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Dec 9, 2019

Arrest made in Racine homicide

A female suspect has been arrested in a fatal shooting in Racine, police said Monday.

Dec 9, 2019

Wisconsin Guard leader to make changes after assault probe

The head of the Wisconsin National Guard said Monday that he intends to follow the recommendations made after an investigation into reports of sexual assault and harassment.

Dec 6, 2019

State Assembly considers new pretrial detention bills

A Wisconsin Assembly committee is considering three bills that would implement new pretrial detention procedures and discourage use of cash bail.

Dec 6, 2019

Sheriff urges media to keep school stabber’s name secret

A 16-year-old Wisconsin high school student who was shot after he stabbed a police officer could face attempted homicide charges, but authorities are asking media outlets to keep his name secret out of fear of sparking copycat incidents.

Dec 5, 2019

Man gets 4 years probation after telling job applicants their names too ‘ghetto’

A 47-year-old Wisconsin man who admitted sending emails to job applicants to a St. Louis health clinic telling them that their names were too "ghetto" to be hired has been sentenced to four years of probation.

Dec 5, 2019

Law Journal honors its 2019 Unsung Heroes

The Wisconsin Law Journal honored 21 Unsung Heroes at an event on Thursday at the Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee. More than 200 people were in attendance to honor the people who excel behind the scenes.

Dec 5, 2019

Wisconsin Guard’s sexual assault response ‘train wreck’

A federal investigator called the Wisconsin National Guard's response to a sexual-assault case "a train wreck," according to a review of the Guard's handling of sexual assault-allegations.

Dec 5, 2019

Woman sent to prison for selling drugs at ‘meth farm’

A woman will spend more than five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine from a rural property in northern Wisconsin known as the 'meth farm.'

Dec 5, 2019

LOSS FOR WORDS: Stenographer shortage prompts industry to seek out different solutions

Business is booming for Chris Willette, a stenographer and the owner of Willette Court Reporting in Wausau.

Dec 4, 2019

Supreme Court overturns ‘unsound’ eyewitness identification ruling

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is realigning state law with U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning the necessary criteria that must be must to ensure due process is carried out in eyewitness identifications. A majority of the state Supreme Court justices ruled Tuesday to overturn the burden placed on the state in State v. Dubose, calling the ruling “unsound in principle.”

Dec 4, 2019

Ahead of elections, Godfrey & Kahn shareholder asks for opinion on sale of polling data

Ahead of the 2020 elections, a shareholder at Godfrey & Kahn has asked the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to provide an advisory opinion on the sale of polling research and other data.

Dec 4, 2019

In reversal, Gov. Evers releases day’s worth of emails

Gov. Tony Evers released a day's worth of his emails to a newspaper, after initially saying state law prohibited him from doing that.

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