State Journal: Madison police shooting investigation complete, in hands of Dane County DA’s office (MADISON)
The investigation into a fatal police shooting in Madison is now in the hands of Dane County prosecutors. Madison police officer Kiel Baitinger-Peterson shot and killed 38-year-old Corey Ruiz July 22nd during a fight with officers. The State Journal reports District Attorney Ismael Ozanne (OH-zahn) received most of the investigation files at the end of August, and now has the final reports from the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation. Ozanne has not said what his timeline is for making a decision on charges in the case, nor if further investigation is required. The shooting resulted in protests and a two week long encampment at the site of the incident.
Wisconsin reaches settlement against medical services company over records breach (UNDATED)
Attorney General Josh Kaul reaches a settlement for a medical data breach. The 2 point 3 million dollar settlement is against Labcorp, a nationwide medical services company. The company’s debt collection vendor exposed over 10 million records in 2019. Over 16 thousand Wisconsin residents were caught in the breach. While LabCorp did not lose the records itself, the multistate settlement will require the company to tighten up its security with vendors and limit the amount of data that is available to outside businesses.
Parts of northern Wisconsin in “exceptional drought” conditions (UNDATED)
Drought conditions are bad in areas of Northwestern Wisconsin. For only the second time since it began tracking conditions in 1999, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows areas of “exceptional drought,” its most severe category, in portions of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron and Sawyer counties. According to the National Weather Service in La Crosse, the previous occurrence was in August and September 2023. A significant portion of northern Wisconsin is “extreme drought” or “severe drought” conditions.