Author Archives: Mike Leischner

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Wednesday is the last day to get yourself registered to vote for the November midterm. The State Elections Commission says all mailed voter registration information must be postm...

BARRON, WI (WSAU) -- A postal worker from Barron County is accused of stealing Menard's rebate checks from residents instead of delivering them as promised. Joshua Copas is accused of taking an undisc...

MENOMONEE FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- Kohl's is the latest retailer to announce that they will remain closed on Thanksgiving day. "Last year, Kohl's served millions of customers both in store and online throu...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU-WRN) -- Week two of the Darrell Brooks Jr homicide trial is underway in Waukesha. Brooks, who is representing himself after firing his attorneys just before the proceedings started,...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU) -- Day one of the Darrell Brooks trial has been anything but smooth in Waukesha. The man accused of running his SUV into the Waukesha Christmas Parade and killing six people while ...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU) -- Despite having no legal training, Darrell Brooks will serve as his own defense lawyer when he stands trial Monday for accusations that he killed six people and injured dozens mo...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU) -- Darrell Brooks is going to go it alone. A Waukesha County judge granted his request to fire his attorney on Wednesday, adding that he will not be allowed to keep legal counsel o...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU) -- After a bizarre and at times heated hearing, the Judge in the Darrell Brooks homicide case is giving the defendant more time to consider if he wants to represent himself when hi...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Voters in Milwaukee will have a chance to fill out their ballots at the home of the Milwaukee Bucks this fall. The team announced that Fiserv Forum will host early voting on si...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- The defense team for the boy accused of killing Lilly Peters as he was accompanying her home from her aunt's house has been granted a request for a new judge to oversee th...