MADISON, Wis.—Police in Milwaukee arrested a second person in a shooting in which six people, including the two alleged shooters, were wounded right after a Juneteenth celebration wrapped up. The two defendants, males ages 17 and 19, were arrested after Monday’s shooting outside the Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, police said in a…
2nd Person Arrested in Milwaukee Juneteenth Shooting That Wounded 6, Including Alleged Shooters
At Least 6 Teens Shot After Milwaukee Juneteenth Celebration Ends
MILWAUKEE—At least six teenagers were shot Monday afternoon around where Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up, according to police and fire officials. The shooting happened about 4:20 p.m. outside Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, according to witnesses and a Facebook Live video taken by a bystander in the immediate aftermath of the…
Boy, 10, Buys Antique Tractor With $2,800 Life Savings to Help Tend the 200-Acre Family Farm
A 10-year-old boy with ambitions to take over his family’s 200-acre beef farm in Wisconsin has invested his life savings in a rare antique tractor to help his parents. Hard-working Caleb Bergner is one of four siblings being raised on the Bergner Beef Family Farm in Pulaski, Wisconsin. Caleb attends a nearby Catholic school, but…
Supreme Court Holds Bankruptcy Law Trumps Tribal Sovereignty
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that federal bankruptcy law supersedes Indian tribes’ sovereign immunity. An Indian tribe in Wisconsin had argued it could not be sued and that bankruptcy protections, such as the law’s automatic stay of collection efforts when an individual files for bankruptcy, did not operate to block its efforts to seek repayment…
Milwaukee School Bus Engulfed in Flames After Driver Safely Evacuates 37 Students
MILWAUKEE—A school bus driver in Milwaukee safely evacuated 37 students from her bus just before it became engulfed in flames. The bus was just blocks from their destination at the Milwaukee Academy of Science Wednesday morning when Imunek Williams smelled something burning, WISN-TV reported. Williams had been driving the bus for two hours by then,…
Car-Van Crash in Northwestern Wisconsin Kills 2, Injures 12 Others, Including 3 Critically
RIDGELAND, Wis.—Authorities Tuesday investigated a van-car collision that injured 14 people, including two fatally, in northwestern Wisconsin. The crash along Highway 25 north of Ridgeland occurred Monday evening when a van carrying 10 people was struck by a car carrying four teenagers, the Barron County Sheriff’s Department said. A 13-year-old boy from the car and…
Judge Not Inclined to Close Oil Pipeline, Asks Wisconsin Tribe to Work With Oil Company
A federal judge on Thursday said that he is unlikely to shut down an oil pipeline on the Bad River reservation in northern Wisconsin, despite the tribe’s arguments that the line is at immediate risk of erosion and rupturing. However, he said a time may come when he’ll have to intervene. U.S. District Judge William…
IN-DEPTH: ‘It’s Criminal’: Central Wisconsin Communities Unite to Stave Off Looming Wind Turbine Industry
Central Wisconsin communities are coordinating efforts to shine a light into the flickering shadow cast by a looming wind turbine industry. “There is a revolt happening here,” attorney Marti Machtan told The Epoch Times. “I’ve never seen our communities engage like this in my life.” Machtan is a member of Farmland First, an organization that…
Enbridge Punches Back on Line 5 Challenge: ‘Nothing but Counter-Factual Speculation’
Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. is pushing back hard against an Indigenous band’s efforts to shut down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline. The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa wants a federal judge in Wisconsin to order the pipeline closed, fearing a rupture on its territory due to spring flooding. But in new court documents,…
Canada ‘Extremely Concerned’ About Fate of Line 5 Pipeline in Wisconsin, Embassy Says
Canada is “extremely concerned” about the potential fate of the Line5 pipeline, emissaries warned Tuesday in advance of a Wisconsin court hearing that threatens to shut down what they call a vital cross-border oil and gas corridor. The warning from Canada’s embassy in Washington, D.C., comprised Ottawa’s first formal comments about the pipeline in months—a…
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