Category Archives: State News
Back-to-Class Shopping Continues as School Begins
As students prepared to head back to class this month, consumers had completed just over half their shopping for school and college supplies, according to the annual survey released today by the Natio...
Aug 25, 2018 Håkan Dahlström / CC
Watch Out For "Free" Product Scams
You could end up paying a lot of money for a "free" product trial. Scammers often use free trial offers with undisclosed or buried terms to enroll people in costly membership programs. The FTC recentl...
Aug 25, 2018
Humboldt Park Suspect Charged With Sexual Assault
Sexual assault charges have been filed against a 36-year-old suspect accused in an incident at Milwaukee's Humboldt Park. Daniel Mangert is charged with three felonies after his arrest last Monday. He...
Aug 24, 2018
National Guard Expected Help Combat Flooding In Madison
Mayor Paul Soglin says members of the National Guard are expected to arrive in Madison this (Friday) afternoon to help with sandbagging efforts. Soglin said 40-thousand sandbags have been filled as of...
Aug 24, 2018 Hawaii Air National Guard / CC
Bloomer Man Won't Be Allowed To Hunt Or Fish For 9 Years
A man from Bloomer has lost hunting and fishing privileges for the next nine years after he admitted wounding and killing more than 60 deer. Austin Glaser was charged with the crimes in Chippewa Count...
Aug 24, 2018 Northwest Power and Conservation Council / CC
Prairie Du Chien Principal Found Not Guilty Of Child Abuse
A Crawford County jury took only a few minutes to find a school principal not guilty of felony reckless child abuse charges. Forty-three-year-old Aaron Amundson had been accused of using a cleaning ch...
Aug 24, 2018 David Schott / CC
Sheboygan to Hold Overdose Awareness Event
August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day. Overdoses are on the rise nationwide, including several in the Sheboygan area in the past two weeks. Knowing this trend is on the rise, there will ...
Aug 24, 2018 ZaldyImg / CC
Manure Spill Threatens Sheboygan River
The DNR was informed of a manure spill on Wednesday, which is affecting creeks in the Malone and Mt Calvary areas of Fond du Lac. The tainted water has reached the canoe launch located at County CCC a...
Aug 24, 2018 Andy Arthur / CC
WPS Warns of Phone Scam
Wisconsin Public Service is warning their customers that they have noticed an increase in phony phone calls asking for money from WPS customers. Statewide, more than 60 such calls have been reported. ...
Aug 24, 2018 Paul Hudson / CC
Final Walk to Defeat ALS this Weekend
The fifth and final Walk to Defeat ALS will be taking place Saturday morning. Tina Kocourek has been in charge of the event since its inception back in 2013. Tina voiced her appreciation to all the sp...
Aug 24, 2018 Raúl González / CC
