Escaped Slender Man defendant Morgan Geyser will return to Wisconsin

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5 months ago

November 25, 2025

Escaped Slender Man defendant Morgan Geyser will return to Wisconsin

Slender Man stabbing defendant Morgan Geyser will be returned to Wisconsin after her arrest in Illinois over the weekend for escaping from a Madison group home.

Geyser appeared in a Posen, Illinois, courtroom on Nov. 25, waiving her right to an extradition hearing and clearing the way for her to soon be returned to Wisconsin.

It’s not clear exactly when she will be back in the state.

Luciano Panici, the Illinois circuit court judge presiding over the hearing, indicated Wisconsin officials have 30 days to transport her and expressed the hope the task would be completed sooner.

Geyser’s court appearance follows a 24-hour search that began when the 23-year-old escaped from a Madison group home.

Geyser and Chad “Charly” Mecca, 43, were arrested at an Illinois truck stop on Nov. 23 after authorities say Geyser cut off her ankle monitor and left the Madison group home, YoYo Quality Care.

Geyser and co-defendant Anissa Weier were charged in 2014 with the attempted killing of their friend and classmate, Payton Leutner. Geyser stabbed Leutner stabbed 19 times.

All three girls were 12 years old at the time.

Geyser and Weier said they believed they were carrying out the bidding of Slender Man, a fictional online character.

They were found not guilty by reason of mental defect or disease in 2017 and sentenced to mental confinement, Weier for 25 years, and Geyser for 40 years.

Geyser was granted conditional release earlier this year after a judge he saw no risk to the public or to herself.

This is a developing story. Stay with jsonline.com for updates.

Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at caramirez@usatodayco.com.

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Next Weathermaker to bring more thunderstorms to already flooded Northeast Wisconsin

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April 16, 2026

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Next Weathermaker to bring more thunderstorms to already flooded Northeast Wisconsin

(WLUK) — More rain is on the way for Northeast Wisconsin.

Flood warnings are currently in effect for many area rivers and streams as recent rainfall has pushed some to reach flood level.

This morning, there’s a dense fog advisory in place.

Visibility could drop to a quarter mile in some places.

Today there’s a chance for showers and a few thunderstorms.

It will then become mostly sunny with a high near 66.

Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with a high of 70 before our Next Weathermaker brings showers and thunderstorms late in the day and into the evening.

Some of those storms could become severe with damaging wind, large hail and a few tornadoes.

Our area is in a level 2 and 3 out of 5 for severe weather risk.

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After the rain tomorrow night, we should have a string of dry days, which will help with dropping high river levels.

Saturday we’ll see a mix of sun and clouds.

It will be windy with a high near 48.

Winds could gust to 35 mph out of the northwest.

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Wisconsin basketball scores big with signings of Addie Deal, Kadidia Toure

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April 15, 2026

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Wisconsin basketball scores big with signings of Addie Deal, Kadidia Toure

MADISON – Robin Pingeton and the Wisconsin women’s basketball program have made a statement signing during transfer portal season.

Addie Deal, 6-foot guard from Irvine, Calif., will be part of the Badgers’ 2026-27 roster. The former Iowa Hawkeye announced her choice on Instagram Wednesday, April 15. The Badgers announced the move in conjunction with the signing of Kadidia Toure, a 6-3 forward who played at Long Island this season.

Toure averaged a double-double for Sharks this season. Deal, meanwhile, comes with the cache of being a five-star recruit in high school.

She was a 2025 McDonald’s All-American and a member of the Big Ten’s all-freshman team this season.

Deal played in all 34 games for Iowa with three starts. She averaged 5.1 points, 1.6 assists and 1.2 rebounds in 15 minutes per game. She shot 39.4% overall and hit on 29.7% from 3-point range. She posted season highs of 20 points and five assists.

Toure was the Northeast Conference player of the year as well as a member of the league’s all-defensive team.

She started her career at James Madison and then played at Arizona State before joining Long Island’s program. She averaged 19.2 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals per game this season.

Toure led Long Island to a 21-11 record with a 14-4 mark in the Northeast Conference that tied the Sharks for second place. The team reached the final of the conference tournament.

The addition of Deal and Toure helps UW compensate for the loss of four players to the transfer portal.

Reserves Alie Bisballe and Jovana Spasovski announced their depatures from the program on social media. The departures of Breauna Ware and Kyrah Daniels were reported by On3.

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NWS is investigating possible tornado touchdowns across 5 Wisconsin counties

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April 15, 2026

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NWS is investigating possible tornado touchdowns across 5 Wisconsin counties

The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan is assessing storm damage to confirm if tornadoes touched down April 14 in three areas near southeastern Wisconsin.

J.J. Wood, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan, said teams are going out Wednesday, April 15, to Sussex, as well as Endeavor in Marquette County and an area around eastern Walworth County and western Racine and Kenosha Counties, to look into the damage.

He said that based on reports and radar signatures, meteorologists suspect the damage came from tornadoes, but will not be able to confirm whether tornadoes touched down, or if the damage just came from powerful winds, until the teams assess the areas.

“It might take today and tomorrow for them to really assess everything before we can get final numbers,” Wood said. “We’re not going to be able to get to everything today.”

A tornado warning was issued for Milwaukee County around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, lasting until around 7:15 p.m. The National Weather Service warned that a “tornadic thunderstorm” would impact Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Brown Deer, Elm Grove, Glendale and River Hills.

Around 8:30 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Racine County. Just before 9 p.m., the warning extended into much of Kenosha County, including the cities of Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie and Somers.

Damage from the April 14 storms was caused by more than just intense winds; large hail also hit areas closer to Madison.

“The east side of Madison has some very large hail – a lot of golf ball to up to baseball-sized [hailstones]. We got a report or two of softball-sized hail … so there’s a lot of hail damage there,” Wood said.

Large hail was also documented in Waukesha and Jefferson counties, he said, and some flooding took place across areas of southeastern Wisconsin.

“It wasn’t anything major, but we did have some minor flooding in some low areas,” Wood said.

While storms may hit the area again April 15, they will likely not be as severe.

“If anything does occur, it won’t be like [April 14],” Wood said. “I think hail and wind would be the biggest risk, if we see anything later today into this evening.”

Contact Kelli Arseneau at (920) 213-3721 or karseneau@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @ArseneauKelli.

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