Category Archives: State News

Ozaukee County is going to look into why housing costs are outpacing wage increases. The county board voted this month to conduct a study on the topic that's expected to be completed by the end of the...

The Milwaukee Police Department is now required to report excessive force used by other law enforcement and federal agents. The common council voted yesterday to approve the policy, another part of th...

The suspect in a deadly Madison bar fight is pleading guilty to a lesser charge. Rodney Golden was in court yesterday, where he pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide, instead of the intent...

A Menomonie man is free on bond as he faces sex crime charges involving a young victim. Peppin County prosecutors say that 35-year-old Christopher Jensen sexually assaulted the young teen multiple tim...

A woman facing child abuse charges in Trempealeau County has now heard the court's verdict. Unlicensed daycare provider Maegan Valley was found guilty yesterday of charges including child abuse-reckle...

A private healthcare school in Milwaukee is getting a massive financial gift. The Medical College of Wisconsin announced yesterday a $27 million donation to be used toward cancer research. Wisconsin b...

Nobody is hurt after a massive barn fire at a Washington County dairy farm. At least a dozen fire departments were called to the blaze yesterday at Guttmann Dairy Farm near West Bend, officials saying...

A man accused of secretly placing a recording device inside a bathroom at the Menomonie medical office where he worked is now also facing charges in Eau Claire County. Medical Assistant Meng Vang has ...

Arson charges are being filed against a Buffalo City man accused of setting fire to his own home. 58-year-old Jeffry Kostner reportedly set fire to the porch of the West 6th Street home on Sunday but ...

Milwaukee police are asking for help identifying two suspects accused of being involved in a quadruple shooting. The violence erupted Friday night off East Capitol Drive when the pair was involved in ...