Category Archives: State News
Rebates Help Wisconsin Farmers Confront Deadly Manure Gases
The Mike Biadasz Farm Safety and Education Memorial Fund is offering rebates of $75 per gas monitor to Wisconsin farmers and manure haulers who rent the portable devices to detect highly toxic hydroge...
Aug 11, 2018
Family Of Man Killed By Milwaukee County Deputy Files Suit
The family of a man shot to death by a Milwaukee County deputy last year is challenging the deputy's actions. They say Deputy Michael Truax's life wasn't being threatened. The county says dash-cam vid...
Aug 10, 2018
La Crosse Road Costs Growing Faster Than Available Money
City officials in La Crosse say the cost of needed road repairs is growing much faster than the money they have available. La Crosse plans to fix about eight miles of roads this year, but the city had...
Aug 10, 2018 Ryan McKnight / CC
Man Suspected Of Stabbing 2 People Will Stand Trial
A 35-year-old man facing two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide has been bound over for trial in Winnebago County. Investigators say Jesse McComb stabbed two people July 1st when he...
Aug 10, 2018 Subharnab Majumdar / CC
Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Arrest 15 In Cocaine Roundup
Officials say the 15 people arrested in the Fond du Lac area this week were responsible for selling nine-point-six-million dollars worth of cocaine. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies w...
Aug 10, 2018 Pictures of Money / CC
Animal Abuse Case Discovered When Eau Claire Police Respond To Fight
A man who fought with his roommate in an argument over rent money had a charge added after Eau Claire police responded Tuesday afternoon. Branden Hadt was taken into custody for beating his roommate. ...
Aug 10, 2018 Chris Yarzab / CC
Worker Suffers Serious Injuries In Workplace Fall
A construction worker had to be airlifted to a Janesville trauma center after he fell about 30 feet at a Lake Geneva worksite. The man's name and age haven't been released. The crew was installing lar...
Aug 10, 2018 Matt Brown / CC
Aggressive IRS Scammers Targeting Wisconsinites Today
From the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection: DATCP's Consumer Protection Hotline is seeing an influx of reports from Wisconsin residents about fake IRS scam calls today. The scam...
Aug 10, 2018 Garry Knight / CC
Accused Cop Killer Waives Preliminary Hearing
The suspect accused of shooting Milwaukee Police Officer Michael Michalski to death has entered a not guilty plea to four felony charges and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. Thirty-year-old ...
Aug 10, 2018 Patrick Feller / CC
3-Year-Old Struck By Car In Wisconsin Hotel Lot Dies
Police say the three-year-old who was struck by a car in a Wisconsin Dells hotel parking lot Tuesday has died. The Lake Delton Police Department said Thursday that the three-year-old girl from Illinoi...
Aug 10, 2018
