Category Archives: State News

Text messages show former Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker was warned about the need for secrecy in the city's lead program. Major mistakes had been made and Baker was told there would be ser...

Milwaukee police say a suspected drunken driver became combative when he was taken in for a blood test. Jason Rayford is accused of threatening to kill the officers who pulled him over for speeding in...

Officials with the Neenah-Menasha Fire Department say a toddler rescued from an apartment fire last week died Monday. Four people, including the 18-month-old boy, were pulled from the burning building...

A Dane County Circuit Court judge tells defense attorneys they failed to meet the burden to have charges dismissed against U-W football player Quintez Cephus. Cephus was charged on Aug. 20 with second...

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says a two-year effort to analyze about four-thousand sexual assault kits is finally complete. Democrats have been attacking the Republican Schimel for taking s...

They sure are annoying. An entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says the nuisance factor from millions of mosquitoes is a bigger consideration than worries about diseases like West Nile...

A Milwaukee woman charged with homicide told police the dead man had been punching her, so she grabbed a butcher knife and stabbed him. The incident happened September 3rd. Officers were called to the...

Brown County Sheriff's Office is conducting an ongoing investigation involving bank fraud. An individual has been identified as a person of interest in the investigation. Investigators are seeking the...

Whether novice or experienced, food exporting professionals can learn more about food exporting at an upcoming seminar co-organized by the Food Export Association of the Midwest and the Wisconsin Depa...

Two young men have received the Edward J. Shimanek Scholarship from the Manitowoc County Deputy Sheriffs and Constables Association. Tanner Jost and Logan Kummer were awarded $750 each to help them pu...