Iowa County authorities received a report of a person causing a disturbance on South Iowa Street in Dodgeville Tuesday shortly before midnight. Dodgeville Police Officers and an Iowa County Deputy responded to the scene. As a result, 56 year old James Wiest of Dodgeville was arrested on charges of Disorderly Conduct, Threats to a Law Enforcement Officer, Bail Jumping and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Wiest was taken to the Iowa County Jail where he remains pending a bond hearing and on a hold through the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
5 lawyers recommended as next U.S. attorney in Milwaukee
Five lawyers have been recommended to become President Joe Biden s pick to serve as the next U.S. attorney in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson have forwarded the names, selected by their bipartisan Wisconsin Federal Joint Nominating Commission, to the White House. The ultimate nominee would replace Matthew Krueger, who, like most appointees of former President Donald Trump, resigned earlier this year.
The finalists include the longtime number two prosecutor in Milwaukee County, two current federal prosecutors, the special counsel to the FBI director and a lawyer with her own private practice.
The Archdiocese of Wisconsin filed suit Friday against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging that the department s COVID-19 policy restricting ministers access to prisoners violates.
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The University of Wisconsin–Madison Odyssey Project received a $300,000 grant from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation to continue teaching college courses to incarcerated people in Wisconsin through the Odyssey Beyond Bars program.
Noble Wray, retired Madison Chief of Police and Rennebohm board member
The funding of $100,000 over the next three years will support a pilot project that will deliver introductory college courses in English to incarcerated students who are interested in post-secondary education but are not yet enrolled in a credential-granting program. The project will also explore the potential for offering similar introductory courses in math.
“As someone working in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system for 37 years, I believe Odyssey Beyond Bars’ early results in providing a college ‘jump-start’ to incarcerated students have been impressive,” says retired Madison Chief of Police Noble Wray, who sits on the Rennebohm board of dir