Category Archives: State News
Man Who Dumped Dead Rodents At Playground Reaches Plea Deal
A 37-year-old man who dumped 18 dead rats and mice at a charter school playground has his choice of 15 days in jail or 15 days of community service. Damien Wagner says he left the rodents on the playg...
Apr 28, 2018
Try your hand at hunting through the Sandhill Learn to Hunt Deer program
Anyone with an interest in trying out a new hobby in the outdoors is encouraged to apply for a Learn to Hunt Deer course at Sandhill Wildlife Area. Sandhill's Learn to Hunt Deer course emphasizes impo...
Apr 28, 2018
Family Sues Assisted Living Center In 84-Year-Old Woman's Death
The family of an 84-year-old woman who froze to death last winter is suing the assisted living center where it happened for wrongful death. Investigators say Alice McGaw likely died of hypothermia. A ...
Apr 27, 2018
Disturbance Results In 2 People Shot, 1 Stabbed
The Portage County Sheriff's Department has arrested an 18-year-old man for a Thursday morning incident which left three people injured. Alex Varney was arrested about a mile away from the scene nine ...
Apr 27, 2018
Carthage College Student Hit By Car Near Campus Is Identified
A freshman student at Carthage College is the person hit and killed by a vehicle Thursday afternoon. The accident happened near the Kenosha campus at about 3:20 P-M. The college has identified the vic...
Apr 27, 2018
Thursday Morning Standoff Ends With Shootout, But Nobody Hit
Milwaukee police say officers were dealing with a man experiencing a mental health emergency for more than 10 hours Wednesday into Thursday. Officers initially responded to a shots-fired call. An arme...
Apr 27, 2018
2 Officials At UW-Oshkosh Charged With Misconduct In Office
Questions about financial dealings at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have resulted in charges of misconduct in office being filed against two former campus leaders. Former Chancellor Richard Well...
Apr 27, 2018
Jane Doe Body Exhumed From Waupun Cemetery To Gather Information
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office will use modern testing techniques to learn more about the woman called "Jane Doe" when she was buried at a cemetery in the Town of Waupun six years ago. Her re...
Apr 27, 2018
Update on Helicopter Crash
Authorities in northern Wisconsin say the three people killed in the crash of a medical helicopter were flight crew members. Oneida County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Dan Hess says the wreckage was found e...
Apr 27, 2018
House Of Representatives Chaplain Ousted By Speaker Ryan
The resignation letter submitted by the chaplain of the U-S House of Representatives makes it look like House Speaker Paul Ryan forced him out. The Reverend Patrick Conroy resigned April 15, writing, ...
Apr 27, 2018
