Category Archives: State News
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
7-Year-Old Caught Vaping CBD At Franklin School
A seven-year-old boy caught vaping at a school in Franklin tells his teachers he got the device from his mother's purse. A teacher says the second-grader was vaping in class at Country Dale Elementary...
Oct 16, 2019 Sodanie Chea / CC
Upper Peninsula Twitter Account Changes To Upper Peninsula Of Wisconsin
Whoever runs the Upper Peninsula's Twitter account is having some fun following a tweet by the University of Wisconsin football team demanding the deed to the land. The Badgers have beaten Central Mic...
Oct 16, 2019 keiyac / CC
Democratic National Convention Could Make It Tough For Downtown Residents, Businesses
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he is confident no businesses will be forced to close while thousands of delegates, press and others attend the Democratic National Convention next summer. Democratic ...
Oct 15, 2019 David Lofink / CC
Marinette County Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Wife's Shooting Death
The sentence is 40 years in prison for a Marinette County accused in the January shooting death of his wife. Fifty-six-year-old Gary Rogge of Pembine pleaded no contest to first-degree reckless homici...
Oct 15, 2019
Survey Shows 1-in-4 Female UW Students Report Being Sexually Assaulted
A new survey finds one-in-four female undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin reported being sexually assaulted. The students said the perpetrators were most often a male friend or acqua...
Oct 15, 2019
Texas Authorities Arrest Former Wisconsin Resident In Double Murder
A former Wisconsin resident has been taken into custody in Texas for allegedly killing his girlfriend and their infant daughter. Authorities say Cody Edmund Dixon of Abilene left the bodies in front o...
Oct 15, 2019 cdogstar / CC
Violence Breaks Out More Than Once At Lincoln Hills School For Boys
Just weeks after a court-ordered monitor reported substantial improvements had been made at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys, the juvenile prison was rocked by a violence-filled weekend. At one point...
Oct 15, 2019 michael scott / CC
Wisconsin Congressman Expects Articles Of Impeachment Against President By End Of Year
Congressman Mark Pocan expects the House of Representatives to vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump by the end of the year. The Wisconsin Democrat says he believes the president has...
Oct 15, 2019 Ninian Reid / CC
West Allis Police Identify Hit-And-Run Victim Killed In Alley
West Allis police say a 51-year-old woman was lying in an alley after falling early Friday morning. They say a vehicle driving in that alley hit Jean Haas but didn't stop to help and no call was made ...
Oct 15, 2019
