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Mario White has been appointed as a Dane County Circuit Court judge.
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Applicants wanted for Dane, Marathon County circuit courts
State officials are accepting applications for open seats on the Dane and Marathon County Circuit Courts.
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Read More »GOP calls lawmakers back to revise election law
The state Senate may reconvene to rewrite Wisconsin's special elections laws after a judge ordered Gov. Scott Walker to call two such contests to fill vacant legislative seats, Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Friday.
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Read More »Dane County judge to lead judicial district
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Dane County Circuit Court Judge William Hanrahan to be chief judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District.
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Read More »Madison man who fatally shot co-worker gets life sentence
A Madison man who gunned down a former co-worker he blamed from his firing from a grocery store must serve at least 40 years in prison, a judge decided.
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Read More »Man gets jail in accidental shooting at Madison blood center
A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to four months in jail in the accidental shooting of a worker at a Madison blood center earlier this year.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: In first opinion as chief justice, Roggensack breaks little ground
In her first opinion identifying her as chief justice, Pat Roggensack merely applied known law rather than establishing or construing new law. She nonetheless wrote for a unanimous court.
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Read More »Not guilty pleas entered in brother’s killing
A judge has entered not guilty pleas for a Madison man accused of shooting his own brother to death in March.
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Read More »Rottier cites cancer battle in battery plea bargain (UPDATE)
Shortly after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge Friday, Daniel Rottier said his recent battle with cancer had led to drinking and possibly his attack on his wife with a cane earlier this month.
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Read More »Milwaukee firm president facing domestic violence charge
The president of Habush Habush & Rottier SC is expected to enter a plea Friday for allegedly hitting his wife with a cane while he was drunk.
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Read More »BENCH BLOG: A frustrating decision from the Court of Appeals (UPDATE)
In a decision that touches all three branches of government, the court of appeals decided that in actions for civil forfeiture pretrial discovery may be conducted.
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Read More »Sovereign citizen gets 5 years
A sovereign citizen who filed liens against circuit court judges was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.
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Read More »Sovereign citizen convicted of filing liens against judges, others
A Milwaukee resident who officials identified as a sovereign citizen was convicted Thursday of filing phone liens against judges and individuals.
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Read More »Teen gets 32 years for crash that killed 4
The sole survivor of a one-car crash that killed four of his friends has been sentenced to 32 years in prison.
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Read More »Fitchburg homicide results in 30-year sentence
A judge has sentenced a man to 30 years in prison for stabbing another man to death in Fitchburg last September.
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Read More »2 life sentences in deaths of young brothers
A Madison man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his girlfriend's two young sons.
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Read More »Dane County cuts court monitoring
The dissolution of a 22-year-old court monitoring system has pushed Dane County judges toward the sidelines in sentencing in-home electronic supervision.
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