Former Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl dead at 88

Herb Kohl, former Wisconsin Senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, has died at age 88.

Registered sex offender used social media to create, send child porn in 2 states

Prosecutors described Timothy Tyler, 44, as someone who online, “encouraged other predators to abuse their own children for his sick gratification. In real life, he terrorized and abused children of people close to him."

Wisconsin dismemberment case: Woman accused attacks defense attorney

Taylor Schabusiness, the woman accused in a grisly killing and dismemberment case in Green Bay, attacked her attorney during a court hearing Tuesday morning, Feb. 14.

Spider infestation temporarily shuts down Wisconsin middle school

A letter sent out to parents by the school identified the spiders as yellow sac spiders, a common species in the United States.

Milwaukee drainage tunnel search; boy found dead, men still missing

A 10-year-old boy was found dead during a search of Milwaukee's drainage tunnels on the city's south side Tuesday, less than 24 hours after he went missing. Family identified the boy as Mohammad Arman.

Milwaukee Water Street shooting: 17 injured, 10 arrested

Milwaukee police said 17 people were injured and 10 people were arrested in a shooting near Water and Juneau late Friday, May 13.

Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used in Kenosha protest

Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking the return of the gun and other property that police seized after his arrest.

GoFundMe pulls fundraiser for Waukesha suspect Darrell Brooks

GoFundMe has removed a fundraiser for Darrell Brooks Jr., the man charged in connection to the deadly Waukesha parade attack.

FOX News: Network didn't pay for Kyle Rittenhouse film, interview

Justin Wells, senior executive producer of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” said no payment was made for access, footage rights, legal fees or any other purpose to Rittenhouse or his family.

Jacob Blake shooting: Federal officials will not charge Kenosha police officer

Federal criminal civil rights charges will not be presented against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey for his involvement in the August 2020 shooting of Jacob Blake, the United States Justice Department announced Friday.

Oneida Casino shooting: Gunman, 2 others dead

Tribal leaders in northeastern Wisconsin were in shock Sunday hours after a gunman opened fire at their casino complex, killing two people and wounding another in what witnesses described as a hailstorm of bullets.

WI bills seek to limit transgender athletes, kindergarten through college

Transgender athletes listed as boys on their birth certificates would be banned from participating in girls' and women's sports in Wisconsin from kindergarten through college under bills introduced by Republican lawmakers.

Judge modifies Kyle Rittenhouse's bond conditions

A judge on Friday, Jan. 22 modified the bond conditions of Kyle Rittenhouse's release. Rittenhouse, 18, faces charges in the fatal shooting of two people and wounding of a third during Kenosha protests in 2020.

Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty to deadly shootings during Kenosha protests

An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges including intentional homicide.

Kyle Rittenhouse bound over for trial, arraignment set for January

A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin was due in court Thursday.