charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Thirty-one-year-old Preston Kraft was taken into custody at the end of a five-day search last Ma...

The sexual assault case from 18 years ago had gone cold, then new D-N-A evidence led investigators to a suspect. Kelly Baxter of Janesville was arrested, convicted and then sentenced Wednesday to 20 y...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and United States Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a public trapping auction at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center on Thursday, Oct.11, 201...

A Madison School Board committee recommends a list of 16 changes, but it wants educational resource officers to remain inside district high schools. Wednesday's vote was unanimous. Some critics have s...