Wisconsin
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Wis. Senate set to consider home defense measureNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — The state Senate is set to take up a bill that would allow homeowners to kill intruders without fear of civil liability. The Republican bill creates a pr...
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Wisconsin still leads nation in cheese productionNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin is still the cheese capital of the nation. Statistics released this week show that the Dairy State produced 219 million pounds of cheese in Sep...
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Interstate crash that killed 2 investigatedNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - OSSEO, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating a fiery interstate crash involving three semitrailers that killed two people from Michigan. Two others were in...
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Wis. transportation commission to discuss projectsNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - ansportation Projects Commission is scheduled to discuss at least six highway projects for which environmental studies are recommended. The commission is set to meet Wed...
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Wis. chief justice to deliver judiciary addressNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson is scheduled to deliver her State of the Judiciary Address this week in Wisconsin Dells. Abrahamson is exp...
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Human skulls, bones found in Brown CountyNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - HOWARD, Wis.— Construction workers have found what appear to be human remains in Brown County. Sheriff's officials say human skulls and bone fragments were found six to...
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Assembly debates minority qualification for grantsNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis.— Minority people applying for a higher education grant program would no longer get preferential treatment under a bill debated the state Assembly late Tues...
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Electric cars present hazards for crash respondersNov 02, 2011 12:00 am - LA CROSSE, Wis. — La Crosse firefighters are among those training for new hazards presented by electric car crashes. As electric vehicles become more prevalent on roadw...
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Marijuana found in Racine Co. worth $7.4 millionNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - RACINE, Wis. — Authorities say nearly a ton of marijuana with a street value of more than $7 million has been discovered in a pole barn in Racine County. A dump truck wa...
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Wis. man to be sentenced in Minn. students’ deathsNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - MADISON, Wis. — A Madison man convicted of killing three University of Minnesota students in a drunken-driving crash last year is due to be sentenced. Thirty-two-year-ol...