Category Archives: State News
Nomination Period Open for Ginseng Board of Wisconsin
The DATCP is now accepting nominations for the Ginseng Board of Wisconsin. Producers must sign, notarize, and postmark completed nomination forms by April 1, 2022 and include signatures from at least ...
Feb 19, 2022 Eugene Kim / CC
FFA Week Begins Today, Celebrates Agricultural Education
The importance of agricultural education is celebrated every day through organizations like FFA, but starting today, National FFA Week offers a special time to acknowledge the group and its significan...
Feb 19, 2022
Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Plans To Divide Milwaukee Public Schools
Republican lawmakers say the Milwaukee Public School District needs drastic change - like splitting it into four or eight much-smaller districts. They point to low reading and math scores. The plan di...
Feb 18, 2022
Rep. Tittl Testifies in Front of the Senate in Favor of New Mental Health Bill
State Assemblyman Paul Tittl has once again shown his undying support for mental health reform in Wisconsin. The State Representative from Manitowoc stood before the Senate yesterday, where he testifi...
Feb 18, 2022
RNC: No Promises, But Milwaukee You're Ahead In Convention Competition
Milwaukee already had the infrastructure and planning figured out - then the Democrats didn't come two years ago. That work may be the biggest selling point for Cream City. The Republican National Com...
Feb 18, 2022 DonkeyHotey / CC
St. Paul Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking In Wisconsin
A St. Paul man will spend 10 years in federal prison for dealing drugs in northwestern Wisconsin. 29-year-old David Stone the Third had pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said he was selling heroin, meth, an...
Feb 18, 2022
Man Falls Through Kendall Lake Ice While Drilling, Dies In Cold Water
Authorities in Iowa County report a man fell through the ice on Kendall Lake Thursday morning and died in the cold. The sheriff's office was notified at about 6:45 a.m. The incident happened near Stat...
Feb 18, 2022 Daniel / CC
Emergency Response Team Ends Sauk County Standoff By Using Tear Gas
Members of an emergency response team ended a six-hour Sauk County standoff by using tear gas Wednesday evening. Deputies first responded to the location in Sumpter at about 2:00 p.m. When contact was...
Feb 18, 2022
Officials Discuss Sturgeon Spearing Figures, Including Biggest Catches
The Department of Natural Resources expects the Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing season to last its full length, while Upriver Lakes spearing has officially ended. Officials discussed spearing numbers...
Feb 17, 2022
Subpoena Dropped Against Milwaukee-Area Immigrant Rights Group
The subpoena against a Milwaukee-area immigrant rights group has been dropped. Voces le la Frontera Action director Christine Neumann-Ortiz calls Wednesday's move an "unconditional surrender" by Repub...
Feb 17, 2022
