Walker gets ‘almost weekly’ calls seeking endorsement
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker says he’s getting asked to endorse presidential candidates. It’s not known whether one of those candidates is Donald Trump, who leads the Republican field among Wisconsin primary voters, according to the latest Marquette
Illinois man charged with defrauding City of Beloit
A 52-year-old Caledonia, Illinois man is charged with two counts of defrauding the City of Beloit in federal court. Randy Martin is accused of submitting false invoices to the city for maintenance and repair work to the
Kloppenburg, Bradley clash in Milwaukee forum
The two candidates in the state Supreme Court race met Wednesday, for the first time since the release of a series of college-era columns penned by Justice Rebecca Bradley, which included anti-gay rhetoric, comparisons of abortion to
Wisconsin job creation continues slow pace
Wisconsin continues to lag behind much of the nation in creating private sector jobs. Figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday show the state’s growth rate during the 12 month period that ended
Beloit man accused of sexually assaulting 10-year-old
A 30-year-old Beloit man is charged with first degree sexual assault of a child in Rock County Court. Lee J. Schmidt was taken into custody Wednesday at a Janesville Motel. According to the criminal complaint, Beloit Police
Suspect in five-year-old’s death makes appearance in Rock County Court
A 24-year-old Beloit man charged with party to the crime of first degree intentional homicide in the death of five-year-old Austin Ramos Junior of Beloit is arraigned in Rock County Court. Isaac William Torres stood mute to
Walker backs vets IDs for voting
Governor Scott Walker wants to change the state’s voter ID law, so veterans can use their veterans ID. He says he’d like that to be in place for the April 5 election. Walker says the Senate still
Bradley called feminists ‘angry, militant, man-hating lesbians’
State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is again under scrutiny for a column written while she was a student at Marquette University. The column, which appeared in the Marquette Journal in 1992, features the then-undergraduate student denouncing
Beloit Police Chief search narrows
The Beloit Police and Fire Commission may be closing in on a new chief. City Human Resources Director Marianne Marshall says the commission is interviewing the four top candidates Wednesday. Marshall says they all come from
Janesville schools asked to provide more information in open records case
A local public employee union representative, who has filed an open records suit against the Janesville School District, wants more information released. AFSCME staff representative Dennis Hughes says the district has yet to release Gchat messages sent