Category Archives: State News

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced that the sharp-tailed grouse hunting season will remain closed this year. On Tuesday (August 6th), it was announced that, despite a sharp-ta...

The Barron County Sheriff's Office has issued a warning about a spike in overdoses due to a suspected bad batch of drugs, likely laced with fentanyl. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald reported that Narcan was ...

Murder charges have been filed in connection with the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell, who was restrained in front of Milwaukee's downtown Hyatt in June. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's office an...

An inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institute has died, their fifth death since June of 2023. On Monday (August 5th) the Dodge County Sheriff's Office was contacted by the Waupun Correctional Institu...

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is set to become a focal point in the presidential race tomorrow. Both Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris will be ...

Wisconsin's public health officials have confirmed the state's first cases of West Nile Virus for the year. The Department of Health Services announced yesterday that the virus was detected in a perso...

A suspect is in custody following a standoff with police that lasted over 90 minutes. Madison Police report that 30-year-old Patrick Bishop fled after officers attempted to pull him over. Bishop, arme...

A man accused of attempting to rob a gas station in Racine using an axe has been sentenced to time served. 63-year-old William Nelson entered a no-contest plea to four charges as part of a plea agreem...

Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development (DWD) issued a warning about a significant impending nurse shortage. The DWD anticipates that the state will be short nearly 20,000 nurses by 2040. Even...

Wisconsin lawmakers are focusing on the state's youth prisons, with a hearing scheduled by the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. The hearing, set for tomorrow in Merrill, aims to addres...