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#HopeActLiveWI: State Agencies Award Grants to Six Counties to Combat Fatal Drug Overdoses

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the state Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they have awarded $200,000 to six counties to create or enhance local partnerships to review fatal...

Landlord Sued For Operating Drug Houses

A Milwaukee landlord who owns more than two dozen properties is being sued by the city. The city attorney's office alleges about half of the properties are drug houses which have been designated as a ...

DATCP Asks for Landowner Thoughts on Farmland Preservation

MADISON - Landowners in 15 Wisconsin counties are being asked their opinions about the state's farmland preservation program in an attempt to make the program more effective and make it work for more ...

Report: Russian Twitter Accounts Stirred Up Division After Sherman Park Riot

Russian Twitter accounts are being linked to racial tension in Milwaukee that followed the Sherman Park rioting in August 2016. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the Russian accounts put out more...

Dairy group endorses Michael Screnock for Wisconsin Supreme Court

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Citing his commitment to the rule of law rather than ideology, the Dairy Business Association today endorsed Sauk County Circuit Court Judge Michael Screnock to serve as a justice on...

No Pot of Gold with Rainbows, International Lotteries

MADISON - The mythical story of the "pot of gold" says to search for the treasure at the end of a rainbow, but scammers will have you believe that the pot of gold is coming directly to you. Among thei...

Theres Still Time to Respond to the 2017 Census of Agriculture

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) continues to accept completed census questionnaires. All operations are important and every response matters. As of March 15, Wisconsin's respons...

Driver Slams Into Squad Car While Police Investigate Unrelated Homicides

Milwaukee Police officers were on the scene of a double homicide Thursday night when a driver slammed into a squad car which was being used to block the street. Police had been called to the scene at ...

Army Veteran Of Afghanistan War Faces Deportation

A U-S Army veteran is being held in a Wisconsin detention center while he awaits deportation for a 10-year-old drug conviction. Immigration officials decided Miguel Perez Junior will not be granted U-...

Luxemburg-Casco Schools Asks Voters To Approve Referendum

When voters in the Luxemburg-Casco School District go to the polls next month, school officials are asking them to vote yes for two referendum issues. One asks for almost 16-million dollars and the se...