Category Archives: State News
Train Derailment Blocks Rock County Highway For Hours
Officials with Union Pacific Railroad say there were no injuries when a train derailed in Rock County Thursday just before noon. A railroad spokesperson says five empty rail cars pulled by a mixed car...
Mar 12, 2021 Timothy Balogh / CC
Central Wisconsin Authorities Investigate Fatal Accident Involving Bus, 6-Year-Old Boy
Authorities in central Wisconsin are investigating a fatal accident involving a school bus and a six-year-old boy. A spokesman for the Wood County Sheriff's Office calls the incident "absolutely horri...
Mar 12, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
COVID-19 Stimulus Checks Arriving Soon in Bank Accounts
The White House says the $1,400 direct payments for most Americans funded by the American Rescue Plan will start showing up in bank accounts as early as this weekend. Press secretary Jen Psaki says th...
Mar 11, 2021 frankieleon / CC
Hearing Officer Agrees With Chief, Cuba City Police Officer Loses Her Job
A disciplinary hearing officer has backed the Cuba City police chief and order one of his officers removed from the job. It was determined that Officer Kimberly Jackson's actions last December warrant...
Mar 11, 2021 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Garage Explosion In Milwaukee Caused By Propane Tanks
Milwaukee firefighters say a garage explosion Tuesday morning happened when the flames reached a propane tank. Video shows flames and thick black smoke coming from the garage just before the blast. A ...
Mar 11, 2021 Tony Webster / CC
Attorney General Asks Budget Committee For $925K To Upgrade Crime Lab
Attorney General Josh Kaul is asking members of the state budget committee for $925,000 for upgrades to the crime lab. The new technology would be used to identify synthetic drugs and hire four more a...
Mar 11, 2021 Susan Ruggles / CC
"Slender Man” Defendant Asks For Conditional Release From State Mental Hospital
Four years after she was committed to 25 years in the Winnebago Mental Health Institute, Anissa Weier wants out. Weier and Morgan Geyser were each 12 years old when they set out to kill a classmate al...
Mar 11, 2021
Milwaukee County Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Fatal Shooting
A witness, surveillance video, and fingerprints on a beer bottle led investigators to charge Christopher Stovall in a November 2019 fatal shooting. Stovall was on the run for five months before he was...
Mar 10, 2021 michael scott / CC
Construction Worker Hit By Boulder In Shorewood, Falls 60 Feet Down Cliff
A construction worker is expected to recover after an accident at a worksite Tuesday morning. Witnesses say the man was hit by a 2,000-pound boulder, causing him to fall 60-feet down a cliff over Lake...
Mar 10, 2021
Competency Exam Ordered For 77-Year-Old Driver Who Ran Over Girl At Bus Stop
A Waushara County judge has ordered a competency exam for a 77-year-old driver accused of hit and killing a child at her bus stop. The defense attorney for Carl Mullenix requested the examination duri...
Mar 10, 2021 Blogtrepreneur / CC
