Category: Wisconsin

Microsoft Agrees to Buy $50 Million Foxconn Parcel in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Microsoft has agreed to buy a $50 million parcel of land in southeastern Wisconsin meant for Foxconn after the world’s largest electronics manufacturer failed to fulfill grandiose promises to build a massive facility that would employ thousands of workers. Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion data center on the 315-acre…


Former Cardinal McCarrick Charged in Wisconsin With Sex Abuse

MADISON, Wis.—The defrocked Roman Catholic cardinal who became the face of the church’s clergy sex abuse crisis has been charged in Wisconsin with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man more than 45 years ago, court records show. A criminal complaint filed Friday alleges that Theodore McCarrick, who was removed from the priesthood in 2019 after a…


New Liberal Supreme Court Majority Could Mean Big Changes in Wisconsin

News Analysis Seldom has the election for a single state supreme court justice had the power to change so many things at the state level, and potentially the national level, as this month’s race in Wisconsin. That truth was not lost on liberal, conservative, and special interest groups across the country, whose contributions had made…


Wisconsin Man Gets Life in Prison for Wife’s 1998 Slaying

KENOSHA, Wis.—A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole. A Kenosha County judge sentenced Mark Jensen, 63, who was convicted by a jury in February of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his wife,…


Wisconsin Man Pleads Not Guilty to Firebombing Pro-Life Group’s Office

The Wisconsin man charged with firebombing the office of a Madison-based pro-life advocacy group pleaded not guilty on April 13. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, was arrested on March 28 in Boston on suspicion of hurling two Molotov cocktails into the Wisconsin Family Action office with the intent to “cause damage by means of fire or…


Lawsuit Filed Against Wisconsin Hospital, Family Alleges COVID Treatment Protocols Resulted in Daughter’s Death

Scott Schara has filed a lawsuit against a Wisconsin hospital alleging that its physicians implemented COVID treatment protocols that led to the death of his 19-year-old daughter, Grace, on Oct. 13, 2021. Schara told The Epoch Times that it’s his hope that the lawsuit (pdf) will “pave the way for thousands of other hospital victims’…


Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin Launches Bid for 3rd Term

Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin has announced that she will seek reelection in battleground Wisconsin in 2024. Baldwin, 60, shared the news in an April 12 statement. “It’s official: I’m running for reelection!” the two-term senator shared via Twitter. “Wisconsin’s working families deserve a Senator who’s going to fight for them—not shady special interests or big…


2 Wisconsin Police Officers Killed in Traffic Stop Shooting

MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers said Sunday “our hearts are heavy” a day after two police officers were shot to death during a traffic stop. “”Our hearts are heavy for the Chetek and Cameron police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty yesterday. Kathy and I are praying for the officers’ families,…


Republican Wins Open State Senate Seat, Giving GOP Supermajority and Added Impeachment Power

Republican Wisconsin state Rep. Dan Knodl won an open state senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, giving Republicans a supermajority in the state senate. Knodl defeated Democrat attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin in the election for Wisconsin’s 8th state senate district, an area representing Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. Republican Alberta Darling had held the senate…


Republican Wins Open Wisconsin State Senate Seat, Giving GOP Supermajority and Added Impeachment Power

Republican Wisconsin state Rep. Dan Knodl won an open state senate seat in a special election on Tuesday, giving Republicans a supermajority in the state senate. Knodl defeated Democrat attorney Jodi Habush Sinykin in the election for Wisconsin’s 8th state senate district, an area representing Milwaukee’s northern suburbs. Republican Alberta Darling had held the senate…