Category Archives: State News

Applications are now open for grants of up to $10 million to local and regional projects that will help meet the state's next-generation workforce needs, Governor Tony Evers announced today. The Workf...

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and you don't have to visit New York or the Pentagon to pay tribute. Memorials have popped up across the country the past two decades, includin...

Employment scams are on the rise in the turbulent job market created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Better Business Bureau (BBB) study finds. BBB warns job seekers to verify employment offers to avoi...

Ho-Chunk Nation President Marlon Whiteeagle says safeguards have been added to prevent computer issues like the ones that forced gaming centers to close two weeks ago. The nation's I-T team locked dow...

McFarland police are investigating hate speech allegations involving a high school student. A Facebook post on the department's page says a report was filed Thursday morning about a social media post ...

Authorities say a man who was wounded in a Madison shooting 30 days ago has died from his injuries. Police found 30-year-old Ryan Cook suffering from multiple gunshot wounds August 10th. Cook has been...

Milwaukee police have arrested three suspects in the drive-by shooting of a Redgranite woman Monday morning. Surveillance video shows a white car pull up next to the car 23-year-old Kristin Zastrow wa...

Two Republican lawmakers have introduced plans they say will protect First Amendment rights on social media platforms. State Representative Shae Sortwell and state Senator Roger Roth say social media ...

Authorities in Waukesha County have charged a 29-year-old man with threatening to blow up a bank. An employee of the bank hailed a police officer last Friday saying a man approached her as she was lea...

Beloit police say a possible threat at Memorial High School Wednesday morning led to what is called a "soft lockdown." The anonymous threat was reported at about 8:00 a-m. The lockdown stayed in effec...