by Bob Hague | May 12, 2017
An hours-long public hearing was held at the Capitol on Thursday, for a Republican-authored bill that would penalize students who disrupt events on University of Wisconsin System campuses. The legislation (AB 299) from Representative Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) would...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 12, 2016
The principal at Janesville Craig High School calls a former clerk’s theft of more than $300,000 from student activity accounts a betrayal. The Rock County District Attorney says Jessica Warner-Reed’s actions had a vast impact on students and the community. Even...
by WRN Contributor | May 25, 2016
A former school clerk who stole an estimated $300,000 from Janesville Craig High School pleaded guilty to seven of the 13 charges in Rock County Court on Wednesday morning. Jessica L. Warner-Reed, 34, of 3131 Satinwood Drive, Janesville, pleaded guilty to charges of...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 14, 2016
The Janesville School District is sharing more information about the case surrounding a former employee being accused of embezzlement. Superintendent Karen Schulte said Jessica Warner-Reed’s activities didn’t come to light until early last year....
by WRN Contributor | Jul 15, 2013
There will be no chance of freedom for Aaron Schaffhausen. A St. Croix County judge on Monday sentenced the 35 year-old Schaffhausen to three consecutive life-terms. He’ll spend a minimum of 60 years in prison with no parole for the murders of his three...
by WRN Contributor | Nov 2, 2012
A race for a seat in the state Senate pits a recall election winner against a city council president. Democratic Senator Jessica King of Oshkosh will meet Republican Rick Gudex of Fond du Lac in next Tuesday’s election in the 18th district. Gudex said he brings...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 31, 2012
Former state Senator Randy Hopper resigned Tuesday as the head of the Sheboygan County Economic Development Corporation. Hopper was arrested 10 days ago for the second time since he was recalled from his Senate post in the summer of 2011. He faces several charges,...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 8, 2009
Milwaukee Police say they nabbed a serial killer during the holiday weekend. 49-year-old Walter Ellis has been charged with two killing women – and he’s a suspect in six other slayings. Charges are expected in some of those cases this week. Ellis was...