crime and courts

The state Justice Department says it will most likely appeal a court ruling from yesterday, which upheld the elected state superintendent's rule-making...

A River Falls man and a Hudson man were charged in Pierce County Circuit Court earlier this month with illegal shining of deer and hunting deer...

Hudson police used a stun gun to subdue a 26-year-old River Falls man who allegedly interfered with a traffic stop on Carmichael Road in Hudson on the night of Feb. 4. near the vacant St. Croix Meadows dog track. According to Hudson Police Chief Marty Jensen, Aaron J. Meulemans,...

Finances headlined the recent Pierce County Ad Hoc Jail Planning and Specifications Development Committee meeting Wednesday, February 11.

An Eau Claire man was arrested Thursday morning after leading law enforcement on a chase through Dunn and Eau Claire Counties. The Dunn County...

Officials say condemned building poses safety hazard.

The morning he was scheduled to be on trial for multiple sex crimes, Wade Swenson struck a plea deal. The 44-year-old former Hager City man agreed to plead guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a child, sexual assault of an unconscious victim and capturing image of a nude person...

JANESVILLE -- Rock County authorities said high speed was an apparent factor in a one-car crash that killed a driver early Sunday. Sheriff's...

A former Wausau area police officer has pleaded innocent to charges involving the sexual assault of an intoxicated woman.

MAPLEWOOD -- A man is in custody following the death of an 18-month-old girl in Maplewood. Police say the infant was found Thursday morning...

A woman who embezzled over a million dollars from a northern Wisconsin company is going to prison, but not for what she stole. Rebecca Hoff,...

ST. PAUL -- Ramsey County has declined prosecute two separate cases of alleged priest abuse because of a lack of evidence. Ramsey County Attorney...

CANNON FALLS, Minn. -- A man killed while crossing Highway 52 near Cannon Falls may have been struck by more than two cars. Minnesota State...

In a decision filed Tuesday, Wisconsin’s District III Court of Appeals upheld the drunk-driving conviction of a Pierce County man who had argued...