Category Archives: State News
Assembly Adjourns Special Session Until Tuesday
Thursday's meeting of the special legislative session looked a lot like Monday - lasting less than a minute before being adjourned until next Tuesday. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke said the Sp...
Sep 04, 2020
Biden Talks To Kenosha Shooting Victim During Visit, Governor Evers Says He Didn’t Want Biden To Visit
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden talked with the man shot by Kenosha police during the former vice president's visit Thursday. Biden reportedly spent more than an hour in private with Jacob...
Sep 04, 2020 Marc Nozell / CC
Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 77,856 (+727) Negative test results: 1,199,999 (+8,451) Patients hospitalized: 5,946 (+30) Deaths: 1,146 (+4) Patients who have recovered: 69,299 (89%) Current active cases bein...
Sep 04, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Police Report Largest-Ever Fentanyl Bust in La Crosse
Police in La Crosse say they seized the city's largest-ever amount of fentanyl during two recent drug investigations. More than five ounces of the sythentic pain-killer was recovered and five suspects...
Sep 03, 2020 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
Wisconsin DOJ Creates School Safety Program
The Wisconsin Department of Justice says its "Speak Up Speak Out" effort is a school safety program aimed at making it easier to report threats of school violence. Attorney General Josh Kaul says repo...
Sep 03, 2020 elinerijpers / CC
Kenosha Protesters Challenge Enforcement Of Curfew
Four Kenosha protesters have filed a civil rights complaint about the way police have enforced the city's curfew. The group says there are two sets of laws in Kenosha. The four are among more than 150...
Sep 03, 2020 Richard Ashurst / CC
Nearly Half Of Mauston Police Force On Administrative Leave
Neighboring law enforcement agencies are helping out in Mauston while nearly half of its police force is on administrative leave. Four of its 10 officers aren't available for duty. Sparta Police and t...
Sep 03, 2020 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
UW Health Chief Quality Officer First To Receive Injection As Part Of Clinical Trial
The chief quality officer at U-W Health was the first to receive an injection of a potential COVID-19 vaccine as part of a clinical trial Wednesday. Doctor Jeff Pothof says because his professional li...
Sep 03, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
Neighbors Still Stunned About Shooting Death Of MPD Community Service Officer
People living in a normally-quiet Milwaukee neighborhood say they are still stunned by the shooting death of an off-duty community service officer. 35-year-old Naeem Sarosh may have been killed during...
Sep 03, 2020
Waukesha Authorities Arrest 39-Year-Old Suspect For 2 Separate Fire-Related Incidents
Waukesha police have arrested a 39-year-old suspect for two separate fire-related incidents Wednesday afternoon. The man's name hasn't been released. He's accused of pouring a flammable liquid on a wo...
Sep 03, 2020
