Beloit man sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting death

A 33-year-old Beloit man convicted of shooting an Illinois man to death in a struggle over a gun will spend 10 years in prison. Judge James Daley passed his final sentence on Barquis D. McKnight on charges of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon Friday […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Meagan Wolfe named interim head of Elections Commission

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has named Meagan Wolfe of Madison to serve as interim administrator of the agency and Wisconsin’s chief election official. Wolfe replaces Michael Haas, who was not confirmed by the Wisconsin State Senate, and who announced last month that he was stepping down. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, who had questioned whether […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Traffic Stop finds drug paraphernalia and manufacturing materials

During a traffic stop in New Lisbon on November 21, 2017, Londyn  L. Forsythe age 42 of Elroy was arrested for a probation hold and Failure to Appear warrant.  New Lisbon Police officers also found during the investigation several bags in the backseat of the car.  The bags were removed from the vehicle and placed behind it.  The canine handler for the City of New Lisbon was also on scene and brought the drug detection canine “Bongo” out of his squad.  “Bongo” sniffed the bags and drug materials for manufacturing  and drug paraphernalia were found in them.  During an interview with Forsythe at the Juneau County Sherriff’s Department, he admitted

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