Category Archives: State News
6-Year-Old Bicycle Rider Dies When Hit By Truck
A six-year-old boy who was hit by a pickup Saturday night has died of the injuries he suffered. The accident happened in Waukesha at about 9:30 P-M. Police were told the family had just ridden bicycle...
Jul 16, 2018 Presidencia de la República Mexicana / CC
Missing Dane County Jail Inmates Back Behind Bars
The Dane County Sheriff's Office reports two jail inmates who went missing are back behind bars. Thirty-year-old Anthony Davis turned himself in Sunday morning. He had failed to return from a work-rel...
Jul 16, 2018 Yusuke Umezawa / CC
Dead Bird Found In Dane County Tests Positive For West Nile Virus
Health officials say a dead bird found in Dane County has tested positive for West Nile virus. Officials from Public Health Madison and Dane County say this is the first bird that tested positive for ...
Jul 15, 2018 Paul L Dineen / CC
23-Year-Old Woman Arrested In Abandoned Baby Case
Milwaukee police say charges will be referred to prosecutors in the coming days against a 23-year-old woman who was taken into custody in an abandoned baby case. The child was found on a front porch s...
Jul 15, 2018 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Admitted Bank Robber Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison
One of the two men who robbed a Stoughton bank last October is going to prison for 14 years. Twenty-four-year-old Kenny Furdge had entered a guilty plea to bank robbery charges. Prosecutors say he and...
Jul 15, 2018 Rumble Press / CC
FSA County Committee Nominations Needed
Nominations for this year's Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committee Elections are needed by August 1st. County Committees are a vital link between the farm community and FSA. They provide an opport...
Jul 15, 2018 RichardBH / CC
New Grants Awarded to Support Access to Health Care in Rural Areas
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced the recipients of grants totaling more than $300,000 to help rural health care providers increase the number of physician assistants a...
Jul 14, 2018
Blood Center Of Wisconsin Issues Emergency Appeal For Blood Donations
BloodCenter of Wisconsin (BCW), part of Versiti, is reaching out to the community with an emergency appeal for blood donors. Due to lower than normal donations following the Fourth of July holiday wee...
Jul 14, 2018
Wisconsin Soybean Farmers About To Lose More Money To Tariff Battle
One of the main U-S crops affected by new foreign tariffs will be soybeans. China retaliated against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration with its own tariffs on 34-billion dollars worth of Ame...
Jul 14, 2018
2018 Meat Products Contest Champions Announced
Grand Champion, 1s Reserve Champion and 2nd Reserve Champion to be sold during the Governor's Blue Ribbon Meat Products Auction, benefitting Wisconsin 4-H Youth The Governor's Blue Ribbon Meat ...
Jul 14, 2018 Left to right are: Meat product contest judges (L to R): Mark Schafer (Richelieu Foods; Beaver Dam, WI); Adam Borger (Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI); Duane Bunting (Retired, Sentry Foods; Dousman, WI); Megan McGough (Kerry Ingredients; Beloit, WI); Tim Lorang (Tyson Prepared Foods; Jefferson, WI); and Terry Timm (Retired, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Appleton, WI).
