Category Archives: State News

A special investigator has determined the shooting of Jacob Blake last summer was "justified." Former Madison police chief Noble Wray released his 25-page report on the incident the same day that Keno...

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Holy Family Memorial and Froedtert Health have reached an agreement that the Milwaukee-based entity has acquired a majority membership interest in HFM. A news release states that Holy Family will oper...

Charges have been filed against a 49-year-old Dunn County man after a missing teenage girl was found hiding in a closet in his home. Sixteen-year-old Cara Haaf disappeared from her home in Rice Lake D...

The family of Jacob Blake says the decision not to file charges against a Kenosha police officer is a "slap in the face" by the Wisconsin government and the DA. They're calling for peaceful protests a...

The state's public health officials are asking for patience while they are criticized for a rollout of the coronavirus vaccine that isn't as organized or fast as it could be. Governor Tony Evers and o...

Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature are fast-tracking a COVID-19 relief bill opposed by Governor Tony Evers. The Assembly could vote on its as soon as Thursday, but the Senate following soon afte...

The president of the Milwaukee Common Council says he would like to see the process of choosing a new police chief halted. Cavalier Johnson is citing what he calls a "tumultuous year" for the city's F...

The A-C-L-U of Wisconsin has submitted testimony objecting to Kenosha's plans to implement citywide curfews and using other measures to restrict free speech. City and county officials are trying to ge...

A federal judge in Madison says a lawsuit filed by two Republican lawmakers, voting rights groups and others "rests on a fundamental and obvious misreading of the U-S Constitution." U-S District Judge...