VanDeHey elected as Committee of Chief Judges chair
Seventh Judicial Administrative District Chief Judge Robert P. VanDeHey has been elected chairman of the Committee of Chief Judges.
US Supreme Court declines to hear border wall challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that rejected environmental groups' challenge to sections of wall the Trump administration is building along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Couple draw guns at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor’s home
A white couple pointed guns at protesters in St. Louis as a group marched toward the mayor's home to demand her resignation after she read the names and addresses of several residents who supported defunding the police department during an online briefing.
Support police rally in Kenosha briefly disrupted by clashes
Protesters demonstrating against the use of police force briefly disrupted a Kenosha rally organized to show support for law enforcement on Saturday.
Ex-federal agent sentenced to jail in Wisconsin assault case
A Wisconsin judge has sentenced a former federal agent to jail time after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at his Oconomowoc home in 2013.
Wisconsin man charged with killing sister, brother-in-law
A warrant is out for a Fort Atkinson man accused of killing his sister and her husband, shooting at a deputy and burning down a house in southeast Wisconsin.
Wisconsin man who triggered protest charged with extortion
Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a Black man whose arrest triggered a violent protest in Wisconsin's capital city with extorting local businesses.
Milwaukee County courts to begin re-opening on Monday
Milwaukee County Circuit Court judges will begin hearing in-person proceedings on Monday.
DNR restarts hunter safety courses in face of lawsuit
The state Department of Natural Resources will restart in-person hunter safety courses next month after a hunter advocacy group sued alleging the department had no authority to cancel them.
Judge Stadtmueller nears 2,200th sentence with Milwaukee construction exec’s case
Judge J.P. Stadtmueller of the Eastern District of Wisconsin reached a milestone in his career at a Milwaukee construction executive's sentencing hearing this morning. Stadtmueller said Brian Ganos was close to the 2,200th defendant he's sentenced in his 33 years on the bench.
Supreme Court won’t allow disbarred Florida attorney to practice in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court won't allow a disbarred Florida attorney to practice law in Wisconsin.
Racine city officials slam judge’s ‘extremely troubling’ COVID-19 order
Racine County Circuit Court Judge Jon Fredrickson and Racine city officials are in a war of words over a lawsuit challenging the city's COVID-19 public-health orders. Fredrickson cautioned city officials against undermining a temporary injunction order in the case, an order the mayor called "extremely troubling.
Legal News
- Wisconsin district attorney demands attorney general compel WisDems to return donations tied to Epstein
- Women rainmakers under attack for their ambition: combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome
- Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
- Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
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