James Stratton

@WISN12News Investigates. Football player turned ultrarunner. Emmy winner/loser. Murrow. Service to America. IRE finalist.
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Milwaukee police change 'no license' ticket policy after our 12 News investigation.

New procedure says officers must arrest a driver caught driving without a license a second time and refer charges, closing a legal loophole we uncovered.

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[Kendall Keys @KendallKeysTV]

NEW: The Brown Co. DA says Josh Jacobs will be released from custody. They say they don’t have enough evidence to make a formal charging decision against him. Here’s the new statement from Jacobs’ attorneys. @WISN12News

[Matt Smith @mattsmith_news]

NEW: The FBI attempted to to interview a top Milwaukee County election official this week, sources confirm to WISN 12 News. A Federal investigator visited the home of the county's elections director

A source said the FBI is interested in asking about Milwaukee's 2020 ballots

[Tyler Job 🏳️‍🌈 @TylerJobWISN]

If you've recently received a random text message claiming that you're due in Milwaukee County Traffic Court, you're not alone. IT'S A SCAM!

@StrattonWISN walks through the red flags.

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Did you receive this text? It is a SCAM.

We scanned the QR code (for research purposes) and found that it led to the same website for another DOT/DMV scam from last week.

[ESPN Madison @ESPNMadison]

The Wisconsin #Badgers did not have a player selected in the NFL Draft for the first time since 1978.

#OnWisconsin | #NFLDraft

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Greenhouse destroyed near highway 38 and 7 1/2 mile road.

Owner tells me he had about $25k in plants and items in here. Potentially more damage on the property as well. @wisn12news @GinoRecchiaWX

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Thursday’s sunshine and Milwaukee’s storm sewers reveal a graveyard of stranded cars, covered in mud, in the middle of Fond du Lac and Locust.

The owner of this SUV says “Don’t drive through standing water like that, don’t try and risk it.”

[Steven Radmer @Steven_R]

You know it's raining hard outside when it's raining inside American Family Field....

[Molly Bernard @Molly_WISN]

Confirmed Tornado in Waukesha County near Sussex.

If you're in the warned area, head to your tornado shelter. Northern Milwaukee county, if this holds together we could see a tornado warning issued here next.

[James Stratton @StrattonWISN]

NEW: Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is suing the woman, and Cook County Commissioner who claimed ICE detention in Wisconsin.

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[James Stratton @StrattonWISN]

@USCGGreatLakes I think you mean Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Ontario on lake Superior. Not nearly that much ice down here in Whitefish Bay, WI.

[James Stratton @StrattonWISN]

New 911 calls 12 News Investigates obtained detail the response to Morgan Geyser's escape from a group home last November.

https://t.co/rT1XbiGmdw

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@can52309145 Haven’t named him bc he hasn’t been charged, which is our policy. Working on another story today, expecting him in court (with charges) shortly.

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A tour bus carrying 54 people from Chicago to a casino in the UP crashes, injuring 33.

Now, a man is in custody on a pending charge of operating while revoked causing great bodily harm.

Records show the company was not allowed to operate for hire

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Badgers bounced from big dance.

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NWS issues blizzard warning for SE Wisconsin. Blizzard warning now covers almost the entire state.

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[Meteorologist Gino Recchia @GinoRecchiaWX]

A powerhouse winter storm has dumped over two feet of snow already in parts of north-central Wisconsin with areas to the north of us under a blizzard warning. Our heavy snow will arrive later this evening.

[James Stratton @StrattonWISN]

Badgers are dancin! 🕺 💃

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Pentagon identifies four servicemembers killed in Kuwait, all were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, according to @KCCINews.

https://t.co/7FLN3iPaSO