Speeds over 100 mph: Pursuit ends on I-94 EB near Moorland in Brookfield
WAUKESHA COUNTY — A high-speed pursuit came to end on eastbound I-94 near Moorland Road in Brookfield, Sunday morning, Feb. 2. Officials with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the...
View ArticleOfficials: Genesee home burglarized with resident inside, need help to ID...
GENESEE — The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department has asked for help identifying a burglary suspect. Authorities say a Town of Genesee resident reported that a suspect came into his home on Depot Hill...
View ArticleVideo: Plow driver shares his limited view of the road during snowy, windy...
WAUKESHA COUNTY — The next time the snow is flying and you’re approaching a snow plow, be sure to give that driver a little extra room. The Waukesha County shared a tweet that shows how plow drivers...
View ArticleSheriff: Wauwatosa man struck by semi, killed on I-94 near Moorland
BROOKFIELD — A Wauwatosa man, 31, was killed when he was struck by a semi on I-94, east of Barker Road in the Town of Brookfield Sunday morning, Feb. 16. It happened just before 6:30 a.m. Sheriff’s...
View ArticleRecognize him? Waukesha County sheriff seeks man who robbed Pick ‘n Save in...
WALES — Officials with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, Feb. 19 asked for help identifying a man who robbed the Pick ‘n Save store on Wales Road in the Village of Wales. The crime...
View ArticleWaukesha teen faces homicide charge in connection to negligent driving death
WAUKESHA — An 18-year-old Waukesha man has been charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle. According to a criminal complaint, Daniel Lazaro was driving a van at Minooka County Park in...
View Article2 dead, 2 hurt in stabbing on Oak Grove Lane in Waukesha; 1 arrested
WAUKESHA -- Two people were fatally stabbed on Oak Grove Lane in the Town of Waukesha Tuesday night, March 10, the Waukesha County sheriff said Tuesday night. Two others were hurt. One person was...
View ArticleQuadruple stabbing in Town of Waukesha ends with 2 women dead: ‘It’s kind of...
TOWN OF WAUKESHA -- A quadruple stabbing in the Town of Waukesha Tuesday night, March 10 ended with the deaths of two women and the hospitalization of two other women. Police said a man was arrested...
View ArticleJury duty, trials temporarily shut down in Milwaukee County due to COVID-19
MILWAUKEE -- With Wisconsin in a public health emergency, now Milwaukee County is canceling jury duty -- and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections is shutting down all visits to state prisons. It...
View ArticleOfficials: Car strikes ambulance in Pewaukee pursuit, driver arrested
PEWAUKEE — The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office was involved in a short pursuit of a suspect Wednesday, March 25 around 11:20 a.m. in Pewaukee. Authorities say the suspect fled on eastbound I-94 near...
View Article2 deputies injured during traffic stop in Pewaukee; knife recovered
PEWAUKEE — Two Waukesha County sheriff’s deputies were hurt during a traffic stop on Monday evening, April 6 in Pewaukee. It happened shortly before 7:30 p.m., when a deputy stopped a suspected...
View ArticleWaukesha Co. Jail inmate tests positive for COVID-19, sheriff says
WAUKESHA — The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, April 8 reported that an inmate at the county jail has tested positive for COVID-19. Officials with the sheriff’s department, along...
View Article‘Coronavirus was going to get them:’ Waukesha man facing homicide charges in...
Adam Roth WAUKESHA COUNTY — Officials with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday, April 8 announced charges in connection with a March 10 stabbing that left two women dead and two...
View ArticleCorrectional officer at Waukesha County Jail tested positive for COVID-19
WAUKESHA COUNTY — A correctional officer at the Waukesha County Jail tested positive for the coronavirus, officials with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday, April 9. The...
View Article5 years probation for Watertown woman involved in fatal Waukesha County crash
Danielle Grooms WAUKESHA COUNTY — Danielle Grooms, 23, of Watertown, was placed on five years of probation for her role in a fatal 2016 Waukesha County crash. As part of that order, she will serve one...
View Article1 dead, 1 injured after wrong-way driver causes crash on I-94 in Waukesha County
WAUKESHA -- One person is dead and another severely injured following a wrong-way crash on I-94 in Waukesha County late Tuesday night, April 14. It happened around 11:30 p.m. near Meadowbrook Road....
View ArticleOfficials: Reckless driver arrested after pursuit, crash in Waukesha County
WAUKESHA COUNTY — Waukesha County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for reckless driving following a pursuit Tuesday afternoon, April 21. Authorities were notified of a reckless driver headed eastbound...
View ArticleDriver killed, 3 passengers hurt when vehicle struck tree near state park in...
DELAFIELD — A woman was killed and three others hurt, including two children, when a vehicle struck a tree and started on fire in Delafield Sunday, April 26. It happened near the entrance to Lapham...
View Article‘People were chasing him:’ Michigan man faces homicide charges in fatal...
Cole Mitchell WAUKESHA COUNTY — A Michigan man facing homicide charges in connection with a fatal wrong-way crash on I-94 near Meadowbrook Road in Pewaukee on April 14 told investigators “people were...
View ArticlePolice: Suspicious device in Village of Eagle was possible makeshift alarm...
EAGLE — A device believed to be a makeshift alarm system prompted a police response on East Main Street in the Village of Eagle Tuesday, May 5. Police responded to a home in the area around 12:30 p.m....
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