Law

State wildlife regulators are investigating the illegal killing of a bull elk in Jackson County that was one of the last remaining elk transferred to Wisconsin from Kentucky in 2016.

Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who led a failed investigation into the 2020 election results, should lose his license for three years, according to a recommendation from the Office of Lawyer Regulation.

Attorney Jarrett Adams was denied compensation for the 7 years spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Unlike his clients, he had time on his side.

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa said it won’t block access to roads or ticket nontribal residents for trespassing on tribal lands in a longstanding dispute with the town of Lac du Flambeau.

Funding grants from the Victims of Crime Act have been declining over several years, taking a toll on Wisconsin nonprofits that support victims of domestic violence.

Leaders of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa announced the tribe will begin issuing citations today to individuals trespassing on four roads within its reservation that are at the heart of a longstanding dispute with the town.

A man housed in Racine County Jail awaiting trial for attempted homicide is expected to be charged with the beating death of a fellow inmate this week.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is poised to reject a proposal that would have required municipal courts to appoint interpreters for people with limited understanding of English. 

The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage.

The new charges allege longtime Wisconsin GOP attorney Jim Troupis, Kenneth Chesebro and 2020 Donald Trump campaign official Mike Roman defrauded Republicans who cast alternate electoral ballots for Trump.