Category Archives: State News
Man Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Homicide By Intoxicated Use Of A Vehicle
A Dane County judge has sentenced a 24-year-old Prairie du Sac man to 10 years in prison for causing a fatal accident when he was driving drunk. Investigators told the court Gabriel Bare was intoxicat...
Aug 03, 2022
Wisconsin Taxpayers To Foot The Bill For Watchdog Group's Legal Expenses
The Wisconsin taxpayers are going to foot the bill for a watchdog group's legal expenses. Dane County Judge Frank Remington ruled Monday that the Office of Special Counsel reviewing the 2020 president...
Aug 02, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Additional Charges Expected Against Poynette Man Who Failed To Secure His Gun
Poynette police say they expect the Columbia County district attorney's office to file additional charges against a man accused of leaving a gun unsecured. They say that led to the weekend shooting of...
Aug 02, 2022
39-Year-Old Man Dies After Being Pulled From The Milwaukee River
A 39-year-old man has died after being pulled from the Milwaukee River. His name hasn't been released. Dive teams were called to Pere Marquette Park just before midnight Sunday. Emergency responders a...
Aug 02, 2022 Daniel / CC
Bond Set For Man Accused Of Fatal Stabbing Incident On Apple River
Bond has been set at $1 million for the man accused in Saturday's fatal stabbing incident on the Apple River. 42-year-old Nicolae Miu made his initial appearance in St. Croix County Court Monday. Miu ...
Aug 02, 2022
Dane County Health Officials Offer Monkeypox Vaccine
Dane County public health officials begin offering the monkeypox vaccine today (August 1st). Public Health Madison and Dane County started setting appointments last Thursday and the first week of appo...
Aug 01, 2022 National Cancer Institute / Unsplash
Crash Involving Wrong-Way Driver In Construction Zone Shuts Down I-43
An injury crash involving a wrong-way driver in a Milwaukee construction zone shut down traffic on Interstate 43 for more than two hours Sunday morning. Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office says the driv...
Aug 01, 2022
Racine Firefighters Rescue Man From Balcony Of Burning Building
Racine firefighters have rescued a man from the balcony of a burning building. When fire crews arrived just after 7:15 a.m. Sunday witnesses told them about the man. A ladder was used to get him down....
Aug 01, 2022 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
Minnesota Teen Killed, Four Others Injured In Stabbing Attack On Apple River Tubers
A Minnesota teenager has been killed and four others hospitalized after a Saturday stabbing attack on tubers in the Apple River in Western Wisconsin. St. Croix County Sheriff Scott Knudson says a 52-y...
Aug 01, 2022
Gov. Evers, DHS Announce $2.5 Million in Telehealth Grants for Behavioral Health Providers
Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today awarded more than $2.5 million to 27 providers for community behavioral health services that will provide access to mental h...
Jul 31, 2022
