Category Archives: State News

Backers of legislation calling for ranked-choice voting in Wisconsin say they have bipartisan support. The bill unveiled Wednesday is the first one to get any Republican support. Under a ranked-choice...

Two teenagers have been charged with killing a 22-year-old man who was selling designer eyeglasses in Milwaukee earlier this month. Purcell Pearson was a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin...

Spirit Airlines plans to offer direct flights from Milwaukee International Mitchell Airport to Orlando, Las Vegas, and LA this summer. The nonstop flights are scheduled to begin on June 24th. Spirit A...

School teachers and child care providers are about to join the list of people eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in Wisconsin. The Department of Health Services said teachers will be the first in Phase...

Oshkosh Defense has been chosen to build at least 50,000 next-generation mail delivery vehicles for the U-S Postal Service. The contract announced Tuesday is part of an effort to make the post office ...

Kenosha County prosecutors are expected to file first-degree intentional homicide charges against a 39-year-old local man in the disappearance and death of a woman. Gia Martin went missing in late Jan...

Wisconsin is one of several battleground states where Republican lawmakers have introduced bills making it harder to vote absentee. Opponents say the legislative packages are a form of voter suppressi...

A Wisconsin man is jailed on $500,000 bail for an Anoka County carjacking and chase that left one suspect dead and a police dog injured. 26-year-old Joseph Heroff of Hammond is charged with first-degr...

Funding to pay for upgrades to the outdated computer system used for unemployment benefits has made it through the Assembly and is headed for the Wisconsin Senate next. Governor Tony Evers has already...

Officials at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville say plans for five acres of solar panels could save the school up to 217,000 dollars-a-year. When completed it would be the largest state-owned sol...