Wednesday, 1.13
Police file search warrants for a 1994 Mazda truck in connection with the deaths of two 46-year-old women in the same apartment building on Madison's east side on New Year's Day. The warrant seeks evidence to support first-degree reckless homicide and robbery charges in the deaths of sisters-in-law Shelley Nelson and Tammy Kail.
Thursday, 1.14
About 750 soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard's 32nd Infantry Brigade begin returning home after a year in Iraq.
Friday, 1.15
Gov. Jim Doyle applies for $254 million in federal "Race to the Top" school stimulus money, of which Madison schools could receive about $8 million.
Saturday, 1.16
Madison Police cite Issouf Ouattara, owner of Africana Restaurant & Lounge on Atwood Avenue, with unreasonable noise after they were called to the bar to break up fights outside and disperse a noisy, aggressive crowd the second weekend in a row. Police later say they may try to shut the venue down. "We had 10 police officers and two sergeants respond," says East District Capt. Tom Snyder. "That's about half of the city's [on-duty] police force coming to a single bar fight."
The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Mark Neumann raised $1.3 million for his gubernatorial campaign, but almost all of the money came from his own pocket. His GOP opponent, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, and leading Democrat Tom Barrett have both raised more money.
Sunday, 1.17
Two teenage boys are arrested for allegedly phoning in about 20 bomb threats that closed Stoughton Hospital, prompting its evacuation. The boys, who confessed to their parents, are put in juvenile detention. "Their idea was they were playing a prank," says Stoughton Police Sgt. Brian Gowan. "They thought it was funny until the hospital was evacuated."
Monday, 1.18
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a Democrat, makes his first campaign stop in his run for governor, at Western Technical College in La Crosse. Let the games begin.
Guards at the Dane County jail thwart a suicide attempt by a 20-year-old inmate, who tried to hang himself with a shirt. The inmate was in jail for disorderly conduct.
Tuesday, 1.19
Developer Terrence Wall officially announces his campaign against U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold. Wall first must beat David Westlake for the Republican nomination. Wall has twice run unsuccessfully for the Maple Bluff Village Board.
Wi Ass pass txt while driving ban, 89-6. So stop txtng and drv. :-)
The state Senate passes a bill requiring interest groups that spend money on election ads to disclose their donors. Says Sen. Judy Robson (D-Beloit): "The voters need to know who is underneath the mask." The bill now heads to the Assembly.
Wednesday, 1.20
Sauk County sheriff's deputies take a 13-year-old boy into custody after he admits to shooting his 55-year-old father in the back of the head. The boy, who is being held on first-degree homicide, was found wandering around a Walmart.
Compiled (in part) from local media
