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Suspect in Green Bay child’s death held on $2M bond

Bond was set at $2 million Monday in Brown County, Wis., Circuit Court for a 21-year-old Green Bay man arrested Friday in Florence County in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy. James VanderLeest and his father, 48-year-old David VanderLeest, also of Green Bay, are both expected to be charged in the death, but the Brown County District Attorney’s Office is still working on the final charges, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported. The case concerns a 9:15 a.m. call June 22 to the 100 block of Alpine Drive for a 2-year-old boy with serious injuries, according to Green Bay ...

Milwaukee police officer dies after he and his partner were shot in an alley

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee police officer who was shot Thursday while responding to a call died three days later, the police department announced Sunday. Officer Kendall Corder, 32, died Sunday as a result of the injuries he suffered in the shooting. His partner was also shot but survived. The two officers, both six-year veterans of the department, were responding to a call about a person with a weapon when they were both unexpectedly fired upon in an alley. The officers were not able to return fire, the police department said. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested but ...

Two GB men arrested in Florence County in boy’s death

An investigation continues after two Green Bay, Wis., men were taken into custody in Florence County on Friday in connection with the recent death of a 2-year-old boy. In a Saturday advisory, Green Bay Police said a 21-year-old man and a 48-year-old man were arrested. The investigation concerns a 9:15 a.m. call June 22 to the 100 block of Alpine Drive in Green Bay for a 2-year-old boy with serious injuries. The child was transported to a local hospital and then to a facility outside the Brown County area but died Tuesday. Police say the circumstances are suspicious. No additional ...

Wisconsin justices refuse to hear congressional districts challenge

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear challenges brought by Democrats seeking to throw out the battleground state's current congressional district boundaries before the 2026 midterms. The decisions, made without explanation from ...

Free guided hike with Trees For Tomorrow on Aug. 23

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Step off the beaten path and into the forested wonders of the Northwoods with a guided nature hike hosted by Trees For Tomorrow from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. Participants will meet at the campus in Eagle River, Wis. and caravan to the Tara Lila Sundstein Road ...

Search ends for a plane that crashed 75 years ago in Lake Michigan

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A group is ending a 20-year search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950, killing all 58 people on board, after sweeping the vast body of water using sonar technology and even getting support from an acclaimed adventure writer. When Northwest ...