State News

Fri, May 18, 2012

Wisconsin becomes presidential battle-ground state

UNDATED (WSAU) While most political attention is on the Walker recall effort, the presidential race in Wisconsin has quietly tightened up. President Obama had ...

Fri, May 18, 2012

Homeowners sue town over ban on yard signs against wind turbines

TOWN OF MORRISON, WI (WTAQ) - A pair of homeowners are suing their Town of Morrison because they can’t express their opposition to wind ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Gov. Walker says he'll be more of a "consensus-builder" if he wins recall

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says he’ll become more of a consensus-builder if he wins the June 5th recall election against him ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Langlade County sheriff's investigate police chase that led to fatal crash

LANGLADE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in north central Wisconsin are investigating a police chase which ended in a crash that killed the offending driver ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

National reporting system shows state's high school grad rate was 87% last year

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - State education officials said Thursday that Wisconsin’s high school graduation rate was 87 percent last year, under a standardized national ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

April jobs report shows Wisconsin lost estimated 6,200 private sector jobs

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin’s much-anticipated jobs report for April came out Thursday afternoon.

It showed that the state lost an estimated 6,200 ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Portage airport stuck in Catch 22

PORTAGE, WI (WTAQ) - This sounds like a classic Catch 22.

The federal government says Portage cannot have a new airport because there’s not ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Ex-La Crosse cop fined $5,000 for illegally killing ducks

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A former La Crosse police officer has been fined $5,000 for illegally killing ducks while he was a hunting guide ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Woman facing charges for allegedly causing fatal OWI crash

VERNON COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - A southwest Wisconsin woman faces criminal charges, for allegedly causing a drunk driving crash that killed her husband.

54-year-old Jason ...

Thu, May 17, 2012

Dodge Co. plant facing fines for fatal chemical exposure

THERESA, WI (WTAQ) - Federal officials have recommended $64,000 in fines against a Dodge County plant where a worker was killed and another suffered ...