Category Archives: State News
Eau Claire Man Charged With 4 Felonies After Spitting Blood On Officer
Eau Claire police say a man who was being taken to jail for fighting spit blood on an officer's face last week. Bouncers at an Eau Claire bar told responding officers Drake Hardy had punched five peop...
Jul 23, 2018 Elvert Barnes / CC
Wisconsin Crew Travels To Colorado To Help Fight Wildfire
A 20-person crew of specially-trained firefighters has traveled from Rhinelander to Colorado to help battle a wildfire. An estimated nine-thousand acres have burned near Lake Christine in Eagle County...
Jul 23, 2018 NOAA Photo Library / CC
Suspected Double-Murderer Arrested After Milwaukee Standoff
A man accused of killing his wife and another man in Tennessee was arrested after a brief standoff at a motel Sunday evening. Milwaukee police and F-B-I agents tracked Markese Gibbs to the motel on th...
Jul 23, 2018
Vernon County Authorities Look For Would-Be Child Abductor
Authorities in Vernon County are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man who tried to snatch a nine-year-old child last week. The incident happened at about 8:15 P-M Friday in La Farge. The c...
Jul 23, 2018 Scott Davidson / CC
Racine Bar The Scene Of Yet Another Shooting
Sleepy's Tropical Paradise in Racine apparently isn't that sleepy. Police are searching for the shooter who wounded three people outside the bar early Sunday morning. No names have been released. Inve...
Jul 23, 2018 Tex Texin / CC
Final Installment of 2017 Property Taxes Due
Manitowoc County Treasurer, Nancy Saueressig is reminding the public that the last installment of the 2017 current year property taxes is due July 31st to the County Treasurer. You may pay your tax bi...
Jul 23, 2018
Dead Crow Tests Positive For West Nile In Milwaukee County
A spokesperson for Milwaukee's North Shore Health Department reports a dead crow has tested positive for the West Nile virus. People living in that part of the county are being urged to take steps to ...
Jul 23, 2018 Marko Polo / CC
JDL Automotive in Plymouth Expands
JDL Automotive in Plymouth is now a U-Haul neighborhood dealer. JDL Automotive at 104 Western Ave. will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment, moving supplies and in-store pick-up for boxes....
Jul 23, 2018
*CANCELLED* Manitowoc Public Library Board Meeting 7/23/2018
UPDATE: Meeting CANCELLED. Will be rescheduled for July 30, 2018. The Manitowoc Public Library Board will be gathering today at 5:00 PM. in the Library Board Room. They will again be discussing the up...
Jul 23, 2018
Boy Struck During Parade in Denmark
A 4 year old boy was taken to the hospital after being struck by a semi during the annual Lion's Parade in Denmark. The unnamed child was enjoying the parade along with other children on County Highwa...
Jul 23, 2018
