MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that a failed script writer sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for flying $500,000 worth of marijuana to Wisconsin on his private plane should have been allowed to appeal his conviction. Trevor Ryan of Ukiah, Calif., was sentenced by a federal judge in Madison to 65 months in ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged six men with working in a large-scale marijuana growing operation in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin. U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil said on Friday that five of the men are Mexican citizens and one of them, 40-year-old Norberto Burciago, is from St. Paul, Minn. Ashland County Sheriff Mick Brennan said nearly 10,000 ...

PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve arrested one man and are seeking four more after eradicating a large marijuana growing operation found in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil said the man was arrested at the scene of the grow site that involved thousands of plants over a several-acre area about 25 miles northwest of ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The La Crosse Common Council has passed an ordinance that decriminalizes possession of a small amount of marijuana. The council Thursday night passed a local law that allows law enforcement to ticket, not criminally charge a person for first-time possession of 7 grams of marijuana or less. Half of the ticket revenue would go to ...

Federal officials have charged 24 people in connection with an extensive drug and gambling case that covered Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, California and Illinois as well as Canada.

RACINE, Wis. (AP) — Racine County deputies say they’ve arrested a driver who was transporting a load of marijuana that weighed as much as a pair of bowling balls. According to the sheriff’s department, a deputy stopped the man Wednesday because his vehicle’s registration was matched to an unlicensed owner. The deputy smelled a strong odor of raw marijuana coming ...

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