Category Archives: State News
2nd Trial Date Set For Rock County Homicide Trial
Rock County will try a man on first-degree intentional homicide charges for the second time next summer. The first time Julian Collazo went on trial the jury contacted the judge after four days saying...
Dec 19, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Legislative Committee Approves Pay Raises For State Workers
The Legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations has given its approval to pay raises for University of Wisconsin and state employees. Those workers would get a two-percent bump each of the n...
Dec 19, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
61-Year-Old Milwaukee Man Dies After Lighting Fires In His Home For Warmth
The Milwaukee County medical examiner says a 61-year-old man found dead in his home Wednesday had been lighting fires inside containers to stay warm. His electrical service had been turned off. An aut...
Dec 19, 2019 Ponas Jonas / CC
Bucks Players Take Part In Special Program At Corrections Institution
Professional basketball players, politicians and inmates at the Racine Corrections Institution (RCI) all played together in a basketball game Tuesday night. Organizers say that game was a chance to sh...
Dec 19, 2019
FBI Tries To ID Fraud Victims Hurt By Wisconsin Contracting Company
The F-B-I is trying to identify fraud victims of a De Pere-based contracting company. Federal investigators think owners Chad Schampers and Nate Smith schemed to defraud financial institutions and the...
Dec 18, 2019 J / CC
Evers Tells State Department Wisconsin Will Continue Welcoming Refugees
Governor Tony Evers notified the U-S Department of State Wednesday that Wisconsin will continue supporting refugee resettlement in the state. The move follows an executive order from President Trump r...
Dec 18, 2019
Family Of Teen Shot To Death By Racine Officer Files Civil Rights Lawsuit
A Chicago-based national civil rights law firm is representing a Racine family which is suing over the shooting death of 18-year-old Tyrese West. A lawyer for the West family says the actions of Racin...
Dec 18, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Wisconsin DOJ Hoping Appeals Court Will Put Voter Purge On Hold
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is hoping an appeals court will put a court-ordered voter purge on hold. Ozaukee County Circuit Judge Paul Malloy entered his order to purge 234,000 names from the ...
Dec 18, 2019 Vox Efx / CC
Milwaukee To Decide On Police Chief’s Job
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales finds out later today (Wednesday) if he gets to keep his job. Members of the Fire and Police Commission will vote on that during a special session after their re...
Dec 18, 2019
$100M Milwaukee Tools Project Could Mean 870 Jobs In Menomonee Falls
Officials with Milwaukee Tools say they plan to invest 100-million dollars while creating a new campus in Menomonee Falls. The company will spend another seven-and-a-half million on an expansion at a ...
Dec 18, 2019 Pictures of Money / CC
