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Wisconsin youth prison staff member declared brain-dead after inmate assault
Department of Corrections spokesperson Beth Hardtke said a 16-year-old inmate assaulted a staff member in a residence hall and then attacked a second staff member on Monday night.
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Staff member in critical condition after fight at Wisconsin youth prison
A staff member at Wisconsin’s youth prison was in critical condition Tuesday following a fight with an inmate, state Department of Corrections officials said.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear challenge to Evers’ veto that increased school funding for 400 years
The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Litigation Center filed a lawsuit in April arguing the governor exceeded his authority. The group asked the high court to strike down the veto without waiting for the case to go through lower courts.
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Wisconsin prison warden quits amid lockdown, federal smuggling investigation
Waupun Correctional Institution Warden Randall Hepp will step down later this month amid lockdown conditions, an ongoing federal investigation and multiple inmate deaths.
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Guilty: Trump becomes first former US president convicted of felony crimes
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
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Governor appoints Jared Hoy as the new leader of Wisconsin’s prison system
Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that he is promoting a deputy secretary at the embattled Wisconsin Department of Corrections to be the new leader of the state’s prison system that has been plagued by overcrowding and understaffing.
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Utilities complete contentious land swap to clear way for power line in Mississippi River refuge
Rodney Pritchard, a spokesperson for ITC Midwest, said the utilities and the agency closed the deal Thursday. He said it’s unclear when construction will begin.
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Investigators say student killed by police outside Mount Horeb school pointed pellet rifle
A student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon, according to authorities.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether mobile voting sites are legal
Racine City Clerk Tara McMenamin and the Democratic National Committee asked the state Supreme Court in February to review the case without letting any lower appellate courts rule on it first.