Category Archives: State News

A deadly hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee left one person dead and another injured on Saturday (January 4th) evening. The incident occurred just before 8 p.m. near 34th and Lloyd Streets. Authorities re...

Milwaukee Police are investigating a shooting early Thursday morning, which may have been triggered by road rage. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. near the intersection of 27th Street and Fond du L...

The Wisconsin State Patrol is dedicating efforts this January to promoting winter driving safety. Officials report that between October 2023 and May of the previous year, adverse weather conditions we...

Classes have been canceled for the Hamilton School District in Waukesha County this morning following a heartbreaking incident involving a school bus. A four-year-old kindergarten student lost his lif...

In 2025, state lawmakers in Wisconsin are expected to revisit the issue of marijuana policy. Wisconsin is one of the few states in the U.S. without any form of legal cannabis program. Both Democratic ...

Starting in the new year, a new tax on electric vehicle (EV) charging stations has been implemented statewide. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue is now collecting an excise tax of three cents per ki...

Milwaukee has experienced a decline in homicides for the second straight year, according to preliminary figures from the Milwaukee Police Department for 2024. The number of homicides dropped by nearly...

One UW expert is blaming the warm winter for the spread of the bird flu. Jerry Clark with the extension office at UW-Madison says not as many wild birds have migrated south this year, and that has kep...

Milwaukee's homicide numbers are down again. The city's police department yesterday said Milwaukee is on pace for just under 140 killings for the year. That's down from 215 in 2022 and 172 last year b...

There are charges for a man who Tomah Police say shot an elderly man in the head early yesterday morning. Police arrested 46-year-old Ryan Goad a couple of hours after the shooting. Investigators say ...