Category Archives: State News
Heavy Rains Results in Large Numbers of Mosquitoes
If you have been outside much over the past few days, you may have noticed that the mosquito population has skyrocketed. The DNR is saying this is a direct result of the massive rainfall the eastern p...
Sep 14, 2018 Mick Talbot / CC
Plenty to do This Weekend Along the Lakeshore
There's a plethora of events this weekend in the Port-Cities. The list includes: The inaugural ART SLAM, Saturday & Sunday aimed at encouraging local artists in the outdoors to create works in Man...
Sep 14, 2018
Suicide Prevention Week Web Exclusive -Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Editorial by Ryan Brahm There has been an increased focus on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD in the past few years. While you have probably heard of PTSD, how much do you actually know about it...
Sep 14, 2018
National Suicide Prevention Week, Day 5-Manitowoc Safety Department Talks Suicide and PTSD
Today is the fifth and final day of the week-long series on suicide in commemoration of Suicide Prevention Week. Between this series and the one we put together back in June, we have spoken to veteran...
Sep 14, 2018
Farming Accident in Sheboygan County
A farming accident yesterday in the Sheboygan County Town of Herman has left a 30-year old man hospitalized with serious injuries. Sheboygan County Sheriff's Sergeant Brad Jorsch says the Emergency Di...
Sep 14, 2018 RichardBH / CC
Governor Asking Lawmakers To Return For Kimberly-Clark Decision
Republican legislative leaders say they don't have the 17 senate votes they need to approve tax incentives for Kimberly-Clark to keep one of its plants open. Governor Scott Walker is asking the Legisl...
Sep 14, 2018 Michael Vadon / CC
MPD Officer Involved In Sterling Brown Arrested Fired
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales says one of the officers involved in the Sterling Brown arrest has been fired for violating the department's social media policy. Morales says the conduct of Off...
Sep 14, 2018
Columbia County Man Faces Multiple Charges For Injuring Woman, Threatening Officers
A 50-year-old domestic violence suspect is being held in the Columbia County Jail after a weekend incident which left a woman with serious injuries. Emergency responders were called to a home in the t...
Sep 14, 2018 cdogstar / CC
Seven-Year Prison Sentence Given To Convicted Human Trafficker
An Outagamie County judge has sentenced a convicted human trafficker to seven years in a state prison facility. Twenty-eight-year-old Shawna Baxter had been accused of getting runaways high on meth an...
Sep 14, 2018 meesh / CC
Milwaukee Woman Enters Guilty Plea In Child's Death
A 38-year-old Milwaukee woman will be sentenced next month for causing the death of a seven-week-old baby girl. Claudette Mitchell entered a guilty plea Tuesday to child neglect resulting in death. Mi...
Sep 13, 2018
