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A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole. A Brown County judge sentenced Taylor Schabusiness, 25, for the February 2022 killing of Shad Thyrion, 24. A jury had convicted her in July of first-degree intentional homicide, third-degree sexual assault and mutilating a corpse. Schabusiness had pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, but jury also found that she wasn’t mentally ill when she killed Thyrion. Prosecutors said Thyrion and Schabusiness had smoked methamphetamine in...

In the immediate aftermath of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ending Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order, petty tyrants [local governments] around the state began issuing their own measures. Here is an updating roundup of counties and cities that have announced their own measures, or will be continuing to follow Evers' order. Brown County The county is following Gov. Tony Evers' safer-at-home measures until May 20, public health officer Anna Destree said in a statement. "It would be irresponsible to do otherwise given the high number of positive cases found in Brown County," she wrote. "This virus knows no boundaries, including county...

BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- If you experience stop-and-go traffic heading to work or backups on your way home, you’re not the only one frustrated. Every community experiences traffic delays. Transportation planners design new roads to ease the congestion. But FOX 11 Investigates found that in Brown County, those planning the roads are frustrated too. Ads by ZINC Highway 172 in Brown County carries a heavy load of cars and trucks. During peak traffic hours, motorists are trying to cross the Fox River. A little over two miles to the south, the Claude Allouez Bridge in De Pere can be even...

Concealed weapons bill raises concerns locally Issues of accountability, expense face county government A state Assembly vote overriding the governor's veto of a bill that would lift a 130-year-old ban on carrying concealed weapons would not bode well for government officials at the Brown County Clerk of Courts office and the Brown County Sheriff's Department. Provisions in the bill allowing concealed weapons in courtrooms and requiring costly record-keeping demands on the sheriff's office bolsters their opposition.Brown County Clerk of CourtsPaul Janquart(N-C file photo by H. Marc Larson). Senate Bill 214 stipulates that individuals who undergo firearm safety training and background...