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2 dead after boat sinks in Lake Michigan
OZAUKEE CO, Wis. — Two people are dead and one is in stable condition after their boat sunk in Lake Michigan. The Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office received information from the US Coast Guard about a boat in distress and sinking in Lake Michigan in Ozaukee County on Monday, July 15 in the evening.
‘It’s one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever experienced’: Lara Trump reacts to Trump rally shooting
MILWAUKEE (NEXSTAR) – Lara Trump reacted to the assassination attempt on her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, calling it “one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever experienced” during an interview with Nexstar at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday. She said she was watching the...
New Details in Murder Case of Sade Robinson
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — New evidence unsealed in the murder case of a Milwaukee woman. A restaurant’s surveillance footage from the evening of April 1 captured 19-year-old Sade Robinson on a date with Maxwell Anderson. Prosecutors say that after dining, both spent several hours at a downtown Milwaukee...
VIDEO: Body camera footage of King Park shooting, residents react
MILWAUKEE – A 43-year-old homeless man known as Jehovah was killed in King Park after a shooting involving police officers from Columbus, Ohio Tuesday afternoon. The officers were in Milwaukee as part of a large law enforcement presence for the Republican National Convention. Witnesses told different accounts of the...
Milwaukee fatal crash, pedestrian hit at bus stop, woman charged
MILWAUKEE - A 24-year-old Greenfield woman has been criminally charged in connection to a fatal crash that happened in Milwaukee late Thursday night, July 11. Alma Espino is facing one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.
Wisconsin congressman claims assault at RNC; others differ
(The Center Square) – Western Wisconsin’s congressman says he was assaulted at Milwaukee’s Republican National Convention, but a women’s group disagrees. Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden took social media Tuesday to say a protester with the group Code Pink assaulted him while he was standing in line at the RNC. “While standing in line to enter an event at the RNC today, I was assaulted by what appeared to be...
Augie Palmisano, Milwaukee man killed by a car bomb in 1978, remembered for act of kindness
Robert Gegios knows that many in Milwaukee may remember my cousin, August "Augie" Palmisano, as the man who was killed by a car bomb in 1978 — a murder that shook the city and changed how people here thought about the threat of organized crime. But Gegios, a prominent Milwaukee attorney who grew...
Daughter of man who died in Wisconsin prison pushes forward through despair
Megan Hoffmann Kolb began the one-year anniversary of her father’s death before the sun came up. She awoke at about 2 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. She and her mom drove about an hour from Cedarburg to meet with other supporters of criminal justice reform outside Wisconsin’s Waupun prison, where Dean Hoffmann died by suicide in solitary confinement 366 days earlier.
True Crime Case Review: Inside The Dahmer Apartment
Emily revisits her conversation with retired Captain with the Milwaukee Police Department Michael Dubis to discuss the horrors he uncovered upon his arrest of Jeffrey Dahmer. The contents inside 924 North 25th Street Unit 213 were so gruesome, it looked like a human slaughterhouse. Detective Dubis revisits his interactions with Dahmer and unpacks the impact that the horrific crime scene still has on him to this day. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno If you have a story or topic we should feature on the FOX True Crime Podcast, send us an email at: truecrimepodcast@fox.com
West Bend Police respond to OWIs, retail theft, and military artillery round on personal property | By West Bend Police Dept.
July 16, 2024 – West Bend, WI – The mission of the West Bend Police Department is to Protect and Serve our community. It is imperative to the safety of West Bend that our citizens are engaged in keeping it safe. An informed community is a safer community.
Elmbrook School Board member bound over for trial; charged with battery
BROOKFIELD, Wis. - A Brookfield woman, who serves on the Elmbrook school board, was bound over for trial on Wednesday, July 17. 48-year-old Preetha Kurudiyara is charged with "substantial battery, domestic abuse" – which is a felony. Late last year, prosecutors charged Kurudiyara with misdemeanor disorderly conduct. They say...
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