COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A jury from Jefferson County would hear the possible trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in Columbus 30 years ago. A two-week trial is scheduled to begin November 8th in Columbia County for 52-year-old Curtis Forbes. He’s accused of beating, stabbing ...More
WAUPUN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Prison life will soon get easier for some of Wisconsin’s most dangerous criminals. The state Corrections Department has agreed to settle a pair of lawsuits filed by two inmates at Waupun. New windows will be installed in the prison’s segregation unit, along with exercise equipment ...More
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Authorities have identified two people killed in a fiery crash near Lake Delton last weekend. Sauk County sheriff’s deputies said 19-year-old Jordan Hilling of Wisconsin Dells was driving at a high rate of speed when his vehicle slammed into a tree and burst into flames ...More
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - Superior might become the second Wisconsin city to ban synthetic marijuana. The City Council will consider the ban on Tuesday night. The product is known as “K-2,” and it’s a mix of herbs and a formulated compound. A chemist from Clemson University developed it 15 years ...More
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials said they found no mechanical problems on a Wisconsin Dells amusement park ride where a 12-year-old girl was seriously injured. A report released Thursday by the state Commerce Department said the operator of the Terminal Velocity ride did not follow proper protocol when Teagan ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A pharmacist who used to be on the UW-Madison Foundation is one of two people accused of importing and selling millions of counterfeit pills. 55-year-old Marla Ahlgrimm of Madison and 63-year-old Balbir Bhogal of Middleton are both due in federal court Friday. And they’re being held ...More
HUDSON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A western Wisconsin man has admitted injuring a dog with a soup ladle, and causing its death. 26-year-old Michael Wondra of Hudson withdrew an insanity plea Thursday. He pleaded guilty in St. Croix County Circuit Court to a felony charge of mistreating an animal while causing death ...More
