Category Archives: State News
Legislative Committee Hears Three Hours Of Testimony On Critical Race Theory
A Wisconsin legislative committee has heard three hours of testimony on Critical Race Theory in higher education. Speakers were invited by leaders of the Committee or Universities and Technical Colleg...
Sep 23, 2021 James / CC
Wisconsin Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Redistricting Lawsuit
A redistricting lawsuit supported by Republicans in the Legislature will go directly to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. That decision was made by the justices Wednesday on a four-to-three vote. Most simi...
Sep 23, 2021
Three Killed in Waushara County Crash
The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating a crash Tuesday in Waushaura County that left three people dead. Troopers say a car was going around a curve near Redgranite when it swerved into the ditch,...
Sep 23, 2021 CC / depositphotos
Afghan Refugees Facing Charges Allegedly Committed While At Fort McCoy
Two refugees from Afghanistan are facing federal charges for crimes allegedly committed while they were housed at Fort McCoy. 32-year-old Mohammad Haroon Imaad and 20-year-old Bahrullah Noori have fed...
Sep 23, 2021
UW System In-Person Classes Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson says every student wants to be back in class and that's where they belong. The numbers suggest he is right. Thompson says in-person classes in t...
Sep 22, 2021
Appeals Court Backs City In Question Of Discipline For Green Bay Police Officer
A state appeals court has come down on the city's side in a legal challenge over its discipline of a Green Bay police officer. Officer Andrew Weiss got in trouble for accessing information about two s...
Sep 22, 2021
Watertown Hospital Closes Urgent Care Facility To Deal With COVID Patients
The number of COVID-19 patients flooding emergency rooms has led one hospital to shut down its urgent care facility. Doctors at Watertown Regional Medical Center are switching some responsibilities. A...
Sep 22, 2021 Presidencia de la República Mexicana / CC
Pedestrian Killed When Hit By Car On Madison's East Side
Police in Madison say the driver of a vehicle that hit and fatally injured a pedestrian this week is cooperating with investigators. The accident happened Monday at about 8:00 PM on the city's busy Ea...
Sep 22, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Man Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder Of Four Victims Found In Wisconsin
A man from Arizona is now charged with the killings of four Minnesotans found in an abandoned S-U-V in western Wisconsin. 38-year-old Antoine Suggs is facing four counts of second-degree murder in Ram...
Sep 22, 2021
6-Year-Old Kenosha Boy Out Of ICU, Recovery Still Uncertain
The six-year-old Kenosha boy who was seriously injured in a freak lawnmower accident is out of the I-C-U, but his recovery is still uncertain. Alex Hook has been moved to a neurology floor at Children...
Sep 22, 2021 Matt Madd / CC
