Wisconsin

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.

4 days ago

Rittenhouse bond hearing set for next week; teen fires attorney

An 18-year-old from Illinois who's accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a police brutality protest in Wisconsin last summer fired a California attorney who had been soliciting money for his case.

February 5

12-year-old WI boy charged with attempting to kill younger brother

A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger brother in far northwestern Wisconsin can be charged with attempted intentional homicide, a judge has ruled.

February 4

Kenosha County DA seeks arrest of Kyle Rittenhouse, higher bond

The Kenosha County district attorney said Kyle Rittenhouse has violated bond.

February 3

WI mom who gave birth in coma holds newborn after beating COVID

A Poynette mom who made a miraculous recovery from COVID-19, giving birth while in a coma, was able to hold her newborn daughter for the first time.

February 1

Wisconsin university's police chief bans 'Thin Blue Line' imagery while on duty

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's police chief has banned officers from using "Thin Blue Line" imagery while on duty, saying the flag has been "co-opted" by extremists with "hateful ideologies."

January 29

Jackson 7-year-old dies after tooth extraction

7-year-old Jocelyn Hampel of Jackson was taken to Children's Wisconsin via Flight for Life after a tooth extraction and died days later.

January 27

Family releases statement remembering day Jayme Closs returned home

Sunday will mark two years since Jayme Closs returned home following her kidnapping in Barron, Wisconsin.

January 9

Kenosha County DA: No charges in police shooting of Jacob Blake

Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced no charges in the August police shooting of Jacob Blake.

January 5

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.

January 5

Prosecutor: WI pharmacist thought COVID-19 vaccine was unsafe

A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the medicine wasn't safe, a prosecutor said Monday.

January 4

Aurora Grafton: Discarded COVID-19 vaccine incident was intentional

More than 500 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had to be "discarded" after they were removed from a pharmacy refrigerator at the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton in an intentional act.

December 30, 2020

Wisconsin courts will consider President Trump’s election lawsuits

President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin returns to the courtroom on Thursday, with hearings in federal and state lawsuits seeking to invalidate hundreds of thousands of ballots and give the GOP-controlled Legislature the power to name Trump the winner.

December 10, 2020