Recent Articles from The Associated Press
Mother who killed baby wants to attend burial
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — The woman who gave birth in the bathroom of a Racine restaurant, then discarded the newborn in an outdoor trash bin, wants to attend the baby’s burial service. Twenty-four-year-old Breanna Gering has been convicted of reckless homicide in the death of the full-term infant. The Racine County medical examiner and a […]
Ex-WisDOT employee, others indicted for fake IDs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted six people, including a former state Department of Transportation worker, with conspiring to produce fake driver’s licenses. According to the indictment and federal prosecutors, 36-year-old Khue Xiong used his position at a state DOT Division of Motor Vehicles office in Stevens Point to produce about […]
Law firm offers to pay for McCarthy’s Way
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay law firm has offered to cover the cost of renaming a street for Packers coach Mike McCarthy. Metzler, Timm, Treleven, Pahl, Beck, S.C. offered to donate up to $5,000 to cover the signs and labor to install them. Mayor Jim Schmitt announced the name change during Tuesday’s […]
Superintendent arrested in child sex sting faces more charges (UPDATE)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A superintendent of the New Holstein School District accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old boy for sex faces more charges. According to a criminal complaint, 58-year-old Christopher Nelson was arrested Jan. 19 in a child sex sting after arranging for a rendezvous with a 15-year-old boy who was actually a Milwaukee […]
Wis. man pleads not guilty to trying to kill kids
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A town of Oneida man has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to kill his four children with sleeping pills before attempting suicide by overdose. Thirty-six-year-old Deke Suri faces four counts of attempted homicide. The Post-Crescent reports his trial is scheduled to start April 18. The judge denied a defense […]
Wis. woman pleads not guilty to 1957 infant death
By DINESH RAMDE Associated Press SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Judith Post says she remains haunted by a memory more than half a century old — the sight of her older sister tossing her own baby several feet and watching the infant land on the floor. Though Post tries to forget the scene, a fresh court […]
Parents convicted in prayer death want new trials
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin parents convicted of using prayer instead of conventional medicine to try to heal their dying daughter will ask a judge for new trials. Documents filed by their appeal attorneys say Dale and Leilani Neumann did not have adequate legal representation during their original trials. The two were found guilty […]
Suit filed in Dallas over Super Bowl seat problems (UPDATE)
By DANNY ROBBINS and SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of the Super Bowl have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Dallas — just […]
Lawsuit says SC Johnson’s green labeling deceptive
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A civil lawsuit and recently proposed federal regulations raise questions about S.C. Johnson’s self-imposed green labeling. The litigation contends the Racine company is deceptively implying that some of its products have be tested by a neutral party and found to be environmentally friendly. Windex and Shout carry the “Greenlist” seal of […]
Milwaukee archdiocese files for bankruptcy
The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee has directed its attorneys to file for bankruptcy protection, saying pending sexual-abuse lawsuits have left it with debts it can't pay.
Legal News
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- OSHA fines two Wisconsin construction companies after Lambeau Field carpenter’s death
- Vehicle wanted in Chicago homicide crashes into Milwaukee school bus during police pursuit
- Court to weigh social media and First Amendment
- Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100
- Judge dismisses liberal watchdog’s claims that Wisconsin impeachment panel violated open meeting law
- Milwaukee casting foundry sentenced for violating Clean Water Act
- IRS delays rules for payment apps’ users
- Judge cites handwritten will and awards real estate to Aretha Franklin’s sons
- Former Wisconsin GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court
- Kenosha man gets life in prison for fatally stabbing his father, stepmother with a machete in 2021
- Official who posted ‘ballot selfie’ in Wisconsin has felony charge dismissed
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