State News

DE PERE, Wis. (AP) – Police in De Pere say four people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide. Police Chief Derek Beiderwieden says a person called police Friday saying he had killed three people. WLUK-TV reports when officers arrived at the home they found the bodies of a woman and two children, all apparent murder More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he is voluntarily meeting with a district attorney leading a secret investigation into former close aides that has already led to indictments against five people. Walker issued a statement Friday saying he will be meeting with Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. He did not say More >

SOMERS, Wis. (AP) – The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has tightened security after racially-motivated threats were made against black students. A third threat was reported Thursday night, shortly after a Black Student Union meeting where participants discussed a rubber band noose found in a residence hall. The Journal Times reports a group of students reported finding More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has vacated an order that would require state election officials to be more aggressive in ferreting out fake or duplicate signatures on recall petitions. The decision released Friday reverses a Waukesha County judge’s decision and hands a victory to Democrats who wanted to intervene in a More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received half a million dollars in grants under the programs. The Associated Press first reported Thursday that GOP candidate Mark Neumann’s company Neumann Solar Leasing received about $81,000 in grants last year. But More >

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination.      Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview More >

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) – School board members in Jackson County have decided not to ban a man known as the “Bible Man” from holding monthly meetings with elementary school children.      The board took up the matter this week in response to complaints that religious assemblies were being held during the school day. The Wisconsin-based More >

MAYVILLE, Wis. (AP) – The body of a soldier from Mayville will be returned to his hometown Friday where a motorcade procession is planned.      A brief ceremony is expected to take place at American Legion Post 69 for 1st Lt. David Johnson. The 24-year-old soldier was killed in action in Afghanistan on Jan. 25. More >

HURLEY, Wis. (AP) – A federal agency says it’s looking into whether Wisconsin violated treaty rights by not consulting with tribal governments that might be affected by a state mining bill.      The Bureau of Indian Affairs says it’s conducting an inquiry after at least one tribal government asked it to get involved.      The More >

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The public will get a chance next month to sound off on a proposal to build a power line from Alma to Holmen in western Wisconsin.      Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin, Dairyland Power Cooperative and WPPI Energy have asked the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to approve the 345-kilovolt line.      The More >