Alcohol is a common factor in the rising number of off-road vehicle crashes and fatalities reported in Wisconsin. Legislators ...

Former Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Mertzig was investigated in 2022 amid accusations from his landlords that he ...

The Johnson Creek Police Department stopped employing Peter Chin in June, about a month after his drunk driving arrest. The ...

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In the final years of the Coloma Police Department, two high-ranking Waushara County Sheriff’s Department officials made nearly $75,000 total for their part-time work running the village’s law ...

The city of Madison sued a state legislator last year after he went more than 18 months without paying an ambulance bill. It has now been more than two and a half years and the bill is still ...

An officer for the UW-Superior Police Department resigned after being investigated for sending “inappropriate and unwanted text messages” to female student employees. He now works for the Hayward ...

A detective for the Portage County Sheriff’s Office resigned in 2024, a month after his wife called 911 on him, claiming he was intoxicated, handling guns and acting aggressively toward her and their ...

Republican candidate for Secretary of State Cindy Werner appears to have illegally used a man still serving a felony sentence to gather nomination signatures, according to an investigation by The ...