Category Archives: State News
BBB Scam Alert: 6 Scams for College Students To Avoid
College students must spend money on tuition payments and school supplies as they prepare for the new year. However, scammers are taking this opportunity to try to steal some of that money through var...
Aug 14, 2022
Wisconsin Legislature Joins Lawsuit To Block Guidance From Elections Commission
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu calls it a "defiant and flagrant abuse of the law." The Legislature is joining a lawsuit aimed at blocking a Wisconsin Elections Commission guidance that lets cle...
Aug 12, 2022
Man Shot By Milwaukee Police Expected To Survive
Milwaukee police say a man shot by an officer Thursday afternoon is expected to survive. The 30-year-old suspect had been observed by officers conducting what they said looked like "a hand-to-hand dru...
Aug 12, 2022
Madison High School Student Accused Of Making Multiple Bomb Threats
A Madison high school student is charged with making multiple bomb threats. The 17-year-old suspect hasn't been named but authorities say he is a student at Memorial High School. The string of threats...
Aug 12, 2022
Tuesday's Election: Voter Turnout For Primary Highest In 40 Years
Wisconsin election officials say the voter turnout for Tuesday's primary was the highest for a non-presidential primary in 40 years. Unofficial returns show almost 693,000 Republicans and more than 50...
Aug 11, 2022 Maryland GovPics / CC
Milwaukee Fire Crews Called To Former Mall 4 Times In Less Than A Month
Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski says the city's northwest side is left without coverage every time his firefighters are called to the former Northridge Mall. Crews have responded four times to the v...
Aug 11, 2022
Republican Assembly Speaker, Democratic Governor Seem To Agree On Gableman
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos calls special counsel Michael Gableman an "embarrassment." Democratic Governor Tony Evers says Vos should fire him. Two of the most powerful politicians in Wiscon...
Aug 11, 2022 By Vijay Kumar Koulampet // commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27024740
Man Serving Time For Killing Girl Scouts May Take Appeal To State Supreme Court
He didn't get the answer he wanted from the state Court of Appeals. Now, Colten Treu's attorneys are asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear Treu's appeal. Treu is serving a 54-year prison term for...
Aug 11, 2022
Second "Slender Man" Defendant Withdraws Request For Early Release
One of the two defendants in the 2014 "Slender Man" case has withdrawn her request for an early release from the mental institution where she has been held. 20-year-old Morgan Geyser made the move ear...
Aug 11, 2022
Vos, Special Counsel Gableman Not In Sync Anymore
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and the man he hired to review the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin aren't in agreement anymore. The Republican Vos now calls former state Supreme Court Justice Micha...
Aug 10, 2022
