Category Archives: State News
Substitute Teacher Accused Of Having Sexual Relationship With Former Student
A 60-year-old substitute teacher in north-central Wisconsin is accused of having a sexual relationship with a former student. The student has told investigators he was 18 when they had sex for the fir...
May 7, 2020 Jack Sem / CC
National Guard Ordered To Test For Coronavirus At Darien Plant
The Wisconsin National Guard will test employees at the Darien Birds Eye plant after an outbreak. The facility has been closed since April 17th and almost 100 employees have tested positive for the vi...
May 6, 2020
New Guidelines For Hospitals Will Determine When Wisconsin Re-Opens
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says state hospitals will have to meet three new criteria before Safer at Home restrictions will be eased. Ninety-five percent of hospitals will have to tre...
May 6, 2020 Presidencia de la República Mexicana / CC
NSTB Issues Final Reports on Deadly Helicopter Crash in Hazelhurst
The final report on the deadly April 2018 crash of a medical helicopter in Hazelhurst is blamed on "loss of control in flight," not mechanical problems. The National Transportation Safety Board issued...
May 6, 2020
Holmen Man Charged in Death of 79-Year-Old in La Crosse Menards Parking Lot
A Holmen man is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for a fight in a La Crosse Menards parking lot that left a 79-year-old dead. Fifty-year-old Matthew Kinstler is being held without bond in t...
May 6, 2020 Scott Lewis / CC
Wisconsin Supreme Court Will Decide Future Of Safer At Home Order
The justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether the governor's Safer at Home order continues through May 26th. Attorneys for Department of Health Services acting-Secretary Andrea Palm ...
May 6, 2020
Milwaukee Police Wound Man Suspected Of Killing Woman At Walgreens
Milwaukee police say officers wounded a man suspected of killing a woman at Walgreens Tuesday afternoon. Officers were fired upon as they arrived at the store at about 2:00 p-m and encountered an arme...
May 6, 2020 Paul Joseph / CC
Town Of Madison Police Say Fatal Shooting Victim Was Targeted, Killer Not Caught
Authorities in the Madison area are still searching for the man who shot 48-year-old Antonio Shaw to death Monday night. Investigators say Shaw was targeted and the shooter is still on the run. Police...
May 6, 2020
Regents Consider Scrapping ACT/SAT Requirements For Admission
Officials with the University of Wisconsin system say students applying for admission shouldn't be penalized because the coronavirus pandemic kept them from taking the A-C-T or S-A-T. The Board of Reg...
May 6, 2020 Caleb Roenigk / CC
Appeals Court Offers No Relief To Miller Lite
A federal appeals court is offering no relief to Miller Lite. That court struck down the ruling which banned Bud Light from pointing out that Miller Lite uses corn syrup in its beer. The appeals court...
May 5, 2020 Collapse The Light / CC
