State News

PRAIRIE DU SAC, Wis. (AP) – Governor Scott Walker says the first state-inspected meat processor has started shipping meat across state lines under a federal-state deal announced two years ago.  Meatpacking companies usually can’t ship across state lines unless their products are inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But Wisconsin is one of three states More >

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) – The attorney for a 14-year-old boy contends the boy’s friend planned the murder and robbery of the friend’s great-grandmother at her Sheboygan Falls home.  Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Nathan Paape (pahp) of Sheboygan.   The defense says Paape had come home from school last September when his friend, Antonio More >

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) – Eau Claire Police say a body has been pulled from the Chippewa River.  Police say canoeists spotted the body Monday not far from the Short Street Bridge.  Eau Claire firefighters then launched a boat and recovered the body.  WQOW-TV reports there’s no word on an identity. (Information in the following story is More >

ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) – Ashland County authorities say a La Crosse doctor and his brother were killed in a single-engine plane crash on Madeline Island.  Sheriff Mick Brennan identifies the victims as the pilot, 63-year-old Doctor Richard Renwick, and his brother, 58-year-old Bruce Renwick from Waunakee.  WXOW-TV reports Doctor Renwick was a physician in obstetrics and gynecology More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office is investigating the death of a 7-day-old boy as a homicide.  The boy died last Thursday.  No other information was immediately released.

MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) – A woman accused of trying to kill four of her six children remains in the Taylor County jail on a $200,000 cash bond.  Thirty-seven-year-old Heidi Mann appeared in court Monday. Sheriff’s authorities say Mann attempted to kill the four children by carbon monoxide asphyxiation.  The children are ages 3, 5, 8 and 11. More >

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Milwaukee police say an officer accidentally shot and wounded a car theft suspect while arresting him.   A second suspect escaped Monday.  WTMJ-TV reports the suspects robbed two people of their car and money. Police found the stolen vehicle with the suspects inside, but the men started running.  Police caught one of the suspects. During More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The state Assembly plans to begin debate of the state budget, with Republicans hoping to fight back any significant changes to the $70 billion two-year spending plan.  The budget up for debate Tuesday would cut income taxes by $650 million, extend private school vouchers statewide, and reject a federally funded Medicaid expansion.  The More >

MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) – A woman accused of trying to kill four of her six children remains in the Taylor County jail on a $200,000 cash bond.  Thirty-seven-year-old Heidi Mann appeared in court Monday. Sheriff’s authorities say Mann attempted to kill the four children by carbon monoxide asphyxiation. The children are ages 3, 5, 8 and 11. More >

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota transportation officials say it may take a week before repairs are made to the Stillwater Lift Bridge.   The bridge has been stuck in the down position after the cable snapped Sunday evening as the span was being lowered into place for road and pedestrian traffic.  Officials with the Minnesota Department More >