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May 17, 2016

Hupy offering $25K reward for information about shooter

A Milwaukee attorney is offering a reward for information about the deadly shooting of a 9-year-old girl in Milwaukee.

May 17, 2016

Appeals court overturns conviction of gun-toting man (UPDATE)

A man who was walking near a school with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle on his shoulder and a handgun in a holster had his loitering conviction overturned Tuesday by a Wisconsin appeals court, a victory for open carry advocates.

May 17, 2016

Three attorneys leave Wilson Elser to start firm

Three attorneys have left the Milwaukee office of national law firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP to open their own firm.

May 17, 2016

State Supreme Court suspends former New Berlin mayor’s law license

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a former New Berlin mayor and real estate developer for mishandling thousands of dollars of client money.

May 17, 2016

Prosecutors drop charges against man in Milwaukee shootings

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused in a shooting incident that left two men dead and three others injured in Milwaukee last year, saying there's too much doubt to take the case to trial.

May 17, 2016

$500K bail set for Minnesotan charged in Manitowoc killing

Bail has been set at $500,000 for an alleged gang member from Minnesota who's charged in the fatal shooting of a man in Manitowoc.

May 16, 2016

Federal judge hears challenge of election law changes (UPDATE)

Wisconsin Republicans were "giddy" about a voter identification requirement enacted in 2011 that they saw as an opportunity to drive down Democratic turnout at the polls, a former chief of staff to a GOP state senator testified Monday in a federal trial targeting that law and others.

May 16, 2016

Wildlife group sues US over Enbridge pipeline

An environmental group is accusing the federal government of misjudging an emergency response plan for a major oil pipeline that runs through Michigan.

May 16, 2016

US Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday, the latest indication of the shorthanded court's struggle to find a majority for important cases taken up before Justice Antonin Scalia's death.

May 16, 2016

August trial for man accused of motorcycle shop standoff

The man accused of taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with police at a Neenah motorcycle shop will stand trial in August.

May 16, 2016

Jury selection starting for wounded officers suing gun shop owner

A second lawsuit is starting this week for trial against a gun shop after a jury in October found the owners of the store were negligent in selling a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.

May 15, 2016

Green Bay man gets 53 years in shooting death, OD death

A judge has sentenced a Green Bay man to 53 years in prison for the shooting death of a Howard man and the overdose death of a Coleman man.

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