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Courts A Former Altoona Superintendent Is Now Facing Child Porn and Sex Trafficking Charges
Courts A Former Altoona Superintendent Is Now Facing Child Porn and Sex Trafficking Charges

Producing, possessing, receiving child porn added to Daniel Peggs’ original sex trafficking count.

July 9, 2020 11:42 am CDT
Politics Racine’s Stay-Home Order is Back Yet Again. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Politics Judge Threatens Racine for Moving Ahead with New COVID Rules as Cases Surge

Council voted to pass a nearly identical version of rules that had been suspended.

June 26, 2020 5:03 pm CDT
Courts The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC, early Monday, June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts WI LGBTQ Lawmakers on Landmark Supreme Court Ruling: The Fight for Equality Isn’t Over

Wisconsin’s two openly gay members of Congress say vigilance still needed with Trump in the White House even after today’s win

June 15, 2020 1:29 pm CDT
Courts Justice Brian Hagedorn
Courts The Contrarian Conservative: Justice Hagedorn Says Decision to Kill Safer-at-Home Was ‘Not Grounded In Law’

In a surprise, court’s newest coservative sided with progressive justices Ann Bradley Walsh and Rebecca Dallet to support the stay-home order.

May 13, 2020 8:03 pm CDT
Courts Chambers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court inside the state Capitol building in Madison.
Courts Supreme Court Kills Pandemic Safeguards

The ruling is effective immediately.

May 13, 2020 5:36 pm CDT

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Courts Gov. Tony Evers declares a public health emergency due to the coronavirus. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm addresses the press on March 12. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Courts Court Debates ‘Safer at Home’

Oral arguments given Tuesday. Ruling could come anytime.

May 5, 2020 3:37 pm CDT
Courts Chambers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court inside the state Capitol building in Madison.
Courts Court Takes ‘Safer at Home’ Case

Challenge can’t be made in-person because of the pandemic

May 1, 2020 5:25 pm CDT