Category Archives: State News

Officials with the Franklin Public School District estimate that "a couple hundred" families had to make last-minute arrangements for the first day of school when some buses didn't run. The bus compan...

The FBI has questioned former Packers star quarterback Brett Favre about the money he got for speeches he never gave. Favre hasn't been charged with any crime. Reports indicate Favre was paid $1.1 mil...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed election fraud charges against activist Harry Wait for obtaining absentee ballots in other people's names. Wait says he did that to show the system isn't ...

A 38-year-old Sparta man has been found guilty of killing his grandfather with an axe. The Monroe County jury found that Thomas Aspseter also severely injured two others during the attack. During two ...

The defense attorney for the teenager accused of killing 10-year-old Lily Peters is trying to have the case moved to juvenile court. A motion for a reverse waiver hearing will be filed in Chippewa Cou...

A federal judge has ruled disabled voters in Wisconsin can get help submitting their absentee ballots. U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson gave the Wisconsin Elections Commission until September ...

Two of the three people in charge of Milwaukee's Violence Prevention Fund say they didn't know it existed. Mayor Cavalier Johnson says he "had no clue." Hundreds of thousands of dollars from the fund ...

Prior to 2020, the Wisconsin Elections Committee dealt with about 15 complaints per year. This year, that number has topped 50. That's one of the reasons the commission is asking for one-point-three-m...

A hearing will be held in Chippewa County Court later today (September 1st) for the 14-year-old accused of killing Lily Peters. The boy hasn't been named because of his age. He is charged with first-d...

A fugitive now charged with killing his former girlfriend had been free on bail at the time. Ernest Terrell Blakney was awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl when authorities ...