Category Archives: State News
Officials Tour 211 Call Center to Help Wisconsinites Find Health Insurance
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Barnes, Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, and the Commissioner of Insurance Mark Afable toured the United Way of Dane County's 211 regional cal...
Nov 10, 2019 Photo credit: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
WI Looks to Become Latest "Tobacco 21" State
The latest push to discourage teen smoking has reached Wisconsin as lawmakers consider a bill that would raise the tobacco buying age from 18 to 21. Nearly 20 states have already adopted similar measu...
Nov 10, 2019
WI Hemp Production Sees Rapid Growth, Despite Frustrations
Going into its third year, Wisconsin's hemp pilot research program is frustrating some farmers, but state officials say that's because of the industry's enormous growth. The hemp strain of the cannabi...
Nov 09, 2019
Special Session Lasts Just Seconds in Assembly
Governor Tony Evers got his special legislative session on gun control Thursday - sort of. Republican leaders gaveled in, then gaveled out, with no discussion and not taking the vote the governor had ...
Nov 08, 2019
Prairie Du Chien Looking for Vandal Who’s Cutting Down Trees
Prairie du Chien police say somebody is using a chainsaw or handsaw to cut down trees, leaving the saplings behind. The vandal targets trees four-to-six inches in diameter on St. Feriole Island in the...
Nov 08, 2019 kimmo tirkkonen / CC
Kenosha County Board Chairman Accused Of Stealing Construction Materials
The chairman of the Kenosha County Board of Supervisors has been arrested on a charge of felony retail theft. Kenosha police say 51-year-old Daniel Esposito drove out of the materials yard at a Menard...
Nov 08, 2019
Sun Prairie Opens Door To Moore Parents Getting Involved With Government
City leaders in Sun Prairie are trying to clear the way for more parents to get involved with city government. The City Council has set aside more than 23-thousand dollars to cover the cost of free ch...
Nov 08, 2019
Northwoods Volunteers Getting Snowmobile Trails Ready For Season
Volunteers have been working on getting northern Wisconsin snowmobile trails ready for the season since late summer. In Vilas County, the Barnstormers Snowmobile Club in Sayner works with others to ma...
Nov 08, 2019 maxinux / CC
Evers Appoints Romanski Interim Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary
Governor Tony Evers is appointing Randy Romanski as interim secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The move comes after Senate Republicans failed to confi...
Nov 07, 2019
Milwaukee Man May Have To Sue City To Recover Cost Of Utility Pole
A Milwaukee man isn't very happy after getting a 16-hundred dollar bill from the city for a utility pole which was knocked down last year. Jamel Tate suffered serious injuries when a police squad car ...
Nov 07, 2019 Matthew Paul Argall / CC
