Category Archives: State News

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Wausau and Madison will take part in a guaranteed income study. As many as 20 families in Wausau will be paid $500 per month for a year during the study. Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenburg says her city and...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of Milwaukee's Pridefest for a second straight year. The announcement was made in a news release this week. The festival was supposed to run from J...

University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson says Republican legislative leaders have told him - if he asks for a tuition increase the budget he submits won't be approved. Thompson spoke ea...

A court-ordered monitor reports the situation at the state's juvenile prisons has been made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Exhausted guards are said to be more likely to restrain inmates at the Li...

Witnesses say a worker at a Madison construction site was walking on a catwalk Monday afternoon when he fell 30 feet to a concrete surface below. The name of the man who suffered serious injuries hasn...

Investigators with the Racine County Sheriff's Office say 30-year-old Matthew Vinz killed his parents last week, then shot himself to death. The bodies of 65-year-old Terrence Vinz and 62-year-old Deb...

Video released by the Antioch, Illinois Police Department shows accused double murderer Kyle Rittenhouse asking that his social media accounts be deleted. The video shows the teenager being interviewe...

Department of Health Services (DHS) has announced future groups that will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine tentatively beginning March 1st. In a news release, the DHS said that the groups in prior...

Madison police are trying to find out how two boys, ages three and six, managed to get so far from home Sunday morning. They were 15 miles from their east side home when they approached a stranger ask...