Category Archives: State News
Former Secretary Of State Pompeo Says US Computer Systems Must Be Secured
Former U-S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it's not just the big companies that are being hurt by cybercriminals. Pompeo joined a business roundtable discussion in Wausau Wednesday hosted by Congr...
Jun 10, 2021 Marco Verch Professional Photographer and Speaker / CC
Wisconsin Governor, Attorney General, Department Of Justice Sue Joint Finance Committee
Wisconsin's governor, attorney general, and Department of Justice are suing the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee. The suit filed Tuesday asks that an injunction be placed on a 2018 law that gives...
Jun 10, 2021 CC / depositphotos
Dodge County Sheriff's Office Investigates Car Found Submerged In Rock River
People swimming in the Rock River in the Town of Hustisford found a submerged car Wednesday. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says the call came in just after 2:30 p-m. A boat was deployed to check i...
Jun 10, 2021
Legislature Votes To End $300/Week Federal Unemployment Payments
The Wisconsin Legislature has voted to end the $300/week federal bonus payments for people drawing unemployment benefits. 25 other states have already done the same thing. Most Republicans say the ext...
Jun 10, 2021 cc / depositphotos
Partial Solar Eclipse Coming Thursday Morning
The sun is going to look a little different if you gaze toward the sky Thursday morning. A partial solar eclipse will happen over much of Wisconsin just after sunrise. People living in Milwaukee will ...
Jun 9, 2021 Takeshi Kuboki / CC
Budget Committee Members Approve $1.5B In Wisconsin Building Projects
Members of the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee have given their approval to $1.5 billion in building projects. Almost $629-million is going to projects for the University of Wisconsin...
Jun 9, 2021 cc / depositphotos
Wall On West Allis Daycare Collapses, Nobody Hurt
Construction crews a fixing a front wall that collapsed at a West Allis daycare center Monday night. A man who called 9-1-1 says bricks were lying in the street and on the sidewalk. Rubble was being c...
Jun 9, 2021 Daniel / CC
Father Charged With Reckless Homicide In 2-Year-Old Son's Death Makes Court Appearance
A father facing a charge of reckless homicide in his two-year-old son's death has made an initial court appearance. 39-year-old Caleb Schachtschneider says the boy was hurt when he fell while sitting ...
Jun 9, 2021 CC / depositphotos
Former Worker at Molson Coors Brewery Charged With Making Terrorist Threats
Prosecutors say another worker at Milwaukee's Molson Coors Brewers opened fire and killed five co-workers on the same day Jamal Jury made some threats. Milwaukee County prosecutors have charged Jury w...
Jun 9, 2021
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 8, 2021 Daniel Schludi / Unsplash
