Category Archives: State News
2 Charged With Felony Criminal Damage For Toppling Capital Statues
Two Madison men face felony charges of criminal damage for helping topple two statues at the state Capitol last June. Authorities say 21-year-old Sasha N. Clemente and 27-year-old Jacob K. Capps were ...
Oct 22, 2020 midnightcomm / CC
Elections Commission Asks Judge To Let Outagamie Officials Fix Ballot Misprint
The state Elections Commission is asking a judge to let county officials in northeastern Wisconsin use something as simple as a Sharpie to fix a misprint on thousands of absentee ballots. The printer ...
Oct 22, 2020 Envelope containing voting ballot papers being sent by mail for absentee vote in presidential election
Grand Jury Indicts Madison Man For Setting Fire In City-County Building
A federal grand jury has indicted a 26-year-old Madison man for allegedly setting a fire in the City-County Building last June. Marquon Clark has had federal charges added to two felony charges he fac...
Oct 22, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Commercial Jet Skids Off Runway At Central Wisconsin Airport
Officials at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee say no passengers were injured when a commercial skidded off the runway Tuesday night. The American Eagle flight from Chicago got stuck in the snow wh...
Oct 22, 2020 ricardo / CC
Armed Man Struggling With Mental Illness Leads To Lockout At Waukesha Schools
The Waukesha School District enacted its lockout protocol Wednesday morning when police were called to deal with an armed man struggling with mental illness. Authorities received a call from a person ...
Oct 22, 2020 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Epigemiologist: “Of Course The Curve Has Not Flattened”
The director of the preventive medicine residency program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says, "Of course the curve has not flattened." Epidemiologist Patrick Remington can point to a record 4...
Oct 22, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Wisconsin DOJ Will Be Enforcing Voter Intimidation Laws
Early voting is underway across Wisconsin and the Department of Justice says it's ready to protect voters. Attorney General Josh Kaul says they are going to be watching for voter intimidation during t...
Oct 21, 2020
Facebook Restricts La Crosse County Republican Party’s Page
Facebook has notified the La Crosse County Republican Party its page is being restricted for repeatedly posting incorrect information. Party chairman Bill Feehan called the tech giant's actions "intol...
Oct 21, 2020 Sarah Marshall / CC
President Trump To Visit Milwaukee Saturday
President Donald Trump is reportedly going to make another campaign visit to Wisconsin Saturday. WisPolitics says two Republican Party sources told it the president will make a stop at General Mitchel...
Oct 21, 2020 Matt Johnson / CC
Damage Estimate From Watertown Barn Fire Exceeds $200K
Firefighters say a barn was fully engulfed when they arrived at the farm near Watertown Tuesday morning just after 8:00 a-m. Property owners reported the fire after they were notified by a passerby. T...
Oct 21, 2020 liz west / CC
