Category Archives: State News

Confirmed cases: 15,863 (279 new) Deaths: 517 (3 new) Negative test results: 200,874 (7,495 new) Patients hospitalized: 2,362 (23 new)

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is allowing the state's circuit courts to resume in-person hearings and jury trials. Those courts will have to create a plan protecting participants and observers from coro...

Fitchburg police evacuated an apartment building Tuesday evening after finding "potentially hazardous materials" in one unit. Officers were conducting a welfare check on a resident at about 5:00 p-m w...

A 29-year-old woman was injured when she jumped out of a moving car Tuesday afternoon. She had been forced into that vehicle by armed individuals who had fired shots - though no one was apparently hit...

Members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission will discuss how a $500,000 federal grant should be used when they meet by teleconference this afternoon. Money from the CARES Act has been approved for t...

Brown County Library buildings remain closed to the public but, in addition to providing access to online resources, the library is committed to offering more opportunities for safe access to books an...

The owner of Oscar's Frozen Custard in West Allis says what started as a cruising event, organized as the "Hwy100 Automotion Strip Cruise" on Facebook, got out of hand quickly. Organizers of the event...

Authorities in the Grafton area are trying to find out who keeps throwing nails into the roadway. Police say they don't know who and they don't know why they are doing it, but they're going to track d...

Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies say a 49-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning when he lost control, left the road, rolled his bike and hit a tree. The man from Merrill died before he coul...

An Eau Claire man who led police on a chase, then threatened to kill an officer, is scheduled to return to court next month. David Marin is charged with recklessly endangering safety, attempting to fl...