Category Archives: Local News

P-L-V…? Painters misspell ‘Plover’ on city’s water tower
PLOVER, Wis. (AP) — Painters scrambled Friday to fix a giant typo on a central Wisconsin village’s water tower. The Stevens Point Journal reported that crews repainting the village of Plov...
Associated Press Jul 02, 2021

‘It’s amazing’: A look at Wisconsin’s new gender neutral option for parents on birth certificates
MADISON, Wis. — Until now, parents could only identify themselves as “Mother” or “Father” on their child’s birth certificate. But now, there’s a gender neutra...
Jamie Perez Jul 02, 2021

Motion seeks evidence of past violence at Rittenhouse trial
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wisconsin want a judge to allow evidence at Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial that shows he had a previous violent encounter in Kenosha before he fatally shot tw...
Associated Press Jul 02, 2021

GOP asks Supreme Court to take redistricting case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislative leaders have asked the conservative-leaning state Supreme Court to invalidate a Madison judge’s ruling that they illegally hired private taxpaye...
Associated Press Jul 02, 2021

Man killed in Town of Sun Prairie crash
TOWN OF SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — Authorities say one man is dead after a crash Friday morning in the Town of Sun Prairie. The crash happened just before 7 a.m. at the intersection of Ridge Road and W...
Jaymes Langrehr Jul 02, 2021

Silver Alert issued for missing Waukesha County man
MENOMONEE FALLS — A statewide Silver Alert is being issued for a missing Waukesha County man who left home early Friday morning. Authorities say 84-year-old Richard Scopline left home at 5:45 a....
Jaymes Langrehr Jul 02, 2021

Dubuque Woman To Be Sentenced For Overdose Death
A woman from Dubuque has accepted a plea deal in connection to a Valentines day overdose death case. 51 year old Andrea Keil, faces multiple drug trafficking charges linked to the February 14th death ...
Mark Evenstad Jul 02, 2021

Crash closes all lanes of Highway 22 in Columbia Co.
ALRINGTON, Wis. — All lanes of Highway 22 near Arlington are closed due to a crash, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The DOT says the crash happened at about 8:05 a.m. on...
Site staff Jul 02, 2021

PSC Pulls Permit
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission has agreed to reconsider a power line project thru southwest Wisconsin. The move comes amid revelations that a former commissioner had encrypted communications ...
Mark Evenstad Jul 02, 2021

Slendman Stabber Out
A Wisconsin judge says a woman convicted of stabbing her classmate to please the Slender Man character in 2014 can be released from a mental health facility. Now 19-year-old Anissa Weier asked a Wauke...
Mark Evenstad Jul 02, 2021