Category Archives: State News
Wisconsin Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Iowa Meth Distribution
A Wisconsin man who transported pounds of methamphetamine to the Midwest from Las Vegas will spend more than 18 years in federal prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Daniel Decker from Kenosha pleaded guilty ...
Oct 24, 2020
Milwaukee Fire And Police Commission Names 3 Finalists For Police Chief
More interview sessions are waiting for the three finalists in the search for a new Milwaukee police chief. The Fire and Police Commission cut the list of six in half after a series of interviews Mond...
Oct 23, 2020
Beaver Dam Woman Sentenced To 6 Years For Fatal Drunk Driving Accident
A Dodge County Circuit Court judge has sentenced a Beaver Dam woman to six years in prison for a drunk driving accident last year that killed the passenger in her car. 24-year-old Cindy Esparza was co...
Oct 23, 2020 Allen Allen / CC
Presidential Candidates Not Done With Wisconsin Yet
The presidential candidates aren't done with Wisconsin yet. President Donald Trump will visit the state this weekend, making a Saturday night stop in Waukesha. Trump will headline a "Make America Grea...
Oct 23, 2020
Conservative Group Asks State Supreme Court To Take Over Challenge Of Mask Mandate
A conservative legal group has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in the case challenging the governor's statewide face mask order. A St. Croix County judge just ruled against the Wis...
Oct 23, 2020 Olgierd Rudak / CC
Wisconsin COVID-19 Statistics
Positive test results: 3,413 (186,100) Negative test results: 12,082 (1,730,646) Patients hospitalized: 151 (9,855) Deaths: 22 (1,703) Current active cases: 38,852 Percent of infected patients who hav...
Oct 23, 2020 sergio santos / CC
2 Charged With Felony Criminal Damage For Toppling Capital Statues
Two Madison men face felony charges of criminal damage for helping topple two statues at the state Capitol last June. Authorities say 21-year-old Sasha N. Clemente and 27-year-old Jacob K. Capps were ...
Oct 22, 2020 midnightcomm / CC
Elections Commission Asks Judge To Let Outagamie Officials Fix Ballot Misprint
The state Elections Commission is asking a judge to let county officials in northeastern Wisconsin use something as simple as a Sharpie to fix a misprint on thousands of absentee ballots. The printer ...
Oct 22, 2020 Envelope containing voting ballot papers being sent by mail for absentee vote in presidential election
Grand Jury Indicts Madison Man For Setting Fire In City-County Building
A federal grand jury has indicted a 26-year-old Madison man for allegedly setting a fire in the City-County Building last June. Marquon Clark has had federal charges added to two felony charges he fac...
Oct 22, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Commercial Jet Skids Off Runway At Central Wisconsin Airport
Officials at Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee say no passengers were injured when a commercial skidded off the runway Tuesday night. The American Eagle flight from Chicago got stuck in the snow wh...
Oct 22, 2020 ricardo / CC
