Under current federal law, spouses of deceased service members and veterans who remarry before age 55 become ineligible for certain benefits. But new proposed legislation aims to end that penalty.
A judge formally makes a decision on a request by two people indicted on federal fraud charges associated with Summit Contracting after they asked for permission to go on a Caribbean vacation a month before their scheduled trials.
The Wisconsin Assembly and Senate recently passed a bill to give pay raises to corrections officers, but a fight over who’s paying for it could derail it.
Two people indicted in a federal fraud case involving Summit Contracting, Inc. are now asking the court for permission to go on a pre-planned vacation to the Caribbean in March. The US Attorney's Office objects to the idea.
In February, a 10-count indictment alleging conspiracy to commit wire and financial institution fraud was handed down in the Summit Contracting fraud investigation
An international lottery scam, targeting elderly, vulnerable victims around the United States, is busted, leading to the arrest of a woman from Jamaica who told investigators she was a cop prior to be arrested by federal authorities.
After federal indictments were filed against the leaders of Summit Contracting, we are tracking the money from the company's owners, trying to answer questions for victims.
After more complaints from former customers of Summit Contracting regarding a third-party company used for loans, we discovered a federal consumer protection agency ordered that same company to pay back or cancel fraudulent loans for more than 6,000 people across the country.
One victim, who became a liaison for others who say they were victimized by Summit Contracting, Inc., says she's filled with emotions to finally see movement in the case after three long years.
After a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh, many are asking, how safe are Wisconsin's bridges? Local and state engineers say a small percentage of bridges in the state are rated in 'poor' condition.
It’s costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars in overtime and forcing the Department of Corrections to find new ways to recruit and retain employees.
Action 2 News obtained data from DHS showing the number of assisted living facilities in Wisconsin that have closed in recent years. From January 1 of 2021 until the end of September, 156 assisted living facilities closed with 125 of them being adult family homes.
Police now say 39-year old Darrell Brooks was the man driving an SUV that barreled into the Waukesha Christmas Parade Sunday. He has a long criminal history, with cases scattered throughout his entire adult life.
A drug trafficking investigation leads Brown County authorities to a Green Bay home where they say they discovered a gunmaking workshop in the basement. Investigators say the man was using a 3D printer to make what they call "ghost guns" to trade for methamphetamine.
Multiple hidden cameras were found in a home in the Town of Lawrence, according to revelations from a search warrant in a federal child pornography investigation.
Elliot Cooper had six children and was a member of Oneida nation. Court documents showed on the evening of October 5, 2020 he left Oneida Casino and was walking down highway 172 when he was stuck by a vehicle, dying on impact.
John Solberg was arrested and charged in November of 2019 after a multi-year investigation into his businesses Standard Pre-Owned and Backwoods Bargain
Northeast Wisconsin is dealing with a problem trying to provide public defenders to people charged with crimes and working through the court system. We found case after case where the state says it has tried hundreds, and in many cases, more than one-thousand times, to find a public defender to represent people, but cannot.
A hearing for a former consignment car dealership owner, indicted on mail, bank and wire fraud charges, will now go to trial. John Solberg was scheduled to change his plea Thursday, but instead the court set a trial date.
The lead physician at the Milo C. Huempfner VA Clinic in Green Bay for the last three years is no longer employed by the V.A. after an investigation by the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board determined "unprofessional conduct" involving the dispensing of a weight loss drug. The V.A. says no veterans were involved or received improper care.
A Green Bay-area defense attorney is charged with three counts of felony theft after prosecutors say Heather Richmond took possession, without permission, of the victim's cars while he was in jail.
Winter is the best time to test for the silent killer, but we discovered not many people do. So why not? Our First Alert Investigation found it may be because of state laws.
How ready is Northeast Wisconsin to distribute a vaccine once the FDA approves it? In our First Alert Investigation, we ask local health care providers about their plans to distribute, whether they have the storage capabilities and who determines which vaccines they receive.
Nurse practitioners are questioning their own education at some colleges. There’s no national standard on how to educate nurse practitioners, while medical education for doctors was standardized more than 100 years ago.
In the year of COVID-19, it’s not uncommon for people to work remotely, but that’s not the case with all jobs. And the staff at the Waushara County District Attorney’s office tells us their boss, DA Laura Waite, hasn’t shown up for work for four months.
A First Alert Investigation: A jury found Jacob Cayer guilty of murdering a mother and daughter and attempting to kill another man. But in phase two of his trial, the same jury found him not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. He was committed to a state psychiatric facility. The victims' family says it's not right that Cayer could begin asking the court to let him out of the facility only months after the judge committed him there. How? That's Wisconsin's law.
How safe are the medications you're buying online? A five-year undercover investigation by DEA agents in Milwaukee led to the arrest and indictment of a Texas man they say was shipping prescription medications from foreign countries to Wisconsin, including Adderall laced with methamphetamine. We found serious concerns about the prevalence of rogue online pharmacies, based in other countries.
Action 2 News has learned a company still under FBI investigation for wire fraud and banking violations received money from the federal government to help it survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two Green Bay parents want a law change and a registered sex offender held accountable after police say the offender contacted their teenage daughter online, asking to come to her house, but the law said he did nothing wrong.
