Category Archives: State News
Suspect Who Removed GPS Monitor Caught Following Armed Robbery
A Madison suspect who removed his GPS monitoring bracelet was finally caught Monday after an armed robbery. Authorities had said 29-year-old Rondino Fleming cut off the device Saturday while he was ou...
Sep 15, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Evers Seeks to Intervene in Redistricting Case
Governor Tony Evers has signaled he wants to be involved in a redistricting case. Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul asked a federal court Monday to allow the Governor to intervene in a lawsuit file...
Sep 15, 2021
German Researchers Potty-Training Cows To Reduce Emissions
People will potty train their pets like cats and dogs, but researchers are now seeing if they can train cows to do the same. A new paper published in the journal Current Biology says German researcher...
Sep 15, 2021 steve p2008 / CC
Sun Prairie Middle School Holds Virtual Meeting With Students To Talk About Fights
Students at Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School in Sun Prairie were summoned to an all-school virtual meeting Tuesday to talk about fighting. Officials say there was a string of altercations Monday -...
Sep 15, 2021
Minnesota & Wisconsin Authorities Investigate Deaths Of Four In Dunn County
Investigators from Wisconsin and Minnesota are searching for suspects in the fatal shootings of four Minnesotans found in an S-U-V across the border. Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd says they are "look...
Sep 15, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Wisconsin Attorney General Warns Of Increased Ransomware Threats
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is warning people about an increase in the number of ransomware threats. Kaul says the F-B-I has received 41 reports from Wisconsin about an activity like that. Th...
Sep 15, 2021 David Stewart / CC
Family Of Stabbing Victim "Nervous And Fearful" About Release Of Attacker
A spokesman for the family of stabbing victim Payton Leutner says they are nervous about what might happen next. One of the two classmates who attacked Leutner seven years ago has been released by Wau...
Sep 15, 2021
Janesville Investigation Of 53-Year-Old Woman's Death Is Still Active
Janesville police say the investigation into the death of a 53-year-old woman is still active. The Rock County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim Monday as Kimberly K. Millard. An autopsy...
Sep 14, 2021 CC / Kat Wilcox
6-Year-Old Boy In Coma After Being Hit In Head By Projectile During Recess
A six-year-old elementary school student in Silver Lake is in a medically-induced coma after a Monday accident. Authorities say a landscaper was mowing a median on a nearby street while Alex Hook was ...
Sep 14, 2021 Matt Madd / CC
Bomb-Sniffing Dogs, Searching Officers Find No Explosives At Baraboo High School
Investigators with the Baraboo police are trying to find out who made the Monday bomb threat that led to the evacuation of more than a thousand students and staff members at the high school. Bomb-snif...
Sep 14, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
