Category Archives: State News
Pretrial Hearing Scheduled For Feb. 14 For Man Charged In Cold Case Murder
An Indiana man has entered a not guilty plea to charges connected to a cold-case murder from 1994. A final pre-trial hearing in Dane County Circuit Court for 52-year-old Willie Coleman will be held Fe...
Jan 03, 2020 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Milwaukee’s 1st Homicide Victim Of 2020 Is 1-Year-Old Child
Milwaukee police say the man wanted for killing a one-year-old boy on the city's north side turned himself in Thursday morning. That man's name hasn't been released. Authorities had immediately called...
Jan 03, 2020
Ambulance Finances Fall Into Disarray While Billing Coordinator Is Deployed
The 13-month absence of the billing coordinator for the Baraboo District Ambulance Service has left the books in disarray. Jessica Seefeld had to leave the job for a military deployment to the Middle ...
Jan 03, 2020 Steven Damron / CC
Retiring English Teacher Admits He Was “Being An Idiot”
A retiring Milton English teacher tells authorities he was "being an idiot" when he defecated multiple times in a public park over the past few years. Jeffrey S. Churchwell says he did it for convenie...
Jan 03, 2020 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Wisconsin Health Officials Report Explosion Of Pediatric Flu Cases
Wisconsin doctors were dealing with an explosion of pediatric flu cases during the month of December. Children's Wisconsin Hospital handled 829 cases during the month - 90 times the caseload in the sa...
Jan 03, 2020 Matt Madd / CC
Sparta Man Sentenced To Probation For Running Marijuana Operation
A La Crosse County judge has sentenced a man to probation after he had been initially accused of running a large-scale marijuana operation which trafficked the drug between Colorado and Wisconsin. Dou...
Jan 02, 2020
Concrete Plant In Ladysmith “Total Loss” After New Year’s Eve Fire
Units with the Ladysmith Fire Department say the Haas Redi-Mix Concrete plant structure was engulfed in flames as they arrived. The concrete plant is considered to be a total loss after the fire New Y...
Jan 02, 2020 Chovee / CC
W-4 Tax Form Updated This Year, What You Need To Know
It's officially the New Year, which means, among other things, it will be time to file your taxes. But in 2020, for the first time in more than three decades, the IRS has given its W-4 form a makeover...
Jan 02, 2020 Garry Knight / CC
Milwaukee Police Look For Man Who Entered Home, Stabbing 2 Women
Milwaukee police are still looking for the man who entered a home almost two weeks ago, started making demands, then stabbed the two women living there multiple times. The suspect is described as a bl...
Jan 02, 2020
Mukwonago Police Rescue 2 Children Who Fell Through Ice
Bystanders tried to throw ropes and electrical cords to two children who fell through the ice on a pond last week, but an officer eventually had to go into the wave to help save them. Mukwonago police...
Jan 02, 2020 Richard Barley / CC
