Category Archives: State News
Madison’s Only Strip Club To Close Down For 3 Months
The only strip club in Madison plans to shut its doors to customers for three months and get right with the city. Vision's Night Club has received unwelcome attention for several fights and at least o...
Nov 21, 2019 Bryan Mills / CC
AG Josh Kaul Says Thousands Of Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Finally Tested
After more than three years of work, testing has been finished on 4,471 sexual assault evidence kits. Attorney General Josh Kaul made the announcement Wednesday, adding that the testing has resulted i...
Nov 21, 2019 Susan Ruggles / CC
Impeachment: Senator Ron Johnson’s Name Keeps Coming Up
He wasn't in the room, but U-S Senator Ron Johnson's name was mentioned nearly two dozen times during testimony at Wednesday's impeachment hearings. U-S Ambassador Gordon Sondland told the panel he di...
Nov 21, 2019
Eau Claire Regis HS Student Suspended Indefinitely For Threat
A message from Regis Catholic Schools says the student who made a threat against the middle and high schools this week is not at school and has been suspended indefinitely. The student's name hasn't b...
Nov 21, 2019 m01229 / CC
Rash Of Milwaukee Break-Ins Include The Theft Of Child’s Piggy Bank
One neighborhood on Milwaukee's south side is unnerved by at least three home burglaries over the last two weeks. The thief got away with some rifles, camera equipment and a wedding ring most recently...
Nov 21, 2019
Penalty For Drunk Drivers Who Kill Made Tougher
Drunk drivers who kill someone in Wisconsin will face a stiffer penalty. Governor Tony Evers signed a Republican bill creating a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison for anyone found gui...
Nov 21, 2019 Alan Levine / CC
Challenger For State Supreme Court Says Incumbent Is Corrupt
A challenger for the seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court held by Justice Dan Kelly has suggested the incumbent is corrupt. Kelly is a part of the high court's conservative majority. Jill Karofsky says...
Nov 20, 2019
Budget Committee Co-Chair Sues For Release Of Records
The battle of funding mental health programs for Wisconsin farmers will move into the courts next. The Republican co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, Representative John Nygren of Marinette, has ...
Nov 20, 2019 Blogtrepreneur / CC
20-Month Investigation Closes Down County’s Biggest Cocaine Distribution Operation
The Washington County Sheriff says the result of a 20-month investigation is the shutting down of his county's biggest cocaine distribution operation. 38 year-old Jeremy Erdman of Germantown faces fiv...
Nov 20, 2019 Dominic Milton Trott / CC
20 People Sickened With E Coli In Last Week, But Nobody Knows Where It’s Coming From
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports 20 people have been sickened with E-Coli in the last week, but the source of the illness hasn't been determined. The state agency says those cases a...
Nov 19, 2019
