Category Archives: State News
Sauk County Authorities Want To Talk To 3 People About Fatal Stabbing At Devil’s Lake
The Sauk County Sheriff's Office has posted a picture of three people identified as possible witnesses to the fatal stabbing at Devil's Lake State Park last fall. Along with the picture on Facebook, t...
Mar 17, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
FEMA Is Now Running Wisconsin’s Biggest COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is now running the state's largest COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Milwaukee. Federal teams say they hope to vaccinate as many as 7000 people a week. Milwaukee c...
Mar 16, 2021
Department Of Transportation Encourages Voters To Get Valid ID Card For Election
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is encouraging state voters to get a valid identification card if they want to take part in next month's spring election. The process can be started online. ...
Mar 16, 2021
Ethan's Law Passes State Senate in Unanimous Bipartisan Vote
Legislation that would no longer require children in protective care to be subject to placement with admitted child abusers cleared the State Senate today on a unanimous voice vote. Ethan's Law, honor...
Mar 16, 2021
Doctors Urge Staycation Instead Of Spring Break Travel
Doctors and U-W Health are urging Wisconsin residents to consider a "staycation" rather than traveling for spring break. Although the end of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be in sight, they say it'...
Mar 16, 2021 evan p. cordes / CC
"High Risk” Sex Offender Arrested 6 Days After Cutting Off His GPS Monitoring Bracelet
Authorities in Fond du Lac County say a "high risk" sex offender who cut off his G-P-S monitoring bracelet and went on the run is now back in custody. 56-year-old Ray D. Burnam is being held in the Fo...
Mar 16, 2021
Stimulus Checks For Wisconsin Inmates Will Be Diverted To Restitution
An effort to keep Wisconsin inmates from getting federal stimulus checks is back on track. Congressional Democrats stopped the idea in Washington last week when Republicans backed an amendment to the ...
Mar 16, 2021 frankieleon / CC
Waupaca County SWAT Team Helps End Clintonville Standoff Monday Afternoon
A Waupaca County SWAT team helped ended a two-hour standoff in Clintonville Monday afternoon. Clintonville police say they got a call about a man inside a local home who was throwing and breaking thin...
Mar 16, 2021 Daniel / CC
Cudahy Police Wound Armed Suspect After Saturday Night Report Of Fighting
Cudahy police exchanged shots with an armed suspect as they were responding to a report of fighting Saturday night (March 14th). The suspect was taken to a hospital for treatment. His name and medical...
Mar 15, 2021
Wisconsin DCI Investigates Discovery Of Man’s Body In Crawfish River
Authorities believe the man whose body was found in the Crawfish River Saturday morning is the one involved in a domestic incident in Columbus the previous day. The man's name hasn't been released. Th...
Mar 15, 2021 Daniel / CC
