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The trial against two people charged with felony forgery in Wisconsin in connection to the 2020 false electors scheme will proceed after a Dane County judge found probable cause on Monday.

At a lengthy preliminary hearing in Dane County Circuit Court, Judge John Hyland found the state presented enough evidence against Jim Troupis, who served as Trump’s Wisconsin attorney in the 2020 election, and Mike Roman, a 2020 campaign aide, for the criminal trial to go forward.

A third co-defendant, former Trump campaign attorney Ken Chesebro, was separated out based on questions his lawyers raised about what evidence is admissible. He will face a separate probable cause hearing later.

Shorewood is only 1.5 square miles, and it isn't cheap real estate. Moving it into Riverworks would make sense. They already have a post office annex over on Holton Street.

Milwaukee could get a new public works facility, but it would be for a neighboring suburb.

The Village of Shorewood is looking to move its public works facility to a vacant, 4.2-acre site near Capitol Drive.

A newly filed occupancy permit request is just the latest step in a long-running effort by the village to relocate its public works operation from a constrained, New Deal-era site located between the Oak Leaf Trail and N. Morris Boulevard.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is demanding reports from Milwaukee’s two public transit systems about their plans and funding for addressing fare evasion.

In letters sent Friday afternoon, FTA Administrator Marcus Molinaro demanded the heads of the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) and, curiously, The Hop provide the information by Dec. 22. If the entities don’t respond, the letters say funding could be withheld.

In a letter to Milwaukee County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Interim Director John Rodgers, the FTA is asking for MCTS “actions and plans” reducing crime and fare evasion, and a breakdown of all funding being used to improve transit security and reduce crime and fare evasion. The agency also told MCTS it should “expeditiously and appropriately” begin targeting FTA grants for projects addressing crime and fare evasion.

A hearing in the felony case against a key figure in Wisconsin’s false electors scheme will proceed Monday — even as allies of President Donald Trump have ramped up pressure to stall the proceeding.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally, asked the U.S. Department of Justice to review the case against Jim Troupis, an attorney who faces 11 counts of felony forgery tied to his role as Trump’s Wisconsin campaign lawyer in 2020.

Troupis is alleged to have worked with Trump campaign attorney Ken Chesebro and campaign aide Mike Roman to develop and implement the false electors plot, where Republican electors from key swing states gathered in 2020 and signed official-looking documentation asserting Trump’s victory in states that he had lost.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Thursday denied a demand from the U.S. Department of Justice for the state’s full voter registration list, including personally identifiable information such as dates of birth, driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers.

At a special meeting Thursday afternoon and in a letter sent in response to the DOJ demand, WEC stated that Wisconsin law explicitly prevents the commission from sharing the personal information of voters.

“The U.S. DOJ is simply asking the commission to do something the commission is explicitly forbidden by Wisconsin law to do,” commissioner Don Millis said.

This is the second time this year the DOJ has requested Wisconsin’s voter database. Both times, the department has been informed that Wisconsin state law requires that the commission charge a fee to obtain the list.

A local man is headed to municipal court in Shorewood Dec. 2 to challenge a claim that he trespassed on a private beach.

The case could serve as a test of just how much access the public has to Lake Michigan’s shoreline. It’s a question that has yet to be definitively decided in Wisconsin.

Shorewood native Paul Florsheim is a professor at UWM’s Zilber School of Public Health.

He says for years, he’s walked the winding path down to Shorewood’s public Atwater Beach, and then headed north, walking the shoreline below homes along Lake Drive.

“I sort of beelined for the shoreline because my understanding has always been that along the shoreline, you can walk,” Florsheim says.

But late last summer, Florsheim’s routine was broken when a homeowner just north of Atwater Beach told Florsheim he was trespassing.

Former Lieutenant Governor and state legislator Mandela Barnes has announced he will run for governor in the 2026 election, which will immediately shake up the Democratic primary.

His campaign is touting polls showing he has more support than any other Democrat in the gubernatorial race and runs well ahead of U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany, widely seen as the front runner in the Republican primary.

In a video launching his campaign, Barnes promised to stand up to the “chaos” caused by the policies of Republican President Donald Trump and make life more affordable for Wisconsin

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will close its downtown processing facility, a spokesperson confirmed.

The agency is moving from leased space at 310 E. Knapp St. to an 18,000-square-foot facility at 11925 W. Lake Park Dr. in the Park Place business park on the city’s far Northwest Side.

“ICE will soon be moving office space,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Urban Milwaukee. “The transition from Knapp Street to Lake Park will follow a phased approach to ensure a smooth and efficient process. ICE remains committed to maintaining continuity of operations as the office becomes fully operational.”

When the government shutdown ended on November 13, many businesses heaved a sigh of relief. Restaurants, however, did not. Any troubles triggered by the shutdown were largely intangible additions to hefty challenges restauranteurs have faced since 2019: Inflation, volatility in the cost of ingredients, reduced customer traffic and the rise of an eat-at-home culture.

CBS 58 and Milwaukee Rep are giving away ten (10) four-packs of tickets to see A Christmas Carol running November 25 – December 24, 2025 at the Milwaukee Rep. Starting Monday, December 1st, through Friday, December 5th, you can enter once per day for a chance to win tickets to the show.

New documents show Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson’s phone records were obtained by the FBI during a now-shuttered investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to former President Joe Biden.

Johnson, whose office was involved in attempting to get slates of false electors from Wisconsin and Michigan to former Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, said the Biden-era surveillance of him and eight other Republicans “should shock every American.”

• A freeze warning and frost advisory are issued through Wednesday morning for most of Wisconsin.
• Widespread frost and temperatures dipping into the upper 20s and low 30s.
• Southern Wisconsin will be the warmest but could still reach the 30s.