Category Archives: State News
Charges Filed Against Suspect In Death Of Pregnant La Crosse Woman Dismissed
Homicide charges filed against a Western Technical College instructor in connection with the death of a pregnant woman are being dismissed. The body of 27-year-old Alexis Pickett was found last month ...
Dec 24, 2025
Rep. Tittl Led Sandhill Cranes Study Data Released
Findings from the Wisconsin Legislative Council Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes have been released. 25th District Representative Paul Tittl, who chairs the committee, explained that the data shows ...
Dec 23, 2025
Rep. Tusler Blames Gov. Evers Partial Veto For School Property Tax Increase
An area state representative is blaming a partial veto from Governor Tony Evers for an increase in school property taxes across the state. For the 2023-2025 state budget, Gov. Evers made a partial vet...
Dec 23, 2025
Rep. Sheehan: Lapse in Educational Funding Raising Property Tax Bills for Wisconsinites
A local State Assemblyman believes that a lapse in state spending is hurting Wisconsinites' wallets. 26th District Assemblyman Joe Sheehan has released a statement after property tax bills were releas...
Dec 23, 2025
Gov. Evers Signs Executive Order Extending Wisconsin's Energy System
Governor Tony Evers is extending the energy emergency in Wisconsin. The governor signed an executive order as disruptions continue to cause challenges within the Midwestern pipeline distribution syste...
Dec 23, 2025
Wisconsin Property Taxpayers To See Largest Increase Since 2018
Property taxpayers are expected to see the largest rise in local taxes since 2018. A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum says most of the taxes come from schools. Data from the Department of Revenu...
Dec 23, 2025 Pictures of Money / CC
La Crosse County Deer Tests Positive For CWD
Officials are confirming the discovery of chronic wasting disease in La Crosse County. Chronic Wasting Disease is spread directly through animal-to-animal contact and is fatal for members of the deer ...
Dec 23, 2025 white-tailed deer in fall field in rutt
Minnesota Woman Sentenced for Sexually Enticing Grade School Student in Wisconsin
A Twin Cities woman who confessed to having sexual contact with a boy who was one of her fifth-grade students in a Wisconsin grade school has been sentenced. Madison Bergmann was recently sentenced to...
Dec 23, 2025
Evers Announces Another 167 Pardons, Bringing Total Over 1,800
Wisconsin's governor is finishing the year with more pardons. Governor Evers announced that he has granted another 167 pardons, bringing the total to his time in office to 1,807. This round of pardons...
Dec 23, 2025 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Four Injured In Pierce County Collision
Four people were left injured Saturday after a collision in Pierce County. The accident happened shortly before noon near State Road 29 and County Road I in Gilman. A car and an SUV collided at the in...
Dec 23, 2025
