Wisconsin court system staff have distributed 600,000 face masks to circuit courts around the state preparing to resume in-person proceedings and jury trials.

Many Wisconsin courts are livestreaming proceedings to keep the courts operating and accessible to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Calumet, Dunn, Jackson and Marathon counties have been selected as new Wisconsin circuit-court branches. Their establishment is the result of a law enacted last week, allowing the director of state courts to set up 12 new circuit court branches over three years.

Wisconsin will add 12 new circuit court branches throughout the state under legislation Gov. Tony Evers signed on Thursday.

Many court clerks in Wisconsin are charging citizens for court records — even though a 2014 attorney general's opinion says people are allowed to use their own cellphones to photograph court records for free.

Three circuit court judges elected in April will start their six-year terms early.

While there are no statewide judicial races to attract voters this spring, Wisconsin will have six circuit court primaries Tuesday.

In Milwaukee County’s two contested circuit court races, two candidates are narrowly ahead in the eyes of Milwaukee Bar members.

A legislative proposal introduced Wednesday would breakdown the number of judicial circuit court branches in Milwaukee County by geography.

Despite historically long odds, two candidates are challenging an incumbent judge in Milwaukee County instead of running for two open circuit court seats.

A circuit court ordered a pair of Oshkosh contractors to pay $50,000 for violating state asbestos-handling laws during renovations in Fond du Lac, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge’s decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s contentious collective bargaining law. Judge Maryann Sumi invalidated the law on Thursday after finding Republican legislators violated Wisconsin’s open records law during the run-up to passage in March. The ...

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an elderly woman’s estate can pursue her claims that a former state insurance adjuster robbed and assaulted her in 2006. The court’s decision fixed a procedural error by a Waukesha County circuit court judge and the court of appeals. It now allows the victim to ...

The Milwaukee County court system kept its doors open this year thanks to some resourceful budgeting which resulted in only one day in which limited services were available.