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More neglect charges filed against mother of missing boy

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors filed additional child neglect charges Thursday against the mother of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished last month, and a judge rejected her request for a bond reduction. Katrina Baur's son, Elijah Vue, was last seen Feb. 20 at a residence in Two ...

Wisconsin appeals court says PFAS rules needed before cleanup mandates

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Environmental regulators can't unilaterally force polluters to clean up contamination from so-called forever chemicals without going through the Legislature to establish specific limits on the compounds, a state appellate court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd District Court of ...

Inmate found dead at Waupun

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another inmate has been found dead at a troubled Wisconsin prison. Donald Maier, 62, died at Waupun Correctional Institution on Feb. 22, state Department of Corrections spokesperson Kevin Hoffman said. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office and the county medical examiner ...

Evers signs bill to expand Wisconsin child care tax credit

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed a Republican-authored bill Monday that dramatically expands the state child care tax credit, days after vetoing three other GOP bills that would have delivered $800 million in tax cuts. The governor signed the bill at a charter school ...

Study: Climate change affects walleye survival as lakes thaw earlier

Walleye are a favorite catch for Wisconsin anglers. The fish is culturally significant to Wisconsin’s Ojibwe tribes whose communities rely on them for food. Now, a new study has found climate change is affecting their ability to thrive by disrupting when frozen lakes thaw each year. The ...

Fake elector texts, emails made public

Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes ...