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A Milwaukee teen says a birthday card signed “your friends at the Wisconsin State Patrol” arrived weeks after a Feb. 2 traffic stop; the agency says it didn’t send it and is investigating.
A Sussex woman was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading no contest to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The case follows her 2024 animal‑mistreatment conviction.
Police responded to a reported fight and possible gunfire at Ballpark Commons' MOSH Performance Center on Sunday; scanner audio and local TV reported a later arrest but details remain unconfirmed.
A 17-year-old was wounded near the UW-Oshkosh campus Saturday; police arrested a 23-year-old Omro man after a high-risk traffic stop. The investigation is ongoing.
A UW–Madison lab employee was arrested after items in a campus office tested positive for a chemical; university police say the incident appears isolated and the investigation is ongoing.
A late-night shooting near 10th and Atkinson left one person dead and another wounded. Milwaukee police are asking witnesses to call the tip line.
A Green Bay man was arrested after police say he stood on the altar at Marquette’s Church of the Gesu with an axe, causing heavy damage, prosecutors say.
A 2-year-old was killed in Fond du Lac County after a 4-year-old sibling found a loaded gun in the family car. Authorities say the family is cooperating and investigators are working with the medical examiner.
Surveillance and a criminal complaint link Montrel Calhoun to the Easter‑weekend shooting outside a Fond du Lac Avenue bar, prosecutors say.
Waukesha officers used a taser on a man in a library basement Thursday night, then learned he wasn’t the suspect they were searching for. Police say the man fled and resisted.
A person died Thursday after a Chippewa Falls officer fired during a foot chase near a hotel. The Wisconsin DOJ's Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating.
A pedestrian was killed early Friday at 60th Street and Silver Spring Drive; the intersection remained closed as police investigated. City and county planners have long flagged the corridor for safety work.
Crews contained a fire at the West Metro Auto Mall on April 10; hazmat teams were called after police said an electric vehicle may be involved.
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