A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee man in an arson last year that destroyed a building housing a well-known pizza restaurant. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 27-year-old Feras Rahman was charged with arson by explosion, arson to commit …
Residents already devastated by the April 10 tornado that ripped through the area now must deal with the storm’s aftermath slowing an already fragile economy. Lincoln County had the 10th-highest unemployment rate in the state – 10.8 percent – before …
A Wisconsin woman who created a bra with pockets for carrying small objects is suing another woman who had the same idea. Tammy Pintor owns TJ Secret in Menomonee Falls. She has a patent for a brassiere that holds and …
A 17-year-old member of the Waldo Volunteer Fire Department is accused of setting two fires in Lima earlier this year. According to the complaint, the teen told investigators he wanted to get a fire call so he could be a …
Rich Poirier, a 20-year insurance industry veteran, has been named Vice President — Claims at Church Mutual Insurance Company. Poirier has served in senior staff roles at Liberty Mutual and Wausau Insurance Companies. A Connecticut native, Poirier earned a bachelor’s …
Fire has destroyed three buildings and damaged two others in downtown Cassville. Twelve people lost their apartment homes and possessions in the fire which broke out about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Grant County Emergency Management spokeswoman Julie Loeffelholz says the fire …
The U.S. State Department says the Vatican has been served with court papers stemming from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse against a now-deceased priest at a Wisconsin school for the deaf. In a news release Tuesday, the defendants’ attorney Jeff …
Governor Scott Walker signed into law Tuesday a bill designed to lower car insurance rates by undoing higher coverage requirements approved by Democrats less than two years ago. Republicans successfully used the car insurance issue on the campaign trail last …
A lightning strike is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a Wausau home. A lightning strike early Sunday started a gas leak. Wausau Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Krueger says the strike hit a tree next to the house …
Law enforcement officers have issued few tickets for texting while driving since Wisconsin passed a law banning it. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that state transportation records show that state troopers cited only five drivers for texting from January …