Wisconsin

CICERO, Wis. (WFRV) – A 44-year-old man was rescued Tuesday morning after a trench collapsed on top of him. The man was laying pipe to a barn on his property in the Town of Cicero when the collapse occurred. According to Nichols Rural Fire Chief Wayne Seitz, the trench was approximately six feet deep when […]

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) — For more than 30 years, Len Place spent his retirement building nesting boxes, monitoring bluebird trails and helping Wisconsin’s bluebird population grow. “It’s not work. It’s a hobby. That’s what I tell people. It’s not work,” Place said. Place...

A Wisconsin business owner says a check she never authorized was cashed by a man she did not know. Investigators say he presented his driver’s ... Read More

Wisconsin health officials have identified yet another cluster of measles cases this year. The state Department of Health Services on Tuesday reported five suspected cases in Rock County. Officials are still investigating how the new infections started. But Wisconsin has already seen similar clusters of cases this year. Chippewa County...

MILWAUKEE - Nearly $17 million worth of cocaine was seized in a federal drug case that's being prosecuted in Wisconsin's Eastern District, officials announced Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said Costa Rican authorities stopped a U.S.-flagged vessel near Quepos, on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Those authorities found and seized 840 kilograms – roughly 1,850 pounds – of cocaine concealed on the boat and arrested the crew.

A Milwaukee man is charged in a hit-and-run that seriously injured a bystander at 35th and Hadley. The driver has never had a license and previously served prison time for hitting and nearly killing two people in two separate hit-and-run crashes. His bond was set at $20,000 cash. He’s also...

LAKE HALLIE, Wis., (WLAX, WEUX) – Lake Hallie Police Department had a rather strange encounter taking a pig into custody. Officials say the pig was located near 130th Street and 40th Avenue and he is being held at the Lake Hallie Police Department. Police say if you recognize the escape artist, you are asked to […]

PEWAUKEE, Wis. - The Pewaukee School Board is urging one of its own members to resign because of chronic absences at meetings. Waukesha County Reporter Bret Lemoine confronted board member Mary Larson about where she has been and if she will return her paycheck. Frequently absent. What To Know:. School...

An outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease , or EHD, has affected at least 2,305 white-tailed deer in at least eight counties this year in southeastern Wisconsin, according to the Department of Natural Resources. And both tallies will increase if recent reports of dead deer in Racine and Walworth counties are linked to the disease. The outbreak of EHD, which affects deer and other hooved animals but not humans, is already the largest in state history, according to DNR herd health specialist Er

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WBAY) - A 313-mile run from Lambeau Field in Green Bay to Ford Field in Detroit is now well into Michigan. Cody DeLorenzo has covered about 135 miles and at last report was just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 178 miles left to go. We spoke with...