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The case of a 15-year-old Milwaukee boy charged with shooting and wounding eight people at a suburban mall last year will remain in juvenile court, a judge has ruled.
Read More »Report: Outdoor activities soared during pandemic
It may be no surprise that outdoor activity in Wisconsin increased last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new report Thursday from the Wisconsin Policy Forum attempts to quantify just how much more state residents were getting out of the house.
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Read More »Pedestrian struck and killed in Sun Prairie
Sun Prairie police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle while crossing Main Street.
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Read More »DNR sued over enforcement of pollution cleanup laws
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is being sued over its enforcement of environmental-protection laws.
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Read More »Hospital employee accused of secretly taping patient
A Rhinelander hospital employee is accused of secretly videotaping an unclothed patient.
Read More »Sun Prairie shooting investigated as a homicide
Sun Prairie and Madison police are investigating a homicide after a man dropped off at a medical clinic died from a gunshot wound.
Read More »Pewaukee man pleads guilty to fraudulently getting PPP loans
A suburban Milwaukee man accused of illegally obtaining more than $1 million in federal loans meant for COVID-19 relief pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
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Read More »Republicans propose voting changes in battleground Wisconsin
Republican lawmakers in battleground Wisconsin have introduced a series of bills designed to make it more difficult to vote absentee, a push that comes after former President Donald Trump made unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud after his narrow loss to President Joe Biden.
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Read More »Assembly set to send unemployment bill to Evers
The state Assembly was poised Tuesday to sign off on a bipartisan bill designed to jumpstart updates to Wisconsin's antiquated unemployment claims processing system.
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Read More »High court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases
The Supreme Court on Monday formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election.
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Read More »Activist charged with felony stemming from Kenosha protests
An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a felony for allegedly kicking in a door at the Kenosha Public Safety Building and saying he wanted to break an officer's fingers.
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Read More »Appeals court denies DNR request to stop Wisconsin wolf hunt
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a Department of Natural Resources request to stop the wolf hunt, which is scheduled to begin next week.
Read More »COVID rate in Wisconsin prisons 5 times higher than state
Calvin Johnson spent his final weeks at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution wracked in pandemic anxiety, a former cellmate recalled. He closely tracked COVID-19's spread in and outside of the medium-security state prison — eyeing infection counts in surrounding Crawford County and across Wisconsin.
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Read More »Homicide defendant given 25 years for fatal crash
A North Dakota homicide defendant who led federal agents in Wisconsin on a high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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Read More »Homicide trial postponed after judge breaks ankle
The Brown County trial of a man accused of killing his wife in 2013 is on hold because the judge hearing the case broke his ankle.
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Read More »Former Columbus mayor to plead guilty to bank fraud
The former mayor of Columbus has agreed to plead guilty to a federal bank fraud charge.
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Read More »EDITORIAL: Legalize marijuana in Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers said last week he will propose legalizing marijuana for Wisconsin residents in his state budget as part of a plan to generate $166 million in revenue to help fund rural schools and programs for marginalized communities.
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Read More »Legal field highlights of Gov. Evers’ $91 billion state budget plan
Highlights of Gov. Tony Evers' state budget proposal submitted to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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Read More »Evers calls for justice reform in state budget proposal
Gov. Tony Evers called on the Republican-controlled Legislature Tuesday to bolster funding for K-12 and higher education and reform both the state's criminal justice systems, while delivering a state budget with $1 billion in taxes increases and liberal policy priorities that are almost certainly dead on arrival.
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Read More »Religion and the death penalty collide at the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed.
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Read More »Boy, 8, shot when bullet enters home; 16-year-old arrested
An 8-year-old Milwaukee boy was injured when he was hit by a bullet that entered his home while he was inside.
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Read More »Wisconsin man on trial for murder; victim’s body never found
Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a Wisconsin man who is charged with killing his wife, who went missing in 2013 and whose body has never been found.
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Read More »Evers proposes allowing local governments to raise taxes
Gov. Tony Evers wants to allow counties to be able to double their existing sales tax and allow larger municipalities to impose a new half-cent sales tax, if local voters approve.
Read More »Barnes fined for accepting too much money from a PAC
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes’ campaign was fined more than $1,600 for taking too much money from a political action committee, a fine the campaign inaccurately stated as a payment for legal fees to the state Elections ...
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Read More »Staff shortage at Wisconsin prisons costing taxpayers $60M
A staffing shortage at Wisconsin prisons is pushing corrections officers to work long hours, costing taxpayers at least $60 million in overtime pay.
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Read More »Judge declines new arrest warrant for Kyle Rittenhouse
A judge on Thursday refused prosecutors' request to issue a new arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer.
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Read More »Broad coalition recommends emergency-detention improvements
A broad coalition of Wisconsin law enforcement agencies, health care professionals, local governments and others on Thursday recommended bolstering regional services as part of a multi-faceted approach to better handling of emergency mental-health detentions.
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Read More »Judge orders DNR to start wolf hunt this month
A judge ordered the state Department of Natural Resources on Thursday to start a wolf hunt this month rather than wait until November.
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Read More »Wisconsin biologist charged with lying about caviar scheme
Prosecutors charged the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' top sturgeon expert Thursday with obstructing an investigation into allegations that his employees have been funneling the valuable fish's eggs to a network of caviar processors under the guise of a scientific study.
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Read More »Rittenhouse, accused of violating bond, going before judge
An Illinois 18-year-old charged with killing two people during street protests in Kenosha last summer faces a judge Thursday with prosecutors asking that he be re-arrested.
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