Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Senate To Vote On Reckless Driving Plans
This week marks the next step in the latest Wisconsin plans to crack down on careless driving. Several pieces of legislation aimed at repeat reckless drivers will be up for a vote in the Wisconsin Sen...
Mar 21, 2023 James / CC
Injured Milwaukee Firefighter's GoFundMe Hits $70,000
Nearly $72,000 has been raised on GoFundMe for the injured Milwaukee firefighter and his daughter. After firefighter Jeff Rothmeier fell off a roof while fighting a fire on Saturday, his family starte...
Mar 21, 2023 More Than 500K People Helped GoFundMe Set Single-Day Giving Record After George Floyd’s Death
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Man With Gun At UW-Milwaukee Library Arrested Off Campus
The young man who was filmed loading a gun at the UW-Milwaukee library has been taken into custody. The man was arrested shortly after leaving campus, according to the school. Last Thursday, he was ca...
Mar 21, 2023
Bullet Found In South Milwaukee Middle School Classroom
After discovering a bullet in a classroom yesterday, school administrators in South Milwaukee are working to quell fears. The South Milwaukee Middle School is where the bullet was found. Both the scho...
Mar 21, 2023 John Spade / CC
UW President Wants Tuition Hike For Pay Raises
The president of the University of Wisconsin claims that the majority of the $38 million he wants from a new tuition hike will be used to give university employees pay raises. Over the weekend, Presid...
Mar 20, 2023
Mississippi DHS Wants Favre Kept In Welfare Lawsuit
The Department of Human Services of Mississippi wants a judge to keep Brett Favre as part of their lawsuit to get back welfare money that was misappropriated. Last week, DHS lawyers in Jackson, Missis...
Mar 20, 2023 Collision Conf / CC
Only Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate Set For Tomorrow
The only debate in the record-breaking race for Supreme Court in Wisconsin is scheduled for Tuesday. At the debate that will be hosted by the State Bar of Wisconsin and a television station in Madison...
Mar 20, 2023
Plea Deal In 2020 Drug Death In Eau Claire
A former Eau Claire man could serve 26 years in prison under a plea deal. Friday, Trenton Wik entered a guilty plea to the charge of first-degree reckless homicide by drug delivery. In December of 202...
Mar 20, 2023
Milwaukee's Latest Violent Weekend: At Least Four Shot
In a couple of shootings that occurred over the weekend, Milwaukee police are looking for the person who opened fire. Just after midnight on Saturday, a double shooting occurred at the Vibe Lounge on ...
Mar 20, 2023
Wisconsin Eyes Deicer Training to Curb Salt Pollution
Spring is almost here, but Wisconsin can't rule out the occasional snowstorm over the next few weeks, potentially resulting in more ice-melting products being used. Amid environmental concerns, a prop...
Mar 19, 2023
