Category Archives: State News
UPDATED: Sturgeon Bay Bar Engulfed in Flames, Two People Unaccounted For
A fire engulfed a popular bar on Tuesday morning in Sturgeon Bay, leaving some people displaced and others currently unaccounted for. The call about the fire engulfing Butch's Bar came into authoritie...
Feb 22, 2022 liz west / CC
MLB, Players Meeting All Week Seeking Agreement On CBA
Representatives for Major League Baseball and its players' union are meeting all this week in Jupiter, Florida, trying to find common ground on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. The sides met for...
Feb 22, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Oconto County DA Asks Sheriff To Re-Open Investigation In Suring High School Student Searches
The Oconto County district attorney has asked Sheriff Todd Skarban to re-open the investigation into student searches at Suring High School. The sheriff says he wants to meet with District Attorney Ed...
Feb 22, 2022
Milwaukee City Attorney Says Local Officials Are Under Investigation
Milwaukee's city attorney says some officials are under investigation. When he was pressed by reporters Tearman Spencer wouldn't identify the aldermen he says are being investigated. Spencer did name ...
Feb 22, 2022
Northwest Wisconsin Could Be Buried Under 20 Inches Of Snow
Some areas in northwestern Wisconsin could be buried under 20 inches of snow by the time the current winter storm passes through. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for that pa...
Feb 22, 2022
Madison Driver Calls 911, Then Is Arrested For OWI
A Madison man is facing charges for his seventh operating while intoxicated offense after calling 9-1-1 Friday. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Tesnow got the attention of Dane County deputies when he cal...
Feb 21, 2022 Josh Hallett / CC
Horicon Man Charged With Homicide By Vehicle For 2021 Fatal Crash
A Horicon man faces a half-dozen counts - including homicide by vehicle - for a 2021 fatal crash. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Bryfczynski was driving a pickup truck pulling a boat in the town of Oak G...
Feb 21, 2022 Per Lööv / Unsplash
Strauss Brands Gives Up Plans For Franklin Meatpacking Plant
Instead of building a meatpacking plant in the Milwaukee suburbs, Strauss Brands has decided to sell the land. A lawsuit had been filed to stop the $73-million project. The Franklin Plan Commission he...
Feb 21, 2022 Strauss Brands (PRNewsfoto/Strauss Brands)
Wisconsin Lawmakers Take Up Republican Elections Bill This Week
The Legislature will take up a Republican package of election bills this week. One of them would require the Wisconsin Elections Commission to submit all guidance to the Legislature for approval. Anot...
Feb 21, 2022
Senator Ron Johnson: If Putin Invades, Sanctions Must Be Levied
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says if Russian President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, "sanctions should be levied." Johnson was speaking at a Saturday event in Madison for the Republican Women of Dane Co...
Feb 21, 2022
