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Aug 5, 2014

Van Hollen asks court to lift voter ID injunction

In the wake of a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s Republican-passed voter ID law, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is asking a federal appellate court to lift an injunction on the law in a federal case.

Aug 5, 2014

Homicide charge filed in suitcase death (UPDATE)

A former Wisconsin police officer killed a 19-year-old college student from Oregon during a choking game that went too far, hid her body in a suitcase she brought to their sex date and then kept her body in his refrigerator for months, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

Aug 5, 2014

Man gets 1 year for making fake prescription drugs

Federal prosecutors say a Manitowoc County man convicted of selling fake prescription drugs online has been sentenced to a year in prison.

Aug 5, 2014

Justices reprimand lawyer who ran for high court seat

A Madison-area lawyer who ran for a spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2007 was publicly reprimanded Tuesday for statements and letters he sent disparaging a prosecutor.

Aug 5, 2014

Sirens call: How to approach personal injury clients without turning them off

It only took three weeks for the personal injury law mass mailers to find Tricia Nell after she was in a car accident with an uninsured motorist.

Aug 5, 2014

Woman gets new sentence for attempted homicide

A Sheboygan woman who argued her 22-year sentence for attempted homicide was much more severe than her co-defendants could be released from prison before the end of the year.

Aug 5, 2014

Co-defendant reaches plea deal in ’98 homicide

An Oconto Falls man accused of being party to a 1998 homicide has reached a plea deal.

Aug 5, 2014

‘Girls court’ under consideration in Wisconsin

To combat the effects of child sex trafficking, a small movement of so-called “girls courts” is starting to take hold in parts of the country.

Aug 5, 2014

Attorney general candidates set for last debate

Three Democrats vying for the party's nomination for attorney general are set to debate one last time before next week's primary.

Aug 4, 2014

More charges expected in suitcase deaths case

A former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court to face more charges.

Aug 4, 2014

Milwaukee man testifies about strip search

A Milwaukee man tells a federal jury that he felt humiliated and degraded when an officer touched his genitals during what the man says was an illegal strip search.

Aug 4, 2014

Prosecutors say they’re immune in John Doe lawsuit

A federal appeals court plans to release nearly three dozen files in a lawsuit over an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's 2012 recall campaign and a host of conservative groups.

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