crime and courts

TOWN OF STAR PRAIRIE -- A moonshine still and a small crop of suspected marijuana were allegedly found at a man’s rural Somerset property after law enforcement officials conducted a raid there last week. St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Scott Knudson said deputies...

HUDSON -- After vehement arguments to the contrary by her defense attorney’s, 15-year-old Kali Bookey’s $250,000 cash bail on first-degree attempted homicide was upheld in St. Croix County Court Friday. St. Croix County Circuit Judge Eric Lundell summed up his justification for...

The state Republican Party has asked Democrat Russ Feingold to release emails and other records from when he was a special envoy in the Congo. The National Republican Senatorial Committee filed a request 20 months ago under the Freedom of Information Act for items relating to Feingold's...

MADISON -- "The long shadow of the Great Recession is finally lifting in Wisconsin." Those are the first words in a new report on the state's workforce from the UW Madison Center on Wisconsin Strategy. The liberal think tank says the state's recovery remains "comparatively unimpressive"...

MONDOVI -- Mondovi police are pretty confident they will find the late-model Jeep Grand Cherokee they're looking for. It should have a lot of damage to its front end. They want to talk to the driver who totaled three parked vehicles at about 1 a.m. Sunday, then drove away from the...

MADISON -- A wrongful death suit has been filed by the family of Jason Simcakoski, the Marine whose death sparked the controversy about the presrcibing of pain medications at the Tomah VA Medical Center. The lawsuit says the Veterans Administration accepted responsibility for "action...