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Feb 25, 2019

Documentary looks at defense of Geyser in Slender Man stabbing

In May 2014, two 12-year-old Waukesha girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their friend, Payton Leutner, into a Waukesha park and stabbed her 19 times.

Feb 22, 2019

5 people charged in timber-theft conspiracy on reservation

Federal authorities say five people have been indicted over allegations that they cut down trees on the Menominee Indian Reservation in order to sell timber to saw mills outside the reservation without the consent of the Wisconsin tribe.

Feb 22, 2019

Mequon accountant sentenced for tax scheme to steal more than $800,000

A Wisconsin accountant accused of stealing more than $800,000 in a tax scheme has been sentenced in federal court.

Feb 22, 2019

Ex-Wisconsin man charged in wife’s 40-year-old disappearance

A former Wisconsin man is charged with first-degree murder decades after the disappearance of his wife, whom he said stormed out of their home after an argument in 1979 and has not been seen since.

Feb 22, 2019

Amid busy schedule, Fulton oversees expansion at DeWitt

Brad Fulton started at the bottom at DeWitt.

Feb 22, 2019

Kaul wants $2M for salaries, 19 more analysts

Attorney General Josh Kaul has asked Gov. Tony Evers to let him spend $4.4 million in the next state budget to hire more evidence analysts and set up pay raises for them.

Feb 22, 2019

Man pleads not guilty in case of abused teen

A Wisconsin man accused of helping a 14-year-old girl escape sexual abuse in exchange for video of her being raped has pleaded not guilty to sexually exploiting a child.

Feb 21, 2019

Law Journal honors its 2019 Leaders in the Law

The Wisconsin law community honored 21 Leaders in the Law during the 17th annual Wisconsin Law Journal event at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee on Thursday night.

Feb 21, 2019

High court lifts stay on arbitration over Green Bay construction project

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a lower court’s decision to halt arbitration proceedings over a dispute involving a Green Bay construction project until an insurance dispute connected to the project had been resolved.

Feb 21, 2019

Assembly speaker gives governor’s marijuana plan low odds  

Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is giving Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to legalize medical marijuana just a 10 percent chance of winning approval in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

Feb 21, 2019

Neubauer reveals role in 1970s lawsuit

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Lisa Neubauer is revealing that she was an unnamed plaintiff in a successful lawsuit brought in the 1970s against Chicago police after she was strip searched but not under arrest.

Feb 21, 2019

Referee recommends license suspension for Green Bay attorney

A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a Green Bay lawyer's license for 15 months.

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