Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Rapids Shoving Public Works Director Out
The Wisconsin Rapids City Council has given its approval to a plan that will eliminate the job of Public Works Director Joe Terry. The department is being restructured will engineering, streets, and w...
Dec 23, 2021
League Of Women Voters Sues To Reinstate 32K Voter Registrations
32,000 registered voters were deactivated over the summer in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Elections Commission took that action after a legal fight that had gone on for two years. The conservative Wiscons...
Dec 23, 2021
First Time: Foxconn Technology Group Has Qualified For Tax Credits
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has confirmed that Foxconn Technology Group has qualified for tax credits. The state agency reported Wednesday Foxconn has met job creation and investmen...
Dec 23, 2021
Wisconsin Man Arrested In Hit-And-Run Case
Taylor County authorities are recommending a charge of hit and run against a Curtiss man. Deputies found the body of 27-year-old Titus Kottke lying in a pool of blood in the Township of Holway the mor...
Dec 23, 2021
Who Gets Credit For State's $1.8B Budget Surplus?
The bickering over who gets credit for a 1.8 billion-dollar budget surplus has started. Governor Tony Evers announced Tuesday the state collected that much revenue in addition to what was spent. It's ...
Dec 22, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
Third District State Court Of Appeals Asks State Supreme Court to Take Case
The Third District Wisconsin Court of Appeals is asking the State Supreme Court to take a case. If the justices agree, they would decide whether a constitutional amendment approved by voters last year...
Dec 22, 2021
Legislative Committee Approves 2% Pay Raises For All State Employees - Except One
The Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations has approved two-percent pay raises for all state employees - except for one. Tuesday's vote was unanimous. The exception will be th...
Dec 22, 2021 CC Dmitry Demidko
Authorities Find One Person Dead Inside Burning Milwuakee Apartment
Emergency responders in Milwaukee have found one person dead inside an apartment that burned early Tuesday. Fire crews were called to the location just before 1:00 a-m Tuesday. The victim was identifi...
Dec 22, 2021
Kenosha Police Investigate Discovery of Adult's Body Near Elementary School
Kenosha police are investigating the discovery of an adult's body near an elementary school. Preliminary results indicate the person completed the act of suicide. A Kenosha officer on patrol found the...
Dec 22, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Rockets Come To Town To Meet Short-Handed Bucks
The Bucks will try to snap a two-game losing streak when they host the Houston Rockets tonight (December 22nd) at 7:00 p-m. They'll have to do it with another makeshift lineup, as missing from the lin...
Dec 22, 2021
