Category Archives: State News
Registered Sex Offender Faces Life Sentence If Convicted Of New Crime
A 58-year-old registered sex offender will spend the rest of his life in prison if he is convicted of a sexual assault earlier this month. Brian Wickersham has been indicted by a federal grand jury. B...
Aug 30, 2018
Former Inmate Sues Milwaukee County Jail For Keeping Her In Shackles While Giving Birth
A former inmate has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Milwaukee County Jail and Acting Sheriff Richard Schmidt. Sandra Robles says deputies forced her to wear leg shackles while she was...
Aug 30, 2018 meesh / CC
Drunken Driver Involved In Fatal Crash Ordered To Pay Restitution
A Portage County Circuit Court judge has ordered a 30-year-old woman to pay 100-thousand dollars in restitution for causing a fatal crash. The money would be paid to Badgercare Plus Managed Care. Thir...
Aug 30, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
U.S. Postal Service Being Evicted From Downtown Milwaukee Building
The landlord is alleging the U-S Postal Service has failed to keep the Milwaukee building it occupies in acceptable condition - so it has to go. Chicago-based investor and developer Matt Garrison has ...
Aug 30, 2018 Jeremy Tenenbaum / CC
Green Bay Native Connected to Jacksonville Shooting
A Green Bay native is home after he survived the shooting at a gaming competition in Jacksonville Florida. Kyle Riederer, known as "Drag" in the gaming community was in the middle of a game, when the ...
Aug 30, 2018 John Seb Barber / CC
UW Green Bay Looking for New Signature & Cultural Events Coordinator
UW Green Bay is looking to add a new person to their staff. The position they are looking to fill is the Signature & Cultural Events Coordinator. This position reports to the Director of Student L...
Aug 30, 2018 Cofrin Library / CC
More information on Fatal I-43 Accident Released
We have received some more information on the fatal accident that took place on I-43 Tuesday morning. The Green Bay Police Department is saying that 29 year old John Phillips of Green Bay was killed a...
Aug 30, 2018 Tony Webster / CC
Traffic Back to Normal on 42 Near Howards Grove
Highway 42 near Howards Grove had been closed because of flooding since late Tuesday. Word this morning from the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office is that 42, from County FF to Orchard Road, was re-op...
Aug 30, 2018 allenhimself / CC
Vogel Family Farms Cancels Field Day
The Vogel Family Farms in Reedsville have decided to cancel their Field Day that was scheduled for today. The heavy rains the lakeshore experienced over the past few days has caused their fields to be...
Aug 30, 2018 Carl Wycoff / CC
Two Tornadoes Confirmed in Lakeshore Area
At least two tornadoes touched down in Wisconsin on Tuesday evening, including one north of Kiel. The tornado near the Calumet and Manitowoc County lines destroyed a barn and uprooted several trees. T...
Aug 30, 2018 NOAA Photo Library / CC
