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A Wisconsin man stole his identity for over 30 years, but nobody believed him
In a case that seems like the plot of a movie, a man named William Woods spent nearly two years locked up — including a stint in a psychiatric hospital — when he insisted another man had stolen his identity. Ultimately, a DNA test proved that a Wisconsin...
Ho-Chunk Nation decriminalizes cannabis, but that doesn’t mean it’s legal
The Ho-Chunk Nation will decriminalize cannabis on tribal lands and Ho-Chunk police will not issue citations for possession, according to an announcement released April 30. While advocates celebrate this as a step toward legalization, tribal law experts advise the drug is still illegal. “This is a step in the process...
Two Illinois men arrested after police chase stolen car into Wisconsin
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (CBS) -- Two men from Illinois are in custody after a wild chase Monday in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Video from a police dashboard camera shows the chase. Officers used stop sticks twice to deflate the tires on the car, which was stolen in Lake County, Illinois. But that did not put an end to the chase. It took additional squad cars to slow the driver down. He eventually hit a squad car, lost control, and crashed into a tree, police say. Officers arrested the driver and a passenger who was wanted on a separate warrant. Both were taken into custody and face several charges.
Investigators say student killed by police outside Wisconsin school had pointed pellet rifle
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon, authorities said Saturday. The state Department of Justice released few other details, three days after the shooting at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Madison, the Wisconsin capital. The student, whose name and age still have not been officially released, did not get into the school. No one else was physically injured, but the school was on lockdown for hours during the incident Wednesday. Police were called around 11 a.m. that day after a caller said someone with a backpack and long gun was moving toward the school.
Wisconsin families struggle as homelessness, poverty levels rise
MADISON, Wis. — Tiffany Schepp is the manager of New Beginnings Homeless Shelters in Dodge County. After years of decline, a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum has found that homelessness is again on the rise in Wisconsin. According to the report , in 2023, local agencies in...
3 in 5 Wisconsin nursing homes will have to hire more nurses, aides to follow new federal rule
Most nursing homes in Wisconsin will need to hire more nurses or nursing aides to meet minimum staffing requirements newly announced by the federal government, a mandate that some nursing homes worry they will struggle to meet amid staffing challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirements, which will be phased in over the next few years, are the first time the federal government has mandated a minimum staffing standard for nursing homes, a move that resident...
Wisconsin BBB warns about moving scams
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- May is recognized as "moving month," so to help people moving to, from and around the Milwaukee area, Jim Temmer, the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau president, joined us on Monday to discuss scams involving moving companies. He highlighted the various tactics scammers use to exploit people...
Why are taxpayers restoring an elk herd only to have hunters kill them off? | Letters
I was interested to read Paul A. Smith’s article on April 7 detailing the lengthy and involved efforts over the course of many years to bring back our state’s elk population (“Wisconsin’s elk population topped 500 in 2023, the first time in more than 150 years”). How wonderful to have recognized the importance...
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