Month: September 2021

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials in Virginia and Wisconsin say that six people who recently traveled to the U.S. from Afghanistan have been diagnosed with measles. The cases are being reported in the wake of the U.S. halting in-bound flights of Afghan evacuees Friday after the discovery of a few measles cases. Virginia health officials reported five cases Tuesday. They're contacting people who risked exposure at Dulles International Airport, a […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Dozens of American Indian tribes are demanding the Biden administration enact emergency protections for gray wolves. Groups representing the tribes sent a letter Tuesday to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking her to place wolves back on the endangered species list on an emergency basis for 240 days. The groups say the tribes consider the wolf sacred and the animal faces immediate threats in states that have […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The family of a woman who was stabbed by Wisconsin classmates looking to please online horror character Slender Man says they're nervous and fearful after a judge decided to release one of the attackers. Waukesha County Judge Michael Bohren ruled Friday that Anissa Weier could leave the mental health facility where she's spent the last four years on Monday. Weier was convicted of helping Morgan Geyser […]

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say four people found slain in an abandoned SUV in a western Wisconsin cornfield had been shot and were all from Minnesota. Dunn County sheriff's officials said Tuesday autopsies showed the two men and two women died of gunshot wounds. The victims were identified as Matthew Isiah Pettus, 26, Loyace Foremann III, 35, and Jasmine Christine Sturm, 30, all from St. Paul, and Nitosha Lee […]

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office says an elderly man arrested following a high speed chase did not have a valid drivers license.  Sheriff’s captain Bill Tadych says the man was driving with a revoked license.   He was arrested Saturday evening following a short chase that started on Sheldon Road when a deputy attempted to pull over a vehicle for speeding.  The suspect ditched the vehicle behind an outbuilding on Dixon Road […]

The Better Business Bureau serving Wisconsin says Wisconsin residents lost more than $93,000 to scams this past summer.  According to the BBB Scam Tracker, Wisconsin residents lost an average of more than $23,000 a month from May through August.  BBB Northeast Region Wisconsin director Susan Bach says the top two scams during this period were online purchasing and phishing scams.  Bach says when making an online purchase, use protected payment methods, check that […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun has announced his retirement. Braun is the Milwaukee Brewers’ home run leader whose production was slowed by injuries during the second half of his 14-year career. Braun hasn’t played all season and said during spring training that he was leaning toward retirement. The 2011 NL MVP made it official Tuesday in a video the Brewers posted on Twitter. Braun had 352 homers and last played […]

SILVER LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A six-year-old boy who was struck in the head by a projectile while on the playground at his school in Kenosha County remains in critical condition and in a medically-induced coma following brain surgery. Alex Hook is a first grader at Riverview Elementary School in Silver Lake and was playing with classmates at recess Friday while a landscaper mowed a grassy median next to the […]