Category Archives: State News
14-Year-Old Student Admits Writing Threatening Note At High School
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department reports a 14-year-old student has admitted she wrote a threatening message found in a women's restroom at Wilmot Union High School. The threat was discovered sh...
Oct 26, 2018 Josh Smith / CC
2 People Arrested In Green County For Cockfighting
The Green County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of two people after deputies found evidence of cockfighting. A search warrant was executed Wednesday afternoon in the Town of Clarno. Investigators...
Oct 26, 2018
Scam Alert: Political Scams Expected to Increase
The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers that the upcoming mid-term elections are likely to generate loads of scammers pretending to be pollsters, campaign volunteers, fundraisers, and even can...
Oct 26, 2018 Stephan Ridgway / CC
NW Wisconsin Village Official Fired After Audit Reveals Problems
An outside auditor has found payroll and retirement plan issues which could cost a village in northwestern Wisconsin more than a half-million dollars. The Lake Negagamon administrator and treasurer ha...
Oct 25, 2018
Milwaukee Father Killed When Speeding Car Drives On Sidewalk
Witnesses say a car was speeding when it hit the curb with its tires leaving the ground, then slammed into a 36-year-old father on the sidewalk. Daryl Tharpe was killed. Milwaukee police suspect the d...
Oct 25, 2018
Sturgeon Bay Business Will Donate $2M -- If Voters Approve Ballot Issues
Sevastopol schools will receive a two-million dollar donation from a local business, but only if voters approve two questions on the November ballot. The school district is asking for approval of 25-m...
Oct 25, 2018 bm.iphone / CC
Iowa County DA Pleads Guilty To OWI, 2nd Charge Dropped
The Iowa County District Attorney will have his driver's license revoked for seven months and will have to use an ignition interlock device for a year. Larry Nelson entered a guilty plea to a charge o...
Oct 25, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
Eau Claire Man Faces 2 Felony Charges For Beating Girlfriend
Eau Claire County prosecutors have filed two felony charges against a man who is accused of beating his girlfriend. The victim had to have reconstructive surgery after suffering several broken bones i...
Oct 25, 2018
Polls Give Edge To Democratic Candidates 2 Weeks Before Election
Polling of two-thousand Wisconsin adults conducted earlier this month gives the edge to statewide Democratic candidates two weeks before the general election. The Ipsos poll gives Democrat Tony Evers ...
Oct 25, 2018
Kids from Wisconsin Kicking off 51 Season with New Presenting Sponsor
The Kids from Wisconsin are gearing up for their 51st season, and are doing so with a new presenting sponsor. Wisconsin Lutheran College will aid the KIDS in their over 6,000 miles of travel. Dr. Dani...
Oct 25, 2018 Andrew Hazen / CC
