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Jan 12, 2022

GOPs advance bill to count prior COVID infection as immunity

Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require employers to count a prior COVID-19 infection as an alternative to vaccination and testing.

Jan 11, 2022

La Follette preparing for another run for secretary of state

Wisconsin's longtime secretary of state, Democrat Doug La Follette, said Tuesday he is preparing to run for reelection to the office he was first elected to in 1974 and that he has held since 1983.

Jan 11, 2022

Judge denies Vos request to stop deposition over records

A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday denied a request from Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to delay him sitting for a deposition with attorneys for a liberal watchdog group seeking records related to the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 election.

Jan 11, 2022

Jury seated to hear triple homicide case in Kenosha County

A jury has been selected in Kenosha County Circuit Court to hear the case against a man charged with killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting at a crowded bar.

Jan 11, 2022

Body found in burned vehicle towed to lot following crash

Milwaukee police are conducting an investigation after a body was found in a burned vehicle that had been towed to an impound lot.

Jan 10, 2022

Judge pokes holes in Swiss cheesemakers’ legal arguments

Gruyere cheese does not have to come from the Gruyere region of Europe to be sold under the gruyere name, a federal judge has ruled.

Jan 10, 2022

Republican Kleefisch raises $3.3 million in governor’s race

Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, announced Monday that she raised more than $3.3 million in the first four months since getting into the race in September.

Jan 10, 2022

All Dane County jail inmates to be tested for coronavirus

The National Guard has been summoned to help test nearly 600 inmates at the Dane County Jail for COVID-19 on Monday.

Jan 10, 2022

Judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena

A Wisconsin judge on Monday rejected an attempt by the state's Democratic attorney general to block a subpoena issued by a Republican-hired attorney seeking to interview the state's chief elections administrator and obtain election-related documents and data as part of a GOP-ordered investigation.

Jan 10, 2022

Man who bought gun for Kyle Rittenhouse pleads no contest (UPDATE)

The man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse an assault-style rifle when he was only 17 has agreed to plead no contest to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a non-criminal citation, and avoid convictions on the two felonies he'd been facing.

Jan 7, 2022

No charges recommended in fatal Appleton break-in

Police are recommending no charges be filed in the case of an intruder who was fatally shot at an Appleton residence last June.

Jan 7, 2022

Wisconsin GOP leader: ‘Zero chance’ of taking over elections

A top Republican lawmaker in the presidential battleground state of Wisconsin said Friday that there is "zero chance" the GOP-controlled Legislature will take over the awarding of the state's 10 presidential elector votes in 2024, even as Democrats worry that is their goal.

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