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  (Baraboo, WI)  —  A Sauk County Circuit Court judge has determined a 47-year-old man wasn’t mentally responsible for firing a shotgun at officers in October 2016.  Deputy Mark Rabata was hit in the finger by one of the pellets.  The judge committed William Abate to 12-and-a-half years of outpatient mental treatment by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.  The original charge against Abate was attempted first-degree homicide.  A psychiatrist told the court Abate had been abusing prescription medication and alcohol the date of the incident.  During a statement to the judge, Abate turned around and apologized directly to Deputy Rabata and the other law enforcement officers who responded that

Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson is "on his way to becoming a Raider," ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Thursday, citing a source. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

Firefighters are burning a Beaver Dam apartment building where a fatal explosion took place last week. Source: WAOW.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

A state Senate panel has passed a scaled back version of a bill that would close the troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison. Senator Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) chairs the Judiciary Committee. “The Senate caucus from the Republican side does not feel comfortable just pushing a bill through without them having any input into what that bill […] Source: WRN.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

For the second consecutive year, honey production from producers with five or more colonies in Wisconsin fell compared to the year previous. Source: WisconsinAgConnection.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]