Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin DNR Announces 2021 Wolf Hunting Season
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a wolf hunting season will begin in November of 2021. Gray wolves will be removed from the endangered species list in January, returning management t...
Dec 04, 2020 Tony Hisgett / CC
Suspect Charged In 2008 Killing Of UW Student Has $1M Bond Set
A cash bond of one million dollars has been set for the 53-year-old man accused of killing a UW student in her home 12 years ago. David Kahl made a virtual court appearance from the Oshkosh Correction...
Dec 04, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Milwaukee Fire And Police Commission Fails To Pick New Police Chief
With time growing short for a decision, the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission failed to pick a new police chief at its Thursday meeting. Two votes were tied three-to-three. Commission members have ...
Dec 04, 2020 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Wisconsin Supreme Court Orders Trump Suits to be Combined
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ordered that two suits by the Trump campaign should be combined, then heard by a judge in Racine County. Chief Justice Patience Drake Roggensack told circuit courts in ...
Dec 04, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Positive test results: 4,618 (399,708) Negative test results: 7,354 (2,169,970) Patients hospitalized: 172 (17,741) Deaths: 60 (3,562) Diagnosed patients who have recovered: 331,425 (82.9%) Current ac...
Dec 04, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Wisconsin Restaurants to Receive $45 Million in Assistance
Governor Tony Evers says the state is providing $45 million in assistance to Wisconsin restaurants and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will come from the "We're All In ...
Dec 03, 2020 Man is working in a pizza restaurant drive with his mask and covid 19 protection. Pandemic situation
Who Gets The First Doses Of Vaccine In Wisconsin?
The tough part of Wisconsin's coronavirus vaccine plan will be to decide who gets one first. The Department of Health Services says the Badger State is in-line to receive just under 50,000 doses of th...
Dec 03, 2020 NIAID / CC
DWD Demanding Unemployment Recipients Return Some Of The Money
The troubled Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development is reporting it overpaid $44 million to people receiving unemployment benefits. One woman says she got a notice from the state asking her to ...
Dec 03, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Attorney For Accused Kenosha Shooter Wants 2 Charges Dismissed
The attorney for accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse says two of the six charges against his client should be dismissed because no reasonable person would conclude a crime was committed. Attorney...
Dec 03, 2020
Trump Files Another Lawsuit – This One Against Wisconsin Elections Commission
The Trump campaign has filed yet another lawsuit, this one against the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The suit filed Wednesday in federal court accuses commissioners of performing "unlawful and uncon...
Dec 03, 2020 Matt Johnson / CC
