Category Archives: State News
WisDot To Look At Widening I-41 Between Appleton And De Pere
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will conduct a study of the potential expansion of Interstate 41 between Appleton and De Pere. Although many stretches of that interstate have six lanes, it ...
Aug 23, 2018 Bradley Gordon / CC
Third Shooting Incident in Green Bay in Past 2 Weeks
There has been yet another shooting in the City of Green Bay. The most recent incident took place yesterday evening at around 5:00 PM in the 1400 block of Admiral Court. According to the Green Bay Pol...
Aug 23, 2018 Tony Webster / CC
County Executive Responds to Seeking Sales Tax Opinion
A resolution approved by the Manitowoc County Board's Finance committee to seek a legal opinion from the State Attorney general on a proposed half a percent sales tax has been delayed. County Executiv...
Aug 23, 2018
Lok Safe Storage in Bellevue Catches Fire
Lok Safe Storage in Bellevue is the most recent building to be stricken with a fire. Fire Crews were informed of the blaze at around 6:20 AM, when a report of smoke billowing from the building was cal...
Aug 23, 2018 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Early Polling Shows Tight Races For Governor, U.S. Senate
A new Marquette University Law School poll finds incumbent Governor Scott Walker and his Democratic challenger Tony Evers neck-and-neck this early in the campaign. Polling results released Wednesday g...
Aug 23, 2018
Janesville Woman Accused Of Stabbing Boyfriend To Death
Janesville police have arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of first-degree reckless homicide. Sarina Stone is accused of stabbing her 26-year-old former boyfriend to death Tuesday night. Stone b...
Aug 23, 2018 Tony Webster / CC
Wisconsin Women Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver In Pennsylvania
Witnesses say Jacqueline Ohly of Stevens Point was working at a construction site in western Pennsylvania Tuesday morning when she was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver. She was pronounced de...
Aug 23, 2018
Milwaukee Man Accused Of Meeting Boy For Sex At Police Station
A 16-year-old victim tells Milwaukee police a man he met online had sex with him in a restroom inside the District Seven Milwaukee Police station last October. Eighteen-year-old Terrell Harris is char...
Aug 22, 2018
Lake Belleville Dam Overflowing After Heavy Rain
Dane County authorities are said to be monitoring the developing flood situation in Belleville. Village officials confirm the Sugar River is overflowing the dam at Lake Belleville. The entire communit...
Aug 22, 2018 Oleg. / CC
Committee AppointedTo Study Plans For Industrial Sand Mine
The Town of Rock has appointed five members to an Ad Hoc committee to study plans for an industrial sand mine. A La Crosse company, Coulee Frac Sand, wants to build the sand fracking mine southwest of...
Aug 22, 2018
