Category Archives: State News
Report: Uninsured Rate for Kids Growing Faster in Certain States
A new report shows states that have resisted Medicaid expansion are putting kids at risk because not as many families are accessing consistent health care. Wisconsin is among those states, but expansi...
Mar 20, 2021 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
Drunk Woman Accused Of Barely Missing Shot To Officer’s Head
When Cudahy Police Officer Bianca Baez shot a drunk woman last Saturday, it happened just seconds after that suspect had narrowly missing shooting Baez in the head. Cudahy police were responding to a ...
Mar 19, 2021 CC / depositphotos
Signing Of $1.2M Contract Starts Upgrades For Unemployment System
The signing of a one-point-two-million-dollar contract Thursday gets a major upgrade to Wisconsin's unemployment computer system going. The Department of Workforce Development had already received a $...
Mar 19, 2021 cc / depositphotos
State Supreme Court Orders New Trial For Man Convicted Of Killing His Wife
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Pleasant Prairie man convicted of killing his wife. Julie Jensen died of poisoning in 1998. She had written a letter to a neighbor saying if a...
Mar 19, 2021 Allen Allen / CC
Search For Missing Hiker In Rock County Now Considered Search And Recovery Effort
The Rock County Sheriff's Office says its search for a missing hiker has switched to a search and recovery effort. Kevin J. Doyle didn't return home from a walk Wednesday morning at Storrs Lake. His t...
Mar 19, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
DHS Deputy Secretary Says Herd Immunity Possible In Wisconsin By July
Don't circle it on your calendar, but the Department of Health Services deputy secretary says at the pace people are being vaccinated herd immunity is possible for Wisconsin by July. Julie Willems Van...
Mar 19, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Madison Police Chief: 85% Of Officers Have Been Vaccinated
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says 85-percent of his department's officers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Barnes shared that information on a Wednesday blog post. Barnes says he's looking f...
Mar 18, 2021 Fred Moon / Unsplash
Washington County Deputy Cleared Of Charges For February Fatal Shooting
A Washington County Sheriff's deputy has been cleared of criminal charges for a fatal shooting on February 3rd. The District Attorney's Office determined nine-year veteran Deputy Lee Goodman was justi...
Mar 18, 2021 Allen Allen / CC
Victims In Roundy's Shooting Identified
The victims of the shooting at Roundy's distribution center in Oconomowoc have been identified as 39-year-old Kevin Schneider of Milwaukee and 59-year-old Kevin Kloth of Germantown. Waukesha County Sh...
Mar 18, 2021 CC / depositphotos
Pandemic Causing Major Backlog Of Court Cases In Milwaukee County
The coronavirus pandemic is a big factor in a major backlog of criminal court cases in Milwaukee County. The District Attorney's Office reports more than 3,000 suspects are awaiting criminal charges. ...
Mar 18, 2021 Allen Allen / CC
