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14 Year Old Posted Hoax Threat To Union Grove High School

On October 30, 2017, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip from Crime Stoppers of a threat to Union Grove High School. The tip was based off an Instagram post depicting a person […]

A global temperature conundrum: cooling or warming climate?

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When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure for its annual report, to show global temperature trends over the last 10,000 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Zhengyu Liu knew that was going […]

Madison Man Sentenced For Sex Trafficking

Harry Miller, from Madison, was sentenced for using violence, threats and coercion to compel two young women suffering from heroin addiction, to prostitute for his profit in Madison on September 14. Miller, age 60, was […]

Black Hawks heading to North Carolina to aid in Hurricane Florence relief

Wisconsin Army National Guard aviators are assisting with relief operations in North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. Wisconsin’s support was authorized by Governor Scott Walker after North Carolina requested two UH-60s as well […]

Contract to Reconstruct Black Earth Bridges Approved

This week, Governor Scott Walker approved a $2.8 million emergency contract to reconstruct two US 14 bridges in Black Earth damaged by flooding in August. Walker declared a State of Emergency in Wisconsin on August […]

Farmers call for strong farm bill

Farmers and ranchers gathered in Washington, D.C. this past week to meet with members of Congress and weigh in on legislative priorities for farm country. Nineteen Wisconsin Farmers Union members were among those taking part […]

Wisconsin Man Arrested, Threatened Whitefish Bay Jewish Community Center

Chadwick Grubbs, age 33, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Wisconsin, on charges of obstruction and attempted obstruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs, by mailing threats on three separate dates in […]

2 Dead After Green Bay Man Conspired To Distribute Heroin, Fentanyl

A Green Bay man, David Shanks, age 37, has been convicted by a jury of conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, conduct which resulted in death. Shanks faces a mandatory sentence of life […]