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A jury acquitted a man of attempted homicide in 2021 bar shooting, but he will spend 2 years in prison on a gun charge
FOND DU LAC – A Milwaukee man was sentenced Monday to four years in prison in connection with a 2021 shooting at a downtown Fond du Lac bar. Devonta Tate, 30, was convicted in July of possessing a firearm while convicted of a felony and felony bail jumping. The jury found him not guilty of the more serious charges he faced: attempted first-degree intentional homicide, aggravated battery with attempt to cause bodily harm, and first-degree recklessly endangering...
FBI: Wisconsin has lower violent and property crime rates than rest of U.S.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin continues to see just a little more than half as much violent crime than the rest of the United States, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting database. The state saw anywhere from 63 to 79 violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents in 2023 compared to numbers ranging between 101 and 125 per 100,000 residents in the entire country. A violent offense...
Wisconsin prisons agree to help hearing-impaired inmates under settlement
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has agreed to provide more help to hearing-impaired inmates as part of a settlement with federal investigators.The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that its investigators had been probing complaints from inmates at the Racine Correctional Institution, the Taycheedah Correctional Facility and the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center in Milwaukee that Corrections officials weren't repairing inmates' hearing aids and weren't providing access to services such as sign language interpreters, text telephones and phones compatible with hearing aids. Corrections spokesperson Beth Williams Hardtke said the complaints began in 2018."People with disabilities in Wisconsin deserve equal access,...
Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board urges customers to speak up on proposed electric rate hikes
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s utility watchdog is asking people to speak up about the proposed rate hikes from We Energies and WPS. The Citizens Utility Board is asking people to “be heard” at We Energies’ rate hike meeting Thursday in Milwaukee, and WPS’ public hearing Oct. 10 in Ashwaubenon. “Now is the time for […]
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