Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WAUKEGAN, Illinois - An Illinois judge on Friday denied Kyle Rittenhouse's request for release and ordered him extradited to Wisconsin, where he faces homicide charges in Kenosha County.He was transported to Kenosha County Jail on Friday afternoon, a sheriff's spokesman said.During a hearing Friday morning, Rittenhouse's attorney argued that what he called a technical error in Wisconsin's extradition request means Rittenhouse should be released from custody where he'd been held since fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during...…Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WAUKEGAN, Illinois - An Illinois judge on Friday denied Kyle Rittenhouse's request for release and ordered him extradited to Wisconsin, where he faces homicide charges in Kenosha County.He was transported to Kenosha County Jail on Friday afternoon, a sheriff's spokesman said.During a hearing Friday morning, Rittenhouse's attorney argued that what he called a technical error in Wisconsin's extradition request means Rittenhouse should be released from custody where he'd been held since fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelA federal judge late Wednesday said Wisconsin strip club owners whose applications for emergency federal loans were rejected should be allowed back in line for the funding while he reviews their lawsuit.But high demand for the relief loans — meant to help small businesses survive the economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic — may make the judge's temporary order moot.Exotic dancers need paycheck protection, too, the club owners say. Their lawsuit against the U.S. Small Business Administration claims a regulation...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelA federal judge late Wednesday said Wisconsin strip club owners whose applications for emergency federal loans were rejected should be allowed back in line for the funding while he reviews their lawsuit.But high demand for the relief loans — meant to help small businesses survive the economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic — may make the judge's temporary order moot.Exotic dancers need paycheck protection, too, the club owners say. Their lawsuit against the U.S. Small Business Administration claims a regulation...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelA middle school student who helped a friend draw a picture of a cartoon bomb should not have been convicted of making a terrorist threat, an appeals court judge has ruled.The boy, identified in court records only as A.N.G., was found delinquent on two counts in Waupaca County — disorderly conduct and — as a party to a crime.This week, Court of Appeals Judge Brian Blanchard ordered both adjudications vacated and the delinquency petition dismissed. The boy's "private drawing was not a true threat in the constitutional sense," Blanchard found, but rather the...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelA middle school student who helped a friend draw a picture of a cartoon bomb should not have been convicted of making a terrorist threat, an appeals court judge has ruled.The boy, identified in court records only as A.N.G., was found delinquent on two counts in Waupaca County — disorderly conduct and — as a party to a crime.This week, Court of Appeals Judge Brian Blanchard ordered both adjudications vacated and the delinquency petition dismissed. The boy's "private drawing was not a true threat in the constitutional sense," Blanchard found, but rather the...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelCourts in Wisconsin's 72 counties can shift back to more in-person hearings, and even jury trials, as they adopt their own approved plans to do so safely, the state Supreme Court has ordered.But in the meantime, the local courts must continue following the high court's earlier, and now extended, restrictions meant to reduce the number of people in courtrooms and slow the spread of the coronavirus.The newest order, issued late Friday, again drew dissent from Justices Rebecca Bradley and Daniel Kelly, who to suspend various court deadlines as...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelCourts in Wisconsin's 72 counties can shift back to more in-person hearings, and even jury trials, as they adopt their own approved plans to do so safely, the state Supreme Court has ordered.But in the meantime, the local courts must continue following the high court's earlier, and now extended, restrictions meant to reduce the number of people in courtrooms and slow the spread of the coronavirus.The newest order, issued late Friday, again drew dissent from Justices Rebecca Bradley and Daniel Kelly, who to suspend various court deadlines as...WW…