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Aug 4, 2020

Police preparing for unknowns at Democratic convention

The Milwaukee Police Department doesn't know how many people will show up for the scaled-back Democratic National Convention that begins in less than two weeks, but it's prepared to handle protests without using tear gas, the embattled Milwaukee chief said Tuesday.

Aug 4, 2020

Habush Habush & Rottier makes $10,000 contribution to Abrahamson Reading Room

The law firm Habush Habush & Rottier is making a $10,000 contribution to the new Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson Reading Room at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.

Aug 4, 2020

Another arrest made in fatal shooting in Sparta

Police have made another arrest in a fatal shooting in Sparta. A 38-year-old man was taken into custody in Butler Monday in the death of 61-year-old Anthony Koopman June 11.

Aug 4, 2020

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson honored with executive order, reading room naming

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson received statewide recognition for her career and legacy on Tuesday.

Aug 4, 2020

Couple charged with fatally stabbing Onalaska man

A couple from Milwaukee has been charged in the 2019 stabbing death of an Onalaska man during an altercation over comments made about bikes.

Aug 3, 2020

GOP leader wants Wisconsin Senate to strike down mask order

The Wisconsin Legislature should act as quickly as this week or next to strike down Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Monday.

Aug 3, 2020

Wisconsin election head: ‘Don’t wait’ on mailing ballots

In the face of warnings about slow mail delivery and record-high requests for absentee ballots, the head of the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday urged voters not to wait to return their ballot for the Aug. 11 statewide primary.

Aug 3, 2020

She has represented human trafficking victims across the world. She’s now ‘fighting for human rights’ in Wisconsin after fatal shootings.

Attorney Kimberley Motley is representing the families of the three males killed by a Wauwatosa police officer. Motley, whose practice is based in Afghanistan, is an attorney with clients all across the world.

Aug 3, 2020

Godfrey & Kahn adds Taibleson as employee benefits, tax attorney

Michael W. Taibleson has joined Godfrey & Kahn's Employee Benefits and Tax Practice Groups as special counsel.

Aug 3, 2020

Victim of fatal stabbing in Madison was 13-year-old girl

The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal stabbing in Madison as a 13-year-old girl.

Aug 3, 2020

New Wisconsin justice sworn in during ultramarathon

The new Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky has finished her 100-mile ultramarathon after being sworn in mid-run.

Jul 31, 2020

Conservatives take up death of Black man who supported Trump

The shooting death in broad daylight of a Black man affectionately known in his Milwaukee neighborhood as "The Ras" appears to have mystified police while spurring prominent conservatives in Wisconsin to speculate that he was killed because of his support for President Donald Trump.

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