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There will be enough coronavirus vaccine in Wisconsin by the end of June to immunize 80% of those age 16 and over in the state, hitting a target to achieve herd immunity for COVID-19, a top state health official said on Thursday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an appellate court decision to order a new trial for a Kenosha County man convicted in the 1998 poisoning death of his wife.

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A plan to have a new call center to help unemployed people 24 hours a day, seven days a week is moving ahead with the signing of a $1.2 million contract, Gov. Tony Evers’ administration announced Thursday.

A man who opened fire at a Wisconsin grocery distribution center and the two co-workers he killed were long-time employees, but a motive for the attack remains unclear, authorities said Thursday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily barred Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme from serving as a judge.

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Bars and restaurants could sell cocktails and glasses of wine to go under a bill the state Assembly approved on Wednesday.

The conservative-backed candidate to become Wisconsin's top education official called on her Democratic-backed opponent to apologize for and denounce her television ad running statewide, a heated flashpoint during a virtual debate broadcast Wednesday.

Milwaukee County Children’s Court Judge Brett Blomme has been charged with seven felony counts of possession of child pornography. The state filed a criminal complaint against Blomme, 38, on Wednesday morning saying the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation had ...

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Attorneys, judges and CCAP staff called on Wednesday for the Wisconsin Supreme Court to approve mandatory electronic filing in the state’s Courts of Appeals. The state Supreme Court held a public hearing Wednesday on Rule Petition 20-07, which asks the high court to ...

The Wisconsin Assembly was poised Wednesday to pass a bipartisan bill that would allow people to braid hair without a barber or cosmetology license.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A worker shot and killed two colleagues at a supermarket distribution center near Milwaukee before crashing his vehicle during a police pursuit and then killing himself, a union official and police said Wednesday. The attacks happened Tuesday ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Tuesday he has ruled out a run for Wisconsin governor in 2022, but he remains undecided about whether to seek a third term in the Senate.

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The Wisconsin Legislature moved Tuesday to kill limits on PFAS pollution and to allow therapists, counselors and social workers to continue to try to change gay and transgender people's sexual orientation.

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People age 16 and up with certain preexisting conditions in Wisconsin will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting Monday, a week earlier than previously announced, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.

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Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme has been arrested on tentative charges of possession of child pornography, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced on Monday.

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A Milwaukee immigration attorney could lose his law license for a year for failing to properly represent two clients and taking a money out of another client's account for a personal loan.

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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin therapists, counselors and social workers could continue to attempt to change the sexual orientation of gay or transgender people under a bill Republican legislators are poised to take up Tuesday. ...

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The Wisconsin Department of Justice obtained a $65,000 judgment against two companies for violating state air pollution control laws with their metal shredder.

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A woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for her role in 2018 death of a 7-year-old Wisconsin boy who was allegedly beaten, forced to carry around a heavy log and was buried in the snow.

Police in Portage say they plan to seek reckless homicide charges in the death of a man found unresponsive at a local hotel.

A man accused of killing two of his relatives has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in Brown County Circuit Court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court listened to a debate over an exception to the guilty-plea-waiver rule on Monday. The case before the high court involves a defendant who stipulated to facts supporting his conviction and agreed to have the trial court ...

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The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer's murder trial.

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The candidates for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 3 discussed their experience and dedication to society during an online forum on Thursday.

A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a bouncer at a downtown La Crosse bar after he was denied entry to the establishment.

Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich says a legislative committee hearing attended only by Republicans that featured testimony from invited conservative critics of how his city ran the November election was a “Stalinist show trial and a three-ring circus."

Wisconsin residents age 16 or older who have one of a wide range of pre-existing health conditions will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine starting March 29, including people who are overweight, pregnant or have high blood pressure, health officials announced Thursday.

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A group that’s opposed to plans to bring new F-35 fighter jets to Truax Field in Madison has filed a second lawsuit challenging the military’s environmental review.

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The Wisconsin Director of State Courts Office is accepting applications for spring court interpreter training scheduled for April.

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Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard has established a memorial scholarship fund in memory of Elizabeth Olsewski, a personal-injury attorney and Wisconsin native killed in a Racine County car crash last year.