POSTED: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 10:03 pm

BY: Associated Press

A federal judge has sentenced a former Beloit official to prison for using city funds to purchase personal items.

POSTED: Monday, February 20th, 2012 at 4:59 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

While there are no statewide judicial races to attract voters this spring, Wisconsin will have six circuit court primaries Tuesday.

POSTED: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 1:00 pm

BY: Jack Zemlicka, jack.zemlicka@wislawjournal.com

Of the 12 contested circuit court elections this year in Wisconsin, eight will feature challenges to incumbent judges.

POSTED: Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at 3:28 pm

BY: Associated Press

JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) — A man has been sentenced in Jefferson County to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting a neighbor whose body was found in a storage bin nearly two weeks after he was killed. Fifty-one-year-old James Richardson waived his right to a jury trial and pleaded guilty to [...]