Category Archives: State News
Republicans Introduce Bills To Get People Off Unemployment, Medical Assistance
If you fail to show up for a job interview and don't take a job when one is offered, you could lose some benefits. Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are introducing a series of bills making it ...
Jan 19, 2022
Jury Selection In Milwaukee Homicide Trial To Start Over - With New Jury Pool
Jury selection in a Milwaukee homicide trial will start all over again - with a new jury pool. The big problem emerged when several potential jurors were accidentally shown on the courtroom's live vid...
Jan 19, 2022 CC / depositphotos
State Expected To Rest In Halderson Homicide Case
The state is expected to rest its case today (January 19th) in the Chandler Halderson homicide trial in Dane County. Prosecutors made the announcement after seven days of testimony that was interrupte...
Jan 19, 2022
Milwaukee Public Schools Students Return To Classroom
There is excitement and a little anxiety as students returned to the classroom in Milwaukee Public Schools today (January 18th). When the winter break ended district classes went virtual due to a surg...
Jan 18, 2022 Students wearing mask for protect corona virus or covid-19 and doing exam in classroom with stress.
Two Rivers Lawmaker Backing Plan To Lower Minimum Age To Carry Concealed Weapon
Legislation backed by Republican lawmakers would lower the minimum age to carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin to 18. Right now, a gun owner needs to be 21 before they can apply for a concealed carry...
Jan 18, 2022
Two Teens Arrested In Monroe For Allegedly Beaten 14-Year-Old Victim
Monroe Police report the arrest of two teenagers who are accused of beating a 14-year-old victim Sunday night. Officers responded when a caller reported a group of four boys was beating another teen a...
Jan 18, 2022
Halderson Trial Resumes After Week's Delay
The trial for a 23-year-old Dane County man accused of killing his parents resumes today (January 18th) after a one-week delay. Legal proceedings were put on hold after Chandler Halderson tested posit...
Jan 18, 2022
Democrats Say Judge's Ruling On Drop Boxes Makes It Harder to Vote
Wisconsin Democrats say a judge's ruling on the use of ballot drop boxes will make it harder to vote. Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Michael Bohren determined that Wisconsin law allows for just t...
Jan 17, 2022 Bryan Alexander / CC
Parents' Right To Know Case to Be Heard for Wisconsin Supreme Court
The attorney for a parents group says she is hopeful the Wisconsin Supreme Court "will take the lead in protecting a parent's right to be a parent." The state's high court agreed to hear arguments on ...
Jan 17, 2022 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
Pedestrian Hit and Killed by Train in Waukesha
Emergency responders in Waukesha say a man who was hit by a train Saturday morning was "beyond help" by the time they arrived. The calls from witnesses and the Canadian National Railroad started comin...
Jan 17, 2022 Timothy Balogh / CC
