Category Archives: State News
Man Who Died In Eau Claire House Fire Didn't Live There
Eau Claire police say the 21-year-old man who died in a house fire over the weekend didn't live there. Fire crews found the body of Jaime Thayer-Vega inside the burning house. A man who did live there...
Oct 22, 2019 Mahesh Kularatne / CC
Cher Says She Will Pay Legal Expenses For Fired Madison Security Assistant
Singing superstar Cher is backing the Madison West High School security assistant who has been fired for using the N-word. Cher has tweeted she will cover the legal expenses for anyone who sues the Ma...
Oct 21, 2019 M Abancourt / CC
Milwaukee Mayor Invites President Trump To Bring G7 Summit Here
The successful bid for the Democratic National Convention has Milwaukee's mayor confidently suggesting the G-7 economic summit could be held in Wisconsin's largest city. Tom Barrett wrote a letter to ...
Oct 21, 2019 Alison / CC
Northern Wisconsin Cemetery Shooting Suspect Booby-Trapped Home
The death toll in northern Wisconsin from the man accused of shooting three people at a Wausau cemetery could have been much worse. Police say Henry West tried to start a fire at his apartment in Scho...
Oct 21, 2019 Daniel / CC
Wisconsin Heating Customers Expected To Pay Less This Winter
The average heating customer with We Energies is expected to pay about 58 dollars less than last year to keep warm this winter. That's an expected savings of 11 percent. A utility spokesperson says a ...
Oct 21, 2019 Ben Loomis / CC
Wisconsin Facing Wetter Than Normal Winter
The Climate Prediction Center for the National Weather Service expects Wisconsin to have more precipitation than normal this winter. The first official outlook for the season gives a 50-to-60 percent ...
Oct 21, 2019 rabiem22 / CC
Wisconsin Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments On Lame-Duck Laws
Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the suit challenging the lame-duck laws passed by the Legislature last December. A group of labor unions filed the suit eight months...
Oct 21, 2019 Paul Downey / CC
Accused Killer From Schofield Booby-Trapped His Apartment
Sixty-four-year-old Henry West is already charged with killing one person and wounding two others. Now, Marathon County prosecutors say the Schofield man booby-trapped his apartment with bombs intende...
Oct 21, 2019 Phil Whitehouse / CC
Madison College Students Startled By Sign: “UW Is 4 White People”
At first, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison thought the signs they were seeing may have been threatening. They read: "U-W is 4 White People." Then, it was pointed out the signs were plac...
Oct 21, 2019 Phil Roeder / CC
Wisconsin State Patrol Investigating Accident Involving Big Rig, Buggy
The Wisconsin State Patrol reports two people in a buggy suffered serious injuries in an accident late Saturday along U-S Highway 10 in Jackson County. The names of the two victims who were taken to a...
Oct 21, 2019
