Saturday, November 15, 2025
Friday, November 14, 2025
Pressure Mounts On President Trump To Release Epstein Files
ICE detainees in Chicago to be freed Friday | Morning in America
THC gummies and drinks face ban under provision in government spending bill
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Thursday, November 13, 2025
Epstein files up next for House after historic shutdown ends | Morning in America
Mount Pleasant man pleads not guilty to child sexual abuse charges
Milana Doné
RACINE — A 39-year-old Mount Pleasant man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in connection to allegations of child sexual abuse.
Matthew Wefler faces one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child, one count of incest with a child, seven counts of child sexual exploitation and three counts of causing a child under 13 to view/listen to sexual activity.
Allegations
According to a criminal complaint, the FBI notified the Racine County Sheriff's Office on June 24 about an investigation regarding the distribution of child sexual abuse material and a child sexual assault.
The FBI reportedly found “hundreds of pages” of chat messages in which Wefler and a man in Texas exchanged and discussed sexual content involving young children and Wefler’s dog.
Wefler is scheduled to appear next for a status conference Jan. 12.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump
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President Trump Fires Back After Accusations Of Cheap Gold Accents
Mental health crisis led to New Year's Eve blast at Trump's Las Vegas hotel: Police
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
San Francisco Train Operator Caught Sleeping, Tells Terrified Riders: 'We Didn’t Crash. Relax.'
President Donald Trump Orders All Air Traffic Controllers Back To Work
Drone footage of the snow storm that dropped nearly 10 inches of snow on Racine and Kenosha
Mike De Sisti
Monday, November 10, 2025
Woman charged in shooting of Concordia student says the two became paranoid after smoking pot
David Clarey
Prosecutors say a 32-year-old Milwaukee woman grew paranoid after smoking marijuana and shot a Concordia pharmacy student and herself on Nov. 4.
Jamica Simone Mills, who was 31 at the time of the shooting, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon in the shooting that killed 26-year-old Ariel Spillner, who she described as her friend to authorities, and led to her injuring herself accidentally.
The prosecutor's Nov. 8 criminal complaint details what Mills told police the evening the shooting occurred at her home after the two smoked marijuana together and both became paranoid.
Spillner was expected to cut Mills' dog's hair with scissors, but Mills retrieved a handgun from her bedroom after becoming paranoid. She later shot Spillner, after the victim made a "hand motion," Mills then accidentally shot herself in the abdomen, according to the criminal complaint.
Mills told police Spillner did not threaten her, she did not "observe" the scissors, and she did not mean to kill the other woman, according to the complaint.
The complaint shows Mills having other adverse, seemingly strange reactions to smoking marijuana. When first responders arrived, she was not wearing clothes and was combative, including to hospital staff who treated her injuries. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner has not released an autopsy report for Spillner's death.
Mills initially gave police a different narrative of events, where she was not the shooter, but later said it was incorrect, according to the compliant.
Online tributes to Spillner described her as an accomplished college basketball player at Clarke University in Iowa and "a light to everyone who knew her." A fundraiser for Spillner's family has raised nearly $12,500 as of Nov. 10.
Spillner was enrolled in the School of Pharmacy at Concordia University Wisconsin, a Lutheran university in Mequon. The university said in a statement it was "deeply saddened" of her death and was offering counseling and pastoral care to students.
"Our hearts and prayers are with Ariel's family, friends, classmates, and all who knew and loved her," the statement said. "We take comfort in the promise of Christ’s presence and pray for God’s peace to surround all who mourn Ariel’s passing."
Milwaukee County Court Commissioner Katharine Kucharski set Mills' bail at $150,000, according to online court records. Mills next court appearance is for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m.
David Clarey is a public safety reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at dclarey@gannett.com.
The Demon weed strikes again!
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How much snow did it snow around Racine and Kenosha Monday morning?
Anna Kleiber
Some Wisconsinites saw a heaping amount of snow after a strong lake effect snow band moved in over the southern half of Lake Michigan overnight into Nov. 10.
While Milwaukee County only saw trace amounts of snow early Nov. 10, eastern Racine and Kenosha counties saw upwards of 13 inches.
More snow could fall across southeastern Wisconsin in the early morning of Nov. 11, but there will only be a 20% chance of any of that accumulating, according to Benjamin Sheppard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan.
Here's what snow totals looked like Monday morning in Milwaukee-area communities.
How much did it snow last night in Wisconsin?
Here are the snow totals, according to the weather service, that were reported in southeastern Wisconsin early Nov. 10.
- Pleasant Prairie: 10.5-13 inches
- Elmwood Park: 10.5 inches
- Wind Point: 7 inches
- Kenosha: 9.5 inches
- Racine: 5.8-9 inches
- North Bay: 5.1 inches
- Franksville: 4 inches
- Sturtevant: 2 inches
Kelli Arseneau of the Journal Sentinel contributed to this report.
Anna Kleiber can be reached at akleiber@gannett.com.


