Category Archives: State News
House Fire in Onalaska Leaves Home A Total Loss
A home in Onalaska is a total loss after a fire on Saturday night. When firefighters arrived at the scene, the garage was fully engulfed in flames. All five residents were able to safely exit the home...
Jan 13, 2025 D4E / CC
Two Men Dead After Basket Lift Topples In Western Wisconsin
Two men are dead following an apparent worksite accident in western Wisconsin over the weekend. Emergency responders were called to the scene in Galesville shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, accord...
Jan 13, 2025 Tony Webster / CC
Bond Set For New Lisbon Triple Homicide Suspect
Bond is set at $5 million for New Lisbon triple homicide suspect Virgil Thew. He was taken into custody in Elroy last Thursday after law enforcement got a tip from the public. A Juneau County judge ru...
Jan 13, 2025
Wisconsin Farmer Uses "Mock Beaver Dams' to Restore Wetlands
Jay Dee Nichols stamped and packed stiff willow branches between maple wood posts, with muffled crunches. At 63, the semi-retired handyman from the Wisconsin city of Black River Falls has trapped beav...
Jan 12, 2025
DNR Inviting Residents To Attend Bald Eagle Watching Days In Sauk Prairie
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is inviting state residents to come check out America's national bird in the wild. DNR is hosting Bald Eagle Watching Days in Sauk Prairie next Saturday, ...
Jan 10, 2025 Photo credit is US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Red Cross Sending Volunteers From NE Wisconsin To Help People Impacted By LA Wildfires
The American Red Cross is sending people from northeast Wisconsin to help folks impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. The organization says an employee and four volunteers are flying out this morning...
Jan 10, 2025 Tony Webster / CC
Tip From Public Leads To Arrest Of New Lisbon Triple Homicide Suspect
The Juneau County Sheriff's Office says a tip from the public is behind the arrest of the man accused of killing a woman and her two daughters in New Lisbon. Someone reported a suspicious person in th...
Jan 10, 2025
Gov. Evers Declares Energy Emergency In Wisconsin
Governor Tony Evers is declaring an energy emergency in Wisconsin. The executive order waives certain state and federal house-of-service restrictions for 30 days. Severe weather across the country has...
Jan 10, 2025 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Woman Involved In Slender Man Stabbing Granted Early Release From Psychiatric Hospital
One of the women who was involved in the Slender Man stabbing is now getting an early release from an Oshkosh psychiatric hospital. A judge issued a ruling Thursday (January 9th) that allows 22-year-o...
Jan 10, 2025
Name Unsealed For Suspect In Lily Peters Homicide
The name of the suspect in the 2022 homicide of ten-year-old Lily Peters is being unsealed from court records. The suspect is 16-year-old Carson Peters-Berger. He's being charged with intentional homi...
Jan 10, 2025
