Justice

A Dane County judge will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate animal abuse allegations at a Blue Mounds dog breeding facility. 

Students at Abundant Life Christian School returned for classes at the private Madison school for the first time since a shooting there left three people dead.

Brown County plans to close its downtown jail facilities and construct a new $15 million pod this spring at the Brown County Jail.

Morgan Geyser has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. 

A northern Wisconsin tribe has returned barricades to the side of four roads at the heart of a longstanding dispute with the town of Lac du Flambeau, sparking fears that homeowners will once again face restricted access to their properties.

The Juneau County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that 47-year-old Virgil Thew was apprehended Thursday afternoon.

The school district is still awaiting payment from the now defunct organization, which was led by by Gerard Randall, a top Wisconsin GOP official who helped secure the Republican National Convention for Milwaukee. 

There were 132 homicides in 2024, down from 172 in 2023, according to crime data from the Milwaukee Police Department. That’s a decline of 23 percent.

Donations have been pouring in during the weeks since a shooter opened fire at Madison’s Abundant Life Christian School, leaving three people dead.

The FBI and US Marshal Service have joined the hunt for 47 year-old Virgil Thew, charged with killing his girlfriend, stepdaughter, and stepdaughter’s friend.