WEAU News Headlines

The Legislature's budget-writing budget committee is expected to vote on whether to expand independent charter schools that operate outside the control of local public school boards.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not appeal the $1 million fine and loss of two draft choices the NFL penalized the team for its role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game.

A liberal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker, saying he is illegally withholding records related to his proposal to rewrite the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin known as the "Wisconsin Idea."

A state insurance board has voted to add deductibles and increase out-of-pocket payments in state employees' health care plans in a move that could cost workers $85 million over the next two years.

A person in the district office confirmed with WEAU that the school had been placed on lockdown around noon Tuesday, but did not know the reason behind it.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced today that, after extensive surveillance & testing for avian influenza, the quarantine zone within 6.2 miles of a farm in Juneau county has been released.

The 25 year-old teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a student is headed to trial.

A 20 year old Minneapolis man has been arrested for and OWI with children in the car.

Approximately 30 employees affected due to temporary layoff at the company's Sparta location.

Authorities are finishing up an investigation into the background and mental health history of a gunman who killed three people and wounded another before taking his own life during a random shooting on a bridge in eastern Wisconsin.

A newspaper is reporting that records suggest Gov. Scott Walker received a letter pledging a $500,000 loan to a campaign donor's construction company.

A Minnesota man accused in a fatal stabbing along the St. Croix (kroy) River is back in court, accused of violating terms of his bond.

Monroe County Sheriff Scott Perkins is releasing the name of the person who was involved in the fatal logging accident.

Former University of Wisconsin running back Booker Stanley says he was shot in the back during a robbery in Milwaukee.

The Legislature's budget-writing committee plans to vote on expanding the state's private-school voucher program.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposal prohibiting the state superintendent from forcing local school districts to adopt Common Core academic standards is up for a vote in the Legislature's budget committee.

The Legislature's finance committee is expected to consider Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan to offer state workers $2,000 a year to opt out of taking state-subsidized health insurance.

Black religious leaders in the Madison area are calling for the resignation of a white police officer who fatally shot a biracial teenager in Wisconsin's capital city.