A judge on Friday refused to dismiss the case against a man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in southern Wisconsin last year.

District Three Chief Judge Jennifer Dorow announced Friday the appointment of Judge William Domina as the presiding judge of Waukesha County.

A courtroom discussion during an unsuccessful effort to postpone a trial in the Waukesha County Courthouse has revealed what are believed to be numerous specific cases of COVID-19 infections within the campus.

Although all eyes are on Republican legislators' attempt to derail Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order in the state Supreme Court, two Waukesha County residents have quietly mounted their own challenge alleging the mandate violates their constitutional rights to worship, protest and travel.

Thomas Farley came into the role of Waukesha County Corporation Counsel just as the county seated its first county executive. Appointed in 1991, Farley was the county’s lead attorney as Dan Finley moved into the newly created role of county executive. Finley held that position until he moved on and Dan Vrakas succeeded him.

OKAUCHEE, Wis. (AP) — The Waukesha County district attorney will review a fatal shooting by a man who said he was defending himself against an intruder. The Okauchee homeowner said he was asleep when he heard someone breaking into his house early Saturday. He said he grabbed his flashlight and a gun and confronted the man in the garage. The ...

Wisconsin Court of Appeals CRIMINAL UNPUBLISHED Motor Vehicles Implied consent; motions to reopen; excusable neglect; competency Jesse M. Schaefer’s operating privileges were revoked after he failed to request a refusal hearing within the 10-day time limit set forth in Wis. Stat. ß 343.305(10). Schaefer requested that the municipal court reopen the proceedings based on excusable neglect. The municipal court denied ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin election officials say Waukesha County’s vote totals in the state Supreme Court election appear to match totals from the county’s municipalities. The Government Accountability Board reviewed the county’s totals after Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced she failed to report 14,000 votes from the city of Brookfield. The new votes gave incumbent Justice David Prosser the lead ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — An embattled county clerk is refusing to resign after she failed to immediately report thousands of votes in Wisconsin’s tightly contested Supreme Court race. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus announced last Thursday she had failed to save 14,000 votes on her computer. The discovery of the votes flipped the unofficial winner from JoAnne Kloppenburg to incumbent ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — The chairman of Waukesha County’s Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of the county clerk who botched her count of last week’s state Supreme Court race. Party chairman Victor Weer said in a news release Tuesday that vote counting and reporting by Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus has not only produced problems, she has ignored ...

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is on track to lead challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by about 7,300 votes after all counties finish verifying the ballots cast in last week’s election — a margin that would be difficult to overcome even with a statewide recount. As of Monday, 69 of the state’s ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The campaign manager for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he’s open to a recount of Waukesha County votes. On Thursday Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus said “human error” resulted in the city of Brookfield votes not being counted in their Tuesday tally to The Associated Press. The change gave Prosser a 7,500-vote edge over challenger ...

Madison (AP) - Wisconsin's chief election official has dispatched staffers to Waukesha County after the clerk there announced she had 14,000 more votes than she reported on election night.

Incumbent Justice David Prosser was picked as the most qualified candidate in this year’s state Supreme Court race by the Waukesha County Bar Association. The voluntary organization released the results Wednesday of its judicial poll which asked members to rank judicial candidates in one of four categories: highly qualified, qualified, not qualified or no opinion. Of the 191 responses, 111 ...

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 ...