Category Archives: State News
AAA Predicts 2.2 Million Wisconsinites Will be Traveling This Holiday Season
'Tis the season to travel, and AAA estimates 2.2 million Wisconsinites will journey 50 miles or more away from home from December 23rd to January 2nd. This projection is up from last year's numbers, b...
Dec 17, 2022 @felixtriller / CC
Stanley Business Destroyed In 2021 Tornado Will Reopen Soon
Wudrow's Auto Repair Shop in Stanley will reopen soon after being destroyed in a 2021 tornado. The twister struck a year ago yesterday and owners Todd and Misty Wundrow say it completely destroyed the...
Dec 16, 2022
Milwaukee County Voters to Decide Abortion Question
Next spring, Milwaukee County voters will be asked for their opinion on a referendum over Wisconsin's abortion law. County supervisors yesterday overwhelmingly approved placing the advisory referendum...
Dec 16, 2022 Maryland GovPics / CC
Madison Shooting Suspect In Custody
Police in Madison say a suspect is in custody in connection with a shooting at a north-side apartment complex last Friday. Authorities report the 51-year-old man was arrested by members of the Gang an...
Dec 16, 2022
Power Back On For Most Following Outages Caused By Heavy Snow
Power is back on for most in southern Wisconsin following outages caused by several inches of heavy snow yesterday. More than one-thousand MG&E customers started Thursday morning without electrici...
Dec 16, 2022
Suspect Killed, Officers Wounded In Waukesha Police Shootout
A suspect is dead and two Waukesha police officers are recovering after a shootout. It happened at an apartment yesterday evening. Police responded to a call about an erratic tenant. That's when offic...
Dec 15, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Judge Rejects $100 Bond For Milwaukee Boy Accused Of Killing Mom
The 10-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of killing his mom over a virtual reality headset will stay in jail on $50,000 bond, despite a plea from his attorney to set his bond at just 100 bucks. The boy's...
Dec 15, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Western Wisconsin Walmart Employee Charged In $13,000 Theft
A western Wisconsin Walmart worker is accused of stealing nearly $13,000 by simply walking away with it. Prosecutors in Rusk County filed formal charges yesterday against 32-year-old Saybre Graeff. In...
Dec 15, 2022
FBI Offering $10,000 Reward For Wisconsin Culver's Robber
The FBI is joining the hunt for Wisconsin's Culver's robber. The FBI last week announced a $10,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. Police in several comm...
Dec 15, 2022 Arnold Gatilao / CC
Wisconsin Health Managers: Get A Flu Shot Before Holidays
Wisconsin's public health managers are pushing flu shots ahead of the holidays. The state's Department of Health Services yesterday said this is the time when the flu and other illnesses begin to peak...
Dec 14, 2022 National Cancer Institute / Unsplash
