Category Archives: State News
Republican Lawmakers Want To ARPA Money For Pregnancy Resource Centers
Republican state lawmakers are telling the governor they want to use $ 10 million in American Rescue Plan Act money on pregnancy resource centers. 38 party members in the Wisconsin Assembly wrote a le...
Jul 1, 2022 Robin Salman / CC
Milwaukee To OVP: What Results Are We Getting For $5.6M?
Milwaukee city leaders are starting to ask some pointed questions of the Office of Violence Prevention - like, what are we getting for our $5.6 million? Alderman Mark Borkowski points out that the cit...
Jul 1, 2022
City, County Leaders Call For Action In Shooting Of Milwaukee Transgender Woman
City and county leaders are calling for action in the fatal shooting of a Milwaukee transgender woman. Alderwoman JaCasta Zamarripa is among the officials saying they are outraged by the killing of 28...
Jul 1, 2022
Drone Team, Police Dog Help Green Lake County Authorities Make Arrest
A drone team and a police dog were important factors as authorities tracked down a suspect early Thursday morning and took him into custody. A 911 caller reported a disturbance in the Village of Kings...
Jul 1, 2022 Kevin Dooley / CC
Langlade County Coroner's Office: 73-Year-Old Fisherman Drowned Accidentally
The Langlade County Coroner's Office says it has determined that a 73-year-old fisherman died of accidental drowning Monday night. The name of the victim from Shawano County hasn't been released. A ca...
Jun 30, 2022 Brian / CC
Milwaukee Apartment Fire Leaves 15 People Without A Home
Seven children are among 15 people left without a home after a Wednesday fire in a Milwaukee apartment building. Firefighters say several units were involved as they arrived on the scene shortly after...
Jun 30, 2022 liz west / CC
State Supreme Court Rules Teenage Mall Shooter Should Be Tried As An Adult
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled a 15-year-old accused of opening fire at Wauwatosa's Mayfair Mall should be tried as an adult. The justices voted four-to-three that a Children's Court judge erre...
Jun 30, 2022
Pro-Life Groups Condemn AG's Suit Seeking To Overturn 1849 Abortion Law
Pro-life groups are condemning Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit seeking to overturn Wisconsin 1849 law criminalizing abortion. In a statement from Wisconsin Family Action, its President Julaine Ap...
Jun 30, 2022
4th Lawsuit Filed Against 2020 Election Investigator
A fourth lawsuit has been filed against the former state Supreme Court justice who was hired to investigate Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election. The watchdog group American Oversight filed the suit...
Jun 29, 2022
Driver Accused Of Fatal Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack Switches To Insanity Plea
The driver accused of last year's fatal Waukesha Christmas Parade attack has changed his plea to not guilty by reason of mental defect. Attorneys for Darrell Brooks made the switch last week in Waukes...
Jun 29, 2022
