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Cash bond set at $1,500 for Beloit man arrested for OWI 4th offense in Janesville
The Beloit man arrested for drunken driving in Janesville on Sunday was out on bond for another open operating while intoxicated case. Assistant District Attorney David Olson argued that while York Polk is charged with OWI 4th offense, it’s actually is fifth drunken diving arrest. 47-year-old York Polk made...
Jeopardy Champ Awards Scholarships To NE Wisconsin Students
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A local non-profit organization is teaming up with “Jeopardy!” champion Ben Chan to present college scholarships to high school seniors in Northeast Wisconsin. CollegeReady is awarding more than $485,000 in scholarships to approximately 180 students from 18 high schools in Brown and...
Wednesday elevated bacteria advisory for South Shore Beach, McKinley closed
MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued an elevated bacteria advisory for South Shore Beach on July 17. The DNR also closed McKinley Beach on Wednesday due to elevated bacteria as well.
Purple Wisconsin: The Impact of ‘Fighting Bob’ La Follette
THIS STORY IS PART OF OUR ‘PURPLE REIGN’ FEATURE. Robert La Follette Sr. might not have seemed destined to become one of the nation’s most influential political reformers. As a UW-Madison undergraduate, La Follette was famous for pranks like “putting a farm animal on the balcony of...
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...
One person dead, another seriously injured in Mauston after rollover crash
MAUSTON, Wis. (WMTV) - One person is dead, and another was seriously hurt in a rollover crash Wednesday morning in Mauston. The crash happened just before 5:30 a.m. and was just over six miles from the ram from WIS 80. As of just before 11 a.m., Wisconsin DOT said the...
Omro shooting suspects lead police on chase in U-Haul [VIDEO]
OMRO, Wis — One person is hurt and two others are in custody following a shooting incident in Omro. Police say the suspects, Omah Brown of Milwaukee and Shakierra Ray of Green Bay, went to a 65-year-old man’s home in the 300 block of E. Main Street Monday night in response to an online ad for a car.
Viral Facebook Video Shows Woman with a Macaw in Platteville Store
Way back in January, I wrote about the time a zebra was spotted at a popular bar in Dubuque. If you're not familiar with the backstory, here's a quick little distillation... It all went down in May 2012. Jerald Reiter, 55 of Cascade, IA, stopped at the homey Dubuque staple The Dog House Lounge on a Sunday evening. Reiter had a zebra and a macaw in his vehicle, which immediately attracted the attention of bar patrons. People were taking pictures, and someone phoned the police. When the police showed up, they realized those animals were actually Reiter's legally registered pets!
Wisconsin delegate reacts to the rest of the world discovering Milwaukee — Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
MILWAUKEE — From Florida to New York, across the country to California and over many oceans, there are delegates in Downtown Milwaukee seeing the city for the very first time. Wisconsin’s Afternoon News’ John Mercure caught up with one local delegate, Kathy Broghammer, to gather her thoughts on what...
Missing Child Scam Circulating In Minnesota
All scams are terrible and there are plenty of them to go around these days. However, this one might be one of the worst thanks to the nature of the scam. There have been so many scams in Minnesota and Wisconsin lately that the Duluth Police Department recently shared some basic scam tips to help us all avoid becoming a victim.
Most Wisconsin lawsuit ever: Woman settles with Fiserv, Bucks after slipping on cheese sauce
A lawsuit against Fiserv Forum and the Deer District brought by a Hales Corners woman who was injured during a Milwaukee Bucks game has been settled. Pascha Duncan, now 48, attended a Bucks-Los Angeles Lakers game at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on March 19, 2019, and slipped on melted nacho cheese sauce....
Multiple Agencies in Wild Chase, Apprehend Two Suspected in Armed Robbery, Shooting
A wild chase that began with an armed robbery and shooting in Omro ended in Fond du Lac with the arrests of two persons on Monday. Winnebago County and Omro Police were responding to the incident at about 7:15 p.m. Monday where they found a 65-year-old Omro man who advertised his car on Facebook Marketplace. He’d been shot when two persons answering the ad struggled over a firearm, prompting the suspects to flee south on I-41 toward Fond du Lac in a U-Haul truck.
Packers 'biggest bust' for 2024 is already painfully obvious
If you thought that NFL training camps finally starting meant that summer listicles would disappear, I have wonderful news for you: it's only mid-July!. There's still at least six weeks left to throw a bunch of names together and figure out how they relate later. Player rankings are only just getting started, so don't worry – time is on our side.
A Wisconsin delegate reacts to the rest of the world in seeing Milwaukee – Wisconsin’s Afternoon News
From Florida, to New York across the way to California, and across many oceans, there are delegates in downtown Milwaukee seeing our city for the very first time. Wisconsin’s Afternoon News’ John Mercure caught up with one local delegate, Kathy Broghammer to gather her thoughts on what she has seen thus far, and what has made her so excited for many other discovering this great state for the first time.
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