Category Archives: State News
Minimum Age for Buying Tobacco is now 21
People must now be 21 years old in order to purchase tobacco products in the US. The change came at the federal level after a month of pushing from Congress and President Donald Trump. The FDA is repo...
Dec 28, 2019 cesar : / CC
Sturgeon Bay Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Charges
A Sturgeon Bay man has pleaded guilty to charges that he caused a child to view sexual activity. Sturgeon Bay Police arrested 28-year-old Duryea Johnson after he tried to meet with an undercover cop w...
Dec 28, 2019
First Bank Economic Survey Shows Businesses in Northeast Wisconsin had a Good Year
It was a good year to own a business in Northeast Wisconsin, at least according to First Bank. They conducted their 11th annual Economic Survey, which showed that three out of every four business exec...
Dec 28, 2019
La Crosse Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison For Selling Meth
A man from La Crosse will spend ten years in federal prison after getting busted with more than two pounds of methamphetamine. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Henke was sentenced after pleading guilty to p...
Dec 27, 2019 Patrick Feller / CC
Greendale Marching Band Departs Wisconsin for Rose Parade
The Greendale High School Marching Band is on its way to the Rose Parade in Southern California. Band members, students, staff and chaperones left this morning for Pasadena. Band director Tom Reifenbe...
Dec 27, 2019 Scott Swigart / CC
Man Struck By Train on Christmas Eve in Waukesha Dies in Hospital
Th man struck by a train on Christmas Eve in Waukesha did not survive his injuries. Police say the 33-year-old man from Chicago died Thursday in the hospital. Investigators believe he was walking home...
Dec 27, 2019
Manitowoc County Deputy Involved In High Speed Chase Sunday Identified
The state Department of Criminal Investigation has identified the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Deputy involved in a fatal crash early Sunday morning in Two Rivers as Eric W. Roehl and the decease...
Dec 27, 2019
Rain-Snow Mix Forecast For Wisconsin This Weekend
There's another snow storm headed for northern Wisconsin and people ought to be ready when they're heading back from their holiday trips. Chris Gitro from the National Weather Service in Duluth says t...
Dec 27, 2019
Trial Set For Rice Lake Man Accused of Sexually Assault, Domestic Abuse
A trial date is set for a man charged in Chippewa County with sexual assault, child enticement and domestic abuse. A jury trial for 37-year-old Brandon Geiger of Rice Lake will begin May 12th. A compl...
Dec 27, 2019 Allen Allen / CC
Women Charged With Distributing Heroin at Columbia County Jail
Two women face felony charges for selling heroin at the Columbia County jail in Portage. Twenty-year-old Sala Marchand of Wisconsin Dells and 39-year-old Amanda Fisher of Oxford are accused of distrib...
Dec 27, 2019 Joseph Kranak / CC
