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06/02/2026

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Woman arrested in connection to huge warehouse fire (MILWAUKEE) An arrest in the aftermath of a huge fire Wednesday night at a vacant Milwaukee warehouse. Milwaukee Police arrested a 22-year-old woman in connection with the five-alarm fire which gutted and partially collapsed the four-story building...

06/02/2026

A Walworth County judge sentenced 72-year-old Harry Wait to three years of probation on Tuesday for election fraud and identity theft. MORE ⬇️

06/02/2026

Certain automakers have removed AM radio as a feature on electric vehicles and signaled that they may remove AM radio from new models of internal combustion engine vehicles in the future. AM radio serves a vital role in our nation's emergency infrastructure as the backbone of the Emergency Alert System. When the power goes out and cell networks are down, the car radio is often the only way for people to get information, sometimes for days at a time. For more information read this article: Keep AM Radio in Cars to Ensure Public Safety
https://www.nab.org/advocacy/issue.asp?id=6719&issueID=1097

06/02/2026

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You may have noticed fewer cryptocurrency kiosks in Wisconsin following a recent state law restricting their use. Wisconsin Consumer Protection director Mike Domke says it’s not surprising, given that their primary use was fraud. “I will say that the intent of the legislation was not to make the...

06/02/2026

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Progress Pride Flag flies over State Capitol (MADISON) The Progress Pride Flag flies over the State Capitol. For an eighth straight year, Democratic Governor Tony Evers joined legislators, advocates and members of the LGBTQ community Monday to open Pride Month by raising the flag over the East Wing....

06/02/2026

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Reporter Raymond Neupert talks with Wisconsin Consumer Protection Director Mike Domke about the recent hack at student and school service provider Canvas, how to protect your kids, and what companies should learn from the incident. Share the News

06/01/2026

President Donald Trump will visit Chippewa County on Friday to tout his support for farmers, the White House told WisPolitics.

06/01/2026

Governor Tony Evers joined legislators, advocates and members of the LGBTQ community Monday to open Pride Month by raising the flag over the East Wing of the Capitol in Madison. In a statement, the campaign of Republican candidate Tom Tiffany said: “In addition to the POW-MIA flag, Tom Tiffany will fly two flags over the State Capitol: the Wisconsin state flag and the American flag. State Government should focus on representing the people of Wisconsin as a whole and remain a place of unity rather than division.”

06/01/2026

MADISON (WKOW) — The Dane County District Attorney's Office dismissed 15 criminal charges, including two counts of child sexual exploitation, against the former dean of Sun Prairie West High School,