Category Archives: State News
WEC: Voters With Disabilities Can Get Help From Others Delivering Absentee Ballots
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is telling voters with disabilities they can get help from others when mailing or delivering absentee ballots. The new guidance from the commission would allow anyon...
Sep 08, 2022
Two Plane Crash Victims Identified By Pierce County Sheriff's Office
Authorities are identifying the two Minnesota men killed in a training flight plane crash in western Wisconsin. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old John Zeman and 20-year-old Ethan Smi...
Sep 08, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Wisconsin Department Of Justice Investigates Fatal Shooting By Deputy
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is handling the investigation of a fatal shooting Tuesday night by an Adams County Deputy. The incident happened in Strongs Prairie at about 7:00 p.m. Dispatchers r...
Sep 08, 2022
Convicted Double Murderer Given Two Life Sentences
A Dane County judge has sentenced convicted double murderer Khari Sanford to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Sanford shot Doctor Beth Potter and her husband, Robin Carre, to deat...
Sep 08, 2022
Insurance Report Shows Milwaukee Car Thefts Increasing
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reports the stolen car rate in Milwaukee jumped 72 percent last year. A report from the Bureau says no other American city experienced such a rapid increase. When m...
Sep 07, 2022 (vincent desjardins) / CC
Joint Finance Committee Meets Thursday To Decide How To Spend $31M Settlement
The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee will meet Thursday to decide how to spend the money from a $31 million opioid settlement. An objection was raised earlier this year by an anonymous committee ...
Sep 07, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Republican Candidate For Dane County Sheriff Files Federal Lawsuit Against The Office
The Republican candidate for Dane County Sheriff has filed a federal lawsuit against the office. Anthony Hamilton alleges he was the victim of retaliation by Sheriff Kalvin Barrett and other departmen...
Sep 07, 2022
Second Man Accused Of Northwoods Woman's Murder Sentenced To 5 ½ Years
A second man who was accused of the murder of a Northwoods woman has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison. Seth Wakefield pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless homicide as part of hi...
Sep 07, 2022 Seth Wakefield has been arrested in connection to the murder of Hannah Miller(Oneida County Sheriff's Department)
Dells Drowning Victim Identified As 34-Year-Old Chicago Man
A 34-year-old Chicago man has been identified as the swimmer who drowned Saturday at the Dells area of the Wisconsin River State Natural Area. Witnesses told authorities Jose Borbolla Juarez jumped of...
Sep 07, 2022 Daniel / CC
State Warns People About Scammers When They Seek Student Loan Forgiveness
The state of Wisconsin is warning people are scammers who will prey on them when they seek student loan forgiveness. The Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says you should be wa...
Sep 06, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
