Category Archives: State News
"No Plastic Straw" Movement Good For Specialty Paper Mills
Business is picking up for Expera Specialty Solutions in Kaukauna. With chains like Starbucks and McDonalds moving away from plastic straws, specialty paper mills are answering the challenge. A spokes...
Jul 13, 2018 Andy Whittle / CC
UPDATE--Contractor Working For Verizon Broke Gas Line, Caused Blast
Madison-based Bear Communications in charge of a fiber project for Verizon Wireless when the gas line was punctured in downtown Sun Prairie Tuesday. That accident caused the gas leak which led to the ...
Jul 13, 2018
Speaker Ryan: Trump Tariffs A Risk To American Jobs And Influence
House Speaker Paul Ryan tells economists the president's tariffs are a threat to American jobs and international influence. The Wisconsin Republican says we are at risk of having jobs moved overseas. ...
Jul 13, 2018
Fire Causes $500,000 In Damage At Green Bay Apartments
Hot and humid conditions hampered emergency personnel Thursday afternoon as they battled a Fire at Hamilton Gates apartments in Green Bay. The fire was described as one of the worst Green bay has seen...
Jul 13, 2018 liz west / CC
Marijuana Legalization 1 Step Closer To Going Before La Crosse County Voters
If the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors gives its approval, voters could be asked to legalize marijuana use by adults 21 and older. The county's Judiciary and Law Committee voted to put the refer...
Jul 12, 2018 Carlos Gracia / CC
Former Thorp Police Chief Sentenced To 5 Years For Sexual Assault Of A Child
A Clark County judge has sentenced the former police chief in Thorp to five years in prison for sexual assault. A jury found Richard Boie guilty in April. He had been accused of sexually assaulting a ...
Jul 12, 2018 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Prosecutors Charge 3rd Man In Overdose Death Of Woman And Unborn Child
The man accused of supplying the heroin sold by two drug dealers becomes the third person accused in an overdose death. Thirty-eight-year-old Dontreace Saulsberry is charged with two counts of first-d...
Jul 12, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
National Magazine Calls Beer Capitol Of The World "Awesome"
Milwaukee is often over-shadowed by much-larger nearby cities like Chicago, but a national magazine is pointing out what many are missing. Vogue magazine just published an article about how awesome "t...
Jul 12, 2018 Alan Levine / CC
Man Who Led Authorities On A High-Speed Chase Headed To Prison
A Madison man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for leading police on a chase which reached speeds as fast as 120-miles-an-hour last October. Twenty-six-year-old Sanome Wheelock stole a car fr...
Jul 12, 2018 Paul Joseph / CC
Stoughton Man Given 2-Year Prison Term For Attacking Elderly Woman
A Stoughton man says he was high on meth and mentally unstable when he broke into a 78-year-old woman's home and attacked her last January. A Dane County judge sentenced Joshua Radewan to two years in...
Jul 12, 2018 Allen Allen / CC
