Sen. Rob Cowles, the longest-serving incumbent in the Wisconsin Legislature, announced Monday he will retire rather than run in a district now more favorable to Democrats or move under new district boundaries that take effect in November. Cowles, 73, had originally said he planned to move and run again to represent the bulk of the district he currently serves that …
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A pickup truck and a car collided on a highway in central Wisconsin, leaving five people dead. BODY PARTS FOUND SCATTERED ACROSS MILWAUKEE IN 3 SEPARATE INSTANCES WITHIN A WEEK: REPORT The head-on crash happened about 11:25 a.m. Sunday on Highway 60 in the town of West Point, the Columbia County sheriff’s office said in a post on social media. …
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Less than a week after a human leg was discovered inside a Milwaukee area park, more human remains were found across the area in a neighborhood on Friday and again on Saturday, Fox 6 reported. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to the outlet that human body parts were found in an area neighborhood around 10 p.m. on Friday. On …
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A Wisconsin man is facing decades behind bars for a 36-year identity theft scheme in which the victim was sent to jail and even a mental hospital because authorities did not believe his story. Matthew Keirans, 58, faces up to 32 years in prison for making false statements to a National Credit Union Administration insured institution and aggravated identify theft. …
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The Wisconsin State Bar suspended their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs after a lawsuit calling them unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) sued the state bar association in December 2023 for administering the “Diversity Clerkship Program” alleging that it is illegally and racially discriminatory. “Defeating unconstitutional DEI programs has become WILL’s area of expertise, and we …
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Wisconsin voters approved two constitutional amendments that would ban private funds – dubbed “Zuckerbucks” – from being used in election administration in the key battleground state. On Tuesday, a pair of state constitutional amendments pushed by Republican lawmakers cleared the majority threshold of Wisconsin voters to pass. The measures will ban clerks from accepting or receiving private grant money to …
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office has opened an investigation after a gruesome discovery was made when a resident found a human leg inside a community park. Officials said the leg was discovered at Warnimont Park on Tuesday, April 2, just before 5:30 p.m., “in or near the water” along Lake Michigan east of the golf course by the pump house. …
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In-state tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system will increase 3.75% next school year under a plan approved unanimously by the Board of Regents on Thursday. Combined with an increase in fees, the total tuition and fee increase will be 4.4% on average, the university said. The tuition increase alone equates to a $262 spike …
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Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill requiring Wisconsin schools to teach Asian American and Hmong American histories. Evers signed the bill at an elementary school in Wausau, which is home to about 4,700 Hmong. That is 12% of the city’s residents, making Wausau the highest per-capita Hmong population in the state and country, according to …
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A man who was caring for a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy when he vanished in late February was ordered by a judge Thursday to stand trial on a child neglect charge in the child’s disappearance. After hearing testimony from two law enforcement officers, a Manitowoc County judge ruled there was enough evidence to move the case forward against Jesse Vang, 39, …
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