A joke has resulted in a felony charge against a western Racine County man. Jason Willis, 30, has been charged with felony “identity theft” for allegedly placing an ad on craigslist that resulted in a nearly naked man knocking on his neighbor’s door. According to court documents, the victim called the Racine County Sheriff’s Office [...]

A Chippewa County man has been charged with stealing from the estate of a dead man, and his girlfriend alleges that he’s been involved in similar crimes in at least two other counties.. The Chippewa Herald reports that 32 year-old Seth Furgason of Junction City is charged with stealing from the estate of a Town [...]

A drawing from a western Wisconsin teenager is featured today as the banner on Google’s home page. Sparta High School senior Sabrina Brady won the web companies “Doodle-for-Google” contest out of more than 130,000 entries. The theme for this year’s contest was “My Best Day Ever,” and Brady’s entry was called “Coming Home.” The teen [...]

The Memorial Day Weekend will still be very busy on Wisconsin highways, but the roads will still not be as crowded as they were a year ago. AAA Wisconsin says travel is expected to be down by 1.6 percent from 2012, with about 685,000 Wisconsinites planning a trip of 50 miles or more from home. [...]

The family of one of the children killed in the Moore, Oklahoma tornado this week has ties to Wisconsin. Laura Schneider of Fond du Lac grew up with Nicole Angle, whose nine-year-old daughter Sydney was killed in Monday’s tornado. Schneider says she met the girl last fall, when the family returned for a wedding. She [...]