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Jun 12, 2016

No facilities offering to care for ex-deputy found insane

Some medical facilities are declining to offer care for a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy suffering from advanced ALS who was found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014.

Jun 10, 2016

Judge issues ‘benediction’ for eliminated elections board

A member of Wisconsin's nonpartisan state elections board says he prays that the public "come to its senses" and demand a reversal of a state Supreme Court ruling ending an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker.

Jun 10, 2016

Inmate accused of conspiring to have Madison officer killed

Madison's police chief says federal, county and local investigators have uncovered a credible threat to the life of one of his officers by an inmate who solicited a hit while in the Dane County Jail.

Jun 10, 2016

Trial set for Milwaukee man in killing of homicide witness

A trial is set to begin in July for a Milwaukee man accused of fatally shooting a man, killing a 17-year-old girl who witnessed the slaying and trying to arrange another witness' death.

Jun 10, 2016

$5 million bond set for man accused of double homicide

A judge has set $5 million bond for a man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and injuring a third person in the Green Bay area.

Jun 9, 2016

Attorney: Man charged in drive-by has mental health issues

The attorney for a Wisconsin man accused of killing an Illinois woman in an interstate drive-by shooting says the man has significant mental health issues.

Jun 9, 2016

Public defender running for state Assembly challenges opponent’s certification

A public defender running for a seat on the state Assembly is alleging that one of his opponents’ nomination papers doesn’t have enough signatures.

Jun 9, 2016

Judges Davis, Kinney named to new ethics commission (UPDATE)

Members of the newly created commission to regulate ethics and campaign finance laws for Wisconsin office holders and lobbyists continued their organizational work Thursday with the simplest of tasks: deciding on a name.

Jun 9, 2016

Ashley Furniture to pay $1.75M to settle safety citations

Wisconsin-based Ashley Furniture has agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle alleged safety violations at four of its plants, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday.

Jun 8, 2016

Deal in bodies-in-suitcases case delayed

A former suburban Milwaukee police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway is facing extradition to Minnesota where he's charged in the death of one of the victims.

Jun 8, 2016

Judge denies request to put voter ID on hold

A federal judge will not put a lawsuit over Wisconsin's voter identification law on hold while another similar challenge is pending in a different court.

Jun 8, 2016

Schimel: Right to work ‘is the law in Wisconsin’

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel sought to make it clear once and for all Wednesday that the state’s recently adopted right-to-work legislation is the law of the land.

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