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A 15-year-old boy faces multiple charges in a shooting at a Wisconsin mall that left eight people injured, and he has been ordered held in secure juvenile detention rather than being released to his parents.
Read More »Green Bay man sentenced to 18 years for death of infant son
A Green Bay man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in the death of his 23-day-old son.
Read More »Milwaukee County could complete recount as soon as Wednesday
Milwaukee County could complete the recounting of its presidential election results as soon as Wednesday and no later than Friday, a county spokesman said Tuesday.
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Read More »No charges filed in Milwaukee veterans hospital shooting
Federal police who shot a 35-year-old man near the entrance to a Milwaukee veterans hospital in July will not be charged in the death, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Read More »Police release details on Wisconsin mall shooting arrests
Police in suburban Milwaukee on Monday provided more details about their investigation into a mall shooting last week, including the arrests of two more people.
Read More »Wisconsin attorney general suing over GOP lame-duck law
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging parts of a Republican-authored law limiting his powers that was passed during a lame-duck legislative session two years ago. The lawsuit ...
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
Read More »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 ...
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Read More »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.
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Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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Read More »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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Read More »Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in 2 counties
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order on Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump’s request. The order, required by law ...
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Read More »High court likely won’t issue mask ruling for several weeks
The Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed Monday whether Gov. Tony Evers exceeded his authority by issuing a statewide mask mandate after his original public health emergency related to the pandemic had expired, a move that opponents said was illegal.
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Read More »Minnesota to close bars, restaurants, gyms for 4 weeks
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to announce 1new COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday to shut down indoor dining at bars and restaurants, close gyms and fitness centers, and put organized indoor youth sports ...
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Read More »Five Marinette County deputies cleared in fatal shooting
Five Marinette County deputies involved in fatally shooting a suspect last month have been cleared by prosecutors.
Read More »Trump pays $3 million for partial Wisconsin vote recount
President Donald Trump has paid $3 million for a partial recount in Wisconsin but has yet to file a petition stating which counties will be included, the Wisconsin Elections Commission said Wednesday.
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Read More »Virus deaths hit new high in Wisconsin, Evers releases bill
Gov. Tony Evers released legislation Tuesday in response to the surging pandemic as Wisconsin announced a daily record of 92 deaths from the coronavirus and health officials cautioned that even when a vaccine becomes available it will be months before most people receive it.
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Read More »Suburban Milwaukee officer who killed 3 since 2015 resigns
A suburban Milwaukee police officer who has fatally shot three people in the line of duty since 2015, including a Black teenager outside a mall in February, is resigning from the department.
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Read More »Angela Cunningham announces campaign for Kenosha County Circuit Court
The defense attorney Angela Cunningham is running for Kenosha County Circuit Court. She announced her candidacy for Branch 6 last week.
Read More »Prisons have highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases
Wisconsin prisons have experienced the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.
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Read More »Thousands await jobless aid as leaders blame each other for failure
As Wisconsin businesses closed this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staff employees to keep up. But DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman remained optimistic.
Tagged with: Caleb Frostman Gov. Tony Evers unemployment Victor Forberger Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Read More »Trump faces approaching deadline for recount in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump could file for a recount in Wisconsin as soon as Tuesday, once the final county submits its certification of the election results.
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Read More »Wisconsin presidential recount would cost Trump $7.9 million
President Donald Trump will have to pay $7.9 million if he wants a statewide recount of unofficial results in Wisconsin showing him losing to Democrat Joe Biden by about 20,500 votes.
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Read More »Plaintiffs drop suit claiming fraud in Wisconsin absentees
Three people in Wisconsin who filed a federal lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in absentee voting have dropped the lawsuit.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider mask mandate challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court was hearing arguments Monday on whether to strike down the state's mask mandate, which being challenged by conservatives as an unconstitutional overreach of power by. Gov. Tony Evers.
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Read More »Whitmer says she has authority to do 2nd stay-home order
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary, pointing to an epidemic-powers law that her administration has used since a setback at the state Supreme Court.
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