Category Archives: State News
Ex-Pharmacist from Grafton Sentenced for Spoiling COVID-19 Vaccines
A former Wisconsin pharmacist who pleaded guilty to spoiling 57 vials of COVID-19 vaccine will spend three years in federal prison. Forty-six-year-old Steven Brandenburg from Grafton was also ordered ...
Jun 08, 2021 Daniel Schludi / Unsplash
Even Though Fewer Cars Were On Wisconsin Roads, Traffic Fatalities Are Higher
Wisconsin is following a national trend of seeing more traffic fatalities, even though there were fewer cars on its roads last year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says even though...
Jun 08, 2021 @felixtriller / CC
Internal Investigation Ordered After Three Menominee Tribal Officials Were Suspended
An internal investigation has been ordered after the suspension of three tribal officials. The Menominee Tribal Legislature recently suspended the Tribal administrator, the human resources director, a...
Jun 08, 2021
Beloit Police Look For Shooter Who Killed Man Near Summit Park
Beloit police are looking for the shooter who killed a man near Summit Park Monday morning. Officers were called to the scene at about 11:30 a-m by reports of gunfire. The victim's mother says she hea...
Jun 08, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Homicide Trial Date Set for Former Badger Football Player Randle El
The homicide trial for former Badger football player Marcus Randle El is scheduled to be held next February. Rock County prosecutors accuse him of killing two women last year. Investigators say Seaira...
Jun 08, 2021
Wisconsin Senate Panel Starts Work On New District Boundaries
A Wisconsin Senate panel met today to start work on establishing new boundaries for political districts. The question is expected to end up in court before the job is done. That's what happened after ...
Jun 07, 2021 By Vijay Kumar Koulampet // commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27024740
Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson Warns Against Vaccine Requirements
Wisconsin's Republican US Senator says no one should be required to get the coronavirus vaccine. Senator Ron Johnson wrote an op-ed last week that said vaccine mandates would be a mistake. He says one...
Jun 07, 2021
About 75 Percent Of Wisconsin Seeing Drought Conditions
Farmers across most of Wisconsin need some rain. The latest drought report says %75 of the state is seeing some kind of drought condition. Most of the state, about %50, is simply abnormally dry. Anoth...
Jun 07, 2021
Sunday Incident In Sparta Leaves One Dead, Two Injured
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Sunday incident in Sparta that left one person dead and two others suffering serious injuries. A 9-1-1 call brought deputies to the home shortly b...
Jun 07, 2021 CC / depositphotos
8-Year-Old Boy Drowns In West Bend Pond
West Bend police are investigating the drowning death of an eight-year-old boy at a birthday party over the weekend. A family member told a lifeguard at the Regner Park Swimming Pond that the child wa...
Jun 07, 2021 Daniel / CC
