Prosecutors ask judge to dismiss John Doe search lawsuit
Milwaukee prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they violated one of Republican Gov. Scott Walker's former aide's civil rights when they had police search her home nearly four years ago.
7th Circuit apologizes for snafu
The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has apologized for forgetting about a case.
Milwaukee teen gets 45 years for homicide, sexual assault
A 19-year-old Milwaukee man accused of raping his ex-girlfriend's 15-year-old sister before killing her new boyfriend last January has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Man gets jail in accidental shooting at Madison blood center
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail in the accidental shooting of a worker at a Madison blood center earlier this year.
Man who killed longtime girlfriend sentenced to 40 years
A Racine County man convicted of fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Milwaukee police to fire GPS trackers onto fleeing vehicles
New tracking technology acquired by Milwaukee police allows officers to keep tabs on criminal suspects without a dangerous high-speed chase.
OLR seeks revocation of personal injury attorney’s license
An Oshkosh personal injury attorney could lose his law license over his January 2014 conviction for not paying taxes and allegations that he mismanaged his firm’s trust account and misappropriated money withheld from employees’ paychecks.
Court upholds Madison prohibition on guns on buses
A state appeals court says people can't carry guns on Madison city buses.
Case of alleged threats won’t be heard by judge
The new chief judge of Minnesota's federal court system says all U.S. District Court judges and magistrates in the state will be disqualified from presiding over the case of a man accused of using his Twitter account to threaten law enforcement officers.
Filing shows prosecutors believed Walker committed felony
A court filing shows investigators believed Republican Gov. Scott Walker committed a felony when he was Milwaukee County executive in relation to an office lease contract.
Court orders remodeling contractor to pay $375K in franchise dispute
A franchise deal that went rotten in the town of Denmark has resulted in a federal court order that will have a Green Bay contractor paying hundreds of thousands in attorney's fees stemming from an alleged violation of a non-compete clause.
Florida show owners sue over use of Paul Bunyan name
A Florida company is going to court over a Wisconsin Dells lumberjack show that uses the Paul Bunyan name.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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