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Wisconsin’s Evers looks to issue first commutations in decades

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is taking steps to shorten some criminal sentences by handing down the state’s first commutations in more than two decades. The governor announced Friday he had issued two executive orders to restart the commutation process in Wisconsin. That includes creating a ...

UW board to vote on whether to fire system president

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents scheduled a vote today to consider firing the system's president, who refused their offer to quietly resign because he said no reason had been given for the surprise ouster. Jay Rothman said in two letters sent to regents ...

UW board votes to fire system president

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The board that runs the Universities of Wisconsin voted unanimously Tuesday to fire the system's president, drawing the ire of Republican lawmakers who called it a "partisan hatchet job." Jay Rothman had refused an offer from the board of regents to quietly resign, ...

Crivitz woman killed in UTV rollover crash

MARINETTE, Wis. — A Crivitz, Wis., woman died and a passenger was injured in a UTV rollover crash Saturday afternoon in the Town of Stephenson, Marinette County Sheriff Randy Miller reports. An off-duty Marinette County Sheriff’s detective reported just after 3 p.m. Saturday coming ...

US Forest Service workers in Wisconsin may have to move

A union leader representing federal Forest Service employees in Wisconsin says workers may have to move as part of the Trump administration’s plan to shutter regional offices. The Forest Service announced Tuesday the agency is moving its headquarters to Salt Lake City and closing nine ...

Man charged in girlfriend’s death waives preliminary hearing

MARINETTE — A Wisconsin man accused of killing his girlfriend has waived his preliminary hearing, binding his case over for arraignment. Robert Alan Chilcote, 29, of Porterfield, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Courthouse on Thursday alongside his defense attorney, Hannah Rachel ...