MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Only a quarter of Wisconsin’s police and sheriff’s departments are using a statewide data-sharing system. The Justice Gateway system went online in 2007, with the help of almost $6.5 million in federal funding. The Legislative Audit Bureau said today that 149 of the over ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The number of new foreclosure cases in Wisconsin rose in August for the first time in three months. ForeclosureAlarm.Com of Madison said there were just over 2,500 new court cases last month that accused homeowners of getting too far behind on their mortgages. That’s ...More
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Sheboygan County man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide after a fatal shooting at a bar Tuesday night. 63-year-old Frank Hvizdak of Glenbeulah appeared in court Thursday. Prosecutors say Hvizdak shot and killed 31-year-old Jason TenPas at Racer's Hall in Sheboygan Falls. Investigators say ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Teachers in most Wisconsin school districts are starting the year without contracts. Just under half of the 425 school systems have settlements for the two-year period which began in the fall of last year. Barry Forbes of the school boards’ association says about 15 districts have called ...More
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Milwaukee prosecutors say there’s no reason to hold up an auction of the luxury items Sue Sachdeva bought with the $34 million she stole. Federal Judge Lynn Adelman was asked today to approve a forfeiture order against the former Koss Corporation vice president, so the auction ...More
MILTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - An attack on a pet dog in Milton has got a state lawmaker concerned. Assembly Democrat Kim Hixson of Whitewater says he’ll try to toughen Wisconsin’s animal mistreatment laws, after a 10-year-old Great Pyrenees named Casey was wounded by an arrow in May. It happened ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials are negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department to make sure those overseas can vote in November. Last week, the federal government refused to give Wisconsin a waiver from a new law that requires November ballots to be sent to troops and civilians overseas at ...More
