Category Archives: State News
Man Shot By Deputy Last Year Pleads Guilty To Making Terrorist Threats
The 49-year-old man who was shot by a Chippewa County deputy during an incident last year has pleaded guilty to a charge of making terrorist threats. Christopher Knyphausen entered the guilty plea Thu...
Jul 03, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Menominee Tribal Police Look For Person Who Gave Missing Woman A Ride
Menominee Tribal Police are asking the person who gave a ride to 22-year-old Katelyn Kelley last month to step forward. Kelley was reported missing by her mother June 18th. Investigators say they beli...
Jul 03, 2020
Twin Lakes Village Board Considers Police Dog’s Future At Monday Meeting
The village board in Twin Lakes is expected to vote on the future for its police dog at a meeting next week. Officer Joe Patla is Rex's handler. He had offered to buy Rex, but city leaders said the po...
Jul 03, 2020
COVID-19 Wisconsin Statistics
Positive test results: 29,199 (+540) Negative test results: 551,607 (+12,068) Patients hospitalized: 3,482 (+36) Deaths: 786 (+2)
Jul 02, 2020 sergio santos / CC
Racine County Judge Rules City’s Coronavirus Ordinance Is Unconstitutional
A Racine County Circuit judge has ruled the city's coronavirus ordinance is unconstitutional. Judge Jon Fredrickson determined the plan violates Wisconsin's Constitution because it interferes with the...
Jul 02, 2020 Rumble Press / CC
Person Of Interest Taken Into Custody For Fire-Bombing Attack On City-County Building
Madison police say a 26-year-old man is in the Dane County Jail on a probation hold after his Tuesday arrest. Marquon M. Clark is being called a "person of interest" in the fire-bombing of the City-Co...
Jul 02, 2020
Activist Charged With Extortion Makes First Federal Court Appearance
The Madison activist charged with extortion has made his first federal court appearance. Prosecutors say Devonere Johnson threatened two businesses on State Street with destruction if they didn't give...
Jul 02, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
Wounded Man Faces Charge Of Attempted First-Degree Intentional Homicide
A man wounded in his parent's house has been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Investigators say 37-year-old Gary W. Dickson of Reedsburg shot his way into that h...
Jul 02, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Marshfield Clinic Gets $22.5M Federal Grant To Work With CDC On COVID-19
A $22.5 million federal grant will be used by scientists at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute while it works with the C-D-C on COVID-19 studies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention i...
Jul 02, 2020 Pictures of Money / CC
Former Staff Member Accused Of Using School Money To Pay Her Bills
A former worker at Colby High School has been sentenced to community service for using a school credit card to pay her bills. Lisa Steen will have to repay the seven thousand dollars she stole and wri...
Jul 01, 2020
