Category Archives: State News
Congressional Delegation Votes With Majority On Resolution
The Wisconsin congressional delegation voted with the majority of House members to condemn President Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria. The move left Kurdish allies vulnerable as troops fro...
Oct 17, 2019
State Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Case To Scale Back Governor’s Veto Power
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case which could scale back the governor's broad veto powers. The conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is challenging four of Governor Tony Ever...
Oct 17, 2019
Milwaukee Mom Accused Of Keeping Her 6 Children In Unlivable Conditions
If she is found guilty on child neglect and abuse charges, a 43-year-old Milwaukee mother could be sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. Tracey Shields is accused of keeping her six children in a...
Oct 17, 2019
1K People Take Part In Racial Justice Summit
Organizers say more than one-thousand people took part in this week's Racial Justice Summit in Madison. The discussion centered on eliminating racism and empowering women in the workplace and in socie...
Oct 16, 2019
Shawano County: 8-Year-Old Boy Escaped His Home After Being Tied Up In Basement
Authorities in Shawano County say an eight-year-old boy managed to escape his home in Eland and sneak away. Strangers picked him up and called the police. His father was arrested after the boy told in...
Oct 16, 2019
UW Study Ranks Wisconsin #2 in US for Binge Drinking
A new study ranks Wisconsin number two in the nation for binge drinking. The report by the U-W Population Health Institute shows 24 percent of adults in Wisconsin engage in binge drinking - compared t...
Oct 16, 2019 Scott / CC
Wisconsin Republicans Pressing Governor To Decide On Special Election Date
Seventeen Republicans have signed a letter pressing the governor to decide on a special election date for the Seventh Congressional District. The seat has been vacant for almost a month since Sean Duf...
Oct 16, 2019
Hit-And-Run Suspect Enters Stranger’s Home To Hide From Police
Wauwatosa police say a mother and her child were inside their home Tuesday afternoon when a man came in. The mother called 9-1-1 and officers quickly took the 26-year-old hit-and-run suspect into cust...
Oct 16, 2019
Lawyer From Wisconsin Shot To Death In Micronesia
Friends say a lawyer from Wisconsin was planning to return to the United States when she was shot to death outside her home on the island of Yap in Micronesia. Rachelle Bergeron had been serving as ac...
Oct 16, 2019 Tony Webster / CC
Cross Plains Man Charged With Disorderly Conduct, Battery After Attack
A 19-year-old bicycle rider says he shouted profanities at the driver of a pickup when the vehicle turned in front of him last month, cutting him off. He says that driver got out, grabbed his bicycle ...
Oct 16, 2019
