Category Archives: State News
Milwaukee Committee Recommends Denying Hotel License
The Milwaukee Common Council Licensing Committee is trying to stop an extended stay WoodSpring Suites hotel from opening in the city. The committee voted Tuesday to recommend the denial of the license...
Jul 21, 2018 Nick J Webb / CC
Fitchburg Police Hold Meetings About Recent Shooting Incidents
Fitchburg police say a recent increase in gun violence isn't normal and officers are doing everything possible to address the problem. The department is holding community meetings to discuss the situa...
Jul 21, 2018 MIKI Yoshihito / CC
Accused Kidnapper Could Get 77-Year Sentence If Convicted
A 35-year-old woman tells Green Bay police her former fianc kidnapped her and held her at a motel for more than two weeks. She says 32-year-old Tony C. Hughes physically and sexually abused her. Hughe...
Jul 21, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
California Company Asks Federal Judge To Intervene In Milwaukee
The California company which placed dozens of scooters on Milwaukee streets is asking a federal judge to intervene. The city filed an injunction against Bird scooters, saying they violate Wisconsin la...
Jul 21, 2018 Phillip Pessar / CC
$190M Research And Development Facility Coming To Fitchburg
A Fitchburg biotechnology company plans to spend 190-million dollars constructing a new research and development facility. Promega Corporation says it has outgrown its location. The new building will ...
Jul 21, 2018 Fred Faulkner / CC
Milwaukee Police Find The Weapon, Still Looking For The Shooter
Milwaukee police recovered the high-powered pellet gun used to wound four teenagers and a dog, but they don't know who the shooter was. The victims were walking along the Hank Aaron Trail Wednesday at...
Jul 20, 2018
Man Accused Of Beating, Strangling, Holding Woman Against Her Will
A 29-year-old southern Wisconsin man has been arrested in a cornfield for allegedly attacking a woman Tuesday. Bartholomew D. Baumann had an active felony arrest warrant in his name and had been on pr...
Jul 20, 2018 Scott Davidson / CC
Woman Handcuffed In Back Seat Manages To Steal Squad Car
Wauwatosa police say a woman who was handcuffed in the back seat of a squad car, managed to get free, move into the driver's seat and go six blocks before pulling over. Police are investigating to fin...
Jul 20, 2018
Beaver Dam Police Search For Athletic Field Vandals
Beaver Dam police say the words scrawled on a restroom at an athletic complex were "heinous and racially charged." Police are searching for the vandals who did the damage which was discovered Tuesday ...
Jul 20, 2018 Derek Wolfgram / CC
Merrill Man Killed While Working On Oklahoma Construction Project
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports a Wisconsin man was killed in a road construction accident early Wednesday morning. Twenty-year-old Brandon Polacek was riding in a construction truck as it crossed...
Jul 20, 2018 Marco Verch / CC
