Category Archives: State News
Elections Committee Promises "Comprehensive Forensic Examination" of Presidential Election
The Wisconsin Assembly Elections Committee will take a closer look at the ballots cast in last year's presidential election at polls in the state. Republican chairperson State Representative Janel Bra...
Jul 27, 2021 Envelope containing voting ballot papers being sent by mail for absentee vote in presidential election
Red Cross Speaks of Emergency Need for Blood Donors
The American Red Cross is continuing to experience a severe blood shortage as the number of trauma cases, organ transplants and elective surgeries rise and deplete the nation's blood supply. Officials...
Jul 27, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Lawmakers Meet To Attempt A Veto Override, While Governor Calls Special Session
Wisconsin legislators returned to the Capitol yesterday (July 26th) to deal with two items. It's possible nothing will come of this. Republicans want to override the governor's veto of a bill that wou...
Jul 27, 2021
DPI Calls Cedarburg Schools' Racial Harassment Investigation "Deficient"
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction calls a racial harassment investigation in Cedarburg Public Schools "deficient." Parent Jessie Machomvu had complained last year saying her bi-racial son...
Jul 27, 2021 Jack Sem / CC
Report: Children At Youth Prison Frustrated; Staff Feels Defeated
A report released Monday indicates children at the Lincoln Hills School are growing more frustrated. At the same time, when monitor Teresa Abreau visited the facility last month she observed that staf...
Jul 27, 2021 michael scott / CC
Milwaukee Man Who Killed Daughter In Minnesota, Wife Gets Life Sentence
A Milwaukee man who killed his two-year-old daughter in Minnesota and her mother in Wisconsin will spend the rest of his life in prison. 37-year-old Dariaz Higgins was sentenced Monday for the March 2...
Jul 27, 2021
FDA Announces Recall of Grimmway Farms Carrots
The Food and Drug Administration has announced a recall of several carrot products produced by Grimmway Farms due to a potential for Salmonella. The Bakersfield California-based company President and ...
Jul 27, 2021
Wisconsin Congresswoman Reintroducing Worker Relief And Credit Reform Act
Congresswoman Gwen Moore says she is reintroducing the Worker Relief and Credit Reform Act. The Wisconsin Democrat says the bill would expand the definition of work to include unpaid caregivers and lo...
Jul 26, 2021 Alexander Dummer / Unsplash
Name Released of Man Suspected of Trying to Kidnap Three Women
Chippewa Falls police say 35-year-old Cory G. Gudmanson is suspected of trying to kidnap three women last week. Gudmanson was arrested and is being held in the Chippewa County Jail. The incidents happ...
Jul 26, 2021
Mount Pleasant Business Owner to Sue Village Over "Blighted" Property
A Mount Pleasant business owner says after he refused to sell his property, the village forced him to close and has ruled the property is blighted. Erickson Trucks-N-Parts sits inside the Foxconn cons...
Jul 26, 2021 Sasun Bughdaryan / Unsplash
