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Nov 23, 2020

Conservative attorneys attack Dane County ban on gatherings

A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to immediately block Dane County's ban on indoor gatherings and indoor sports, arguing the order will ruin Thanksgiving and subject young athletes to mental trauma.

Nov 23, 2020

In Wisconsin recount, Trump challenges pile up, slow tally

The Wisconsin recount observer Ardis Cerny stretched her neck as far as she could toward a Plexiglas divider separating her from two vote counters, eagle-eyeing them as they scrutinized ballot papers one by one.

Nov 23, 2020

Police arrest 15-year-old boy in Wisconsin mall shooting

A 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection to a shooting at a suburban Milwaukee mall that injured eight people, authorities said Sunday.

Nov 20, 2020

Illinois teen charged in protest slayings posts $2M bail

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old from Illinois who is charged with killing two people during a protest in Wisconsin and whose case has become a rallying cry for some conservatives posted $2 million in bail on Friday and was released from custody. Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber […]

Nov 20, 2020

Trump objects to counting thousands of Wisconsin ballots

The recount of the presidential election in Wisconsin's two most heavily Democratic counties began Friday with President Donald Trump's campaign seeking to discard tens of thousands of absentee ballots that it alleged should not have been counted.

Nov 20, 2020

Complaints against Milwaukee officer who killed 3 dismissed

A suburban Milwaukee police and fire commission has voted to dismiss the complaints filed against a police officer by the families of three men he shot while on duty over a five-year period.

Nov 20, 2020

Tips for dealing with pandemic-induced stress levels, mental health

There has been a lot to lose sleep over lately — skyrocketing COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin, contested election results, the racial inequality that permeates so many parts of society.

Nov 20, 2020

Impaired driver given 3 years in prison in fatal hit-and-run

A driver who struck and killed a pedestrian along a Brown County road hours after smoking marijuana has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Nov 19, 2020

Prosecutors want 2017 arrest of teen in Floyd death trial

Prosecutors in the upcoming trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd want to introduce evidence of a 2017 arrest in which they say the officer held his knee on the back of a 14-year-old boy and ignored his pleas that he couldn't breathe.

Nov 19, 2020

State Bar launches Pro Bono Opportunity Portal

The State Bar of Wisconsin launched a new Pro Bono Opportunity Portal to help connect low-income Wisconsinites with free legal help.

Nov 19, 2020

Matthew Kurudza joins Linder & Marsack’s worker’s comp defense team

The attorney Matthew Kurudza has joined Lindner & Marsack's worker's compensation defense team.

Nov 19, 2020

Trial ordered for accused gun supplier in Kenosha killings

The man charged with buying the rifle that police say an Illinois teen used to kill two people during a Wisconsin protest over police brutality will stand trial, a court commissioner decided Thursday.

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