Category Archives: State News

Far northern Wisconsin is starting to get another heavy dose of winter. A cold front pushed high waves across Lake Superior today (Wednesday). Snow is expected to arrive by early evening with up to 10...

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville says the Republican election losses from Tuesday might put more pressure on Congress to cut taxes. At a breakfast program in Washington, D-C, Ryan said his party ...

The F-B-I has put up a five-thousand dollar reward to try and find a man who robbed five Aldi's grocery stores in southern Wisconsin. The holdups occurred since June 15th in South Milwaukee, Greenfiel...

A jury in central Wisconsin could decide today (Wednesday) whether a Wisconsin Rapids area man is guilty in the shooting death of his wife's lover. Mark Kusters of the town of Grand Rapids is charged ...

The Wisconsin Assembly could give final legislative approval as early as tomorrow (Thursday) to a bill to let farmers grow industrial hemp. The Senate unanimously okayed the measure Tuesday, and the A...

The board of Wisconsin's job creation agency plans to vote this (Wednesday) afternoon on the final details for the state's contract with Foxconn. The vote will take place in a closed session, and Demo...

After the Sturgeon Bay Fire Chief issued an order to demolish the 116 year old granary, there has been an outpouring of support to keep it standing. During the City Council meeting yesterday, dozens o...

One man has died in a farming mishap in central Wisconsin. Marathon County sheriff's deputies say the man passed out near a piece of equipment that was operating in the town of Cleveland near Stratfor...

It would be harder to get election recounts in a Republican bill passed by state senators Tuesday. Candidates could only ask for recounts if they lost by less than one-percent in larger elections or b...

Wisconsin taxpayers would spend an extra 57-million dollars a year to send repeat criminals back to prison, as part of a bill approved by the state Senate Tuesday. The measure from Wauwatosa Republica...