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Apr 6, 2016

US Rep. Grothman says voter ID law will help GOP in November

Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman sparked a social media fight by telling a Milwaukee TV station that Wisconsin's newly enacted voter ID law will help the GOP's eventual nominee win the White House.

Apr 6, 2016

Wisconsin’s 47 percent turnout smashes projection

Wisconsin election officials predicted a big turnout in Tuesday's primary — and then voters blew their number away.

Apr 6, 2016

GOP surge helps carry Bradley to Supreme Court win

Powered by a surge in Republican turnout for the state's presidential primary, Rebecca Bradley pushed past heaps of negative publicity over her inflammatory college writings to defeat JoAnne Kloppenburg and win a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Apr 6, 2016

Hear to help: WHD’s Anzelmo listens to clients, guides them through problems

Anthony Anzelmo grew up wanting a career in which he could help other people.

Apr 6, 2016

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Eau Claire County drunken driving case

Even though a northern Wisconsin woman was arrested 24 years ago for drunken driving, her lawyers will appear before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday to argue the resulting citation should be voided.

Apr 5, 2016

Bradley stays on Supreme Court with win over Kloppenburg

Rebecca Bradley defeated JoAnne Kloppenburg on Tuesday to win a 10-year term on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, shrugging off headlines about her inflammatory writings and riding a wave of Republican turnout for the state's presidential primary to victory.

Apr 5, 2016

Justices grill paint manufacturers over lead paint lawsuit

Two Wisconsin Supreme Court justices on Tuesday grilled paint manufacturers on why a Milwaukee woman should not be allowed to sue them over the lead paint she was exposed to as a child.

Apr 5, 2016

Justices contemplate whether judges can use sentencing assessment

Wisconsin's Supreme Court is grappling with questions over whether an assessment system used to gauge a person's risk of recidivism should have been taken into account in the sentencing of a man found guilty of vehicle theft.

Apr 5, 2016

Ex-Milwaukee officer faces federal excessive force charge

A former Milwaukee police detective faces a federal charge that he used excessive force against a handcuffed suspect nearly three years ago.

Apr 5, 2016

Woman sues over accidental cremation

A Wisconsin woman is suing a Rochester funeral home and the Mayo Clinic after her husband's body was accidentally cremated.

Apr 5, 2016

How a spy probe wound up as a child pornography prosecution

FBI agents investigating a potential data leak at Boeing obtained a secret warrant to search the home computers of a company manager in California for evidence they hoped would connect him to Chinese economic espionage.

Apr 5, 2016

Voters head to polls to choose high court justices, trial judges

Although most attention is now on the contested races in Wisconsin's presidential primary, voters who head to the polls Tuesday will also have their say in various judicial races.

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