Wisconsin

Great Lakes ballast regulations take effect in February

MADISON - State environmental officials say they'll begin enforcing new ballast water regulations on Great Lakes vessels in February.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:10 pm | Loading…

Three arrested in murder of Oconomowoc mother

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Authorities have arrested three men in the October murder of an Oconomowoc woman in what they say was part of a plot by her ex-boyfriend to get custody of their 4-year-old son.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:10 pm | Loading…

Most Wisconsin road projects done for year

MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says most road construction projects in the state are done for the year, which should ease travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:05 pm | Loading…

Wisconsin unemployment dips slightly in October

MADISON - Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:00 pm | Loading…

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

MILWAUKEE - A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:05 pm | Loading…

Cranberry harvests in Wisconsin, US meet expectations

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) - Cranberry harvests in Wisconsin and elsewhere are meeting expectations, meaning your cranberry sauce will cost about the same this Thanksgiving as it did last year.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:00 pm

Report details Wisconsin's 20-year transportation needs

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs.

Nov 19, 2009 | 3:00 pm

Health insurance costs more in Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE (AP) - A new survey finds Wisconsinites pay more for health insurance than the rest of the country and the cost is rising at a faster rate.

Nov 19, 2009 | 1:00 pm

State prosecutors decide not to charge legislator

MADISON - State prosecutors have decided not to charge Rep. Pedro Colon with falsifying nomination signatures, closing the books on a complaint his primary opponent filed last year.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:55 pm | Loading…

Marines, corpsman to be removed in Iraqi death

SAN DIEGO - Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:50 pm | Loading…

Milwaukee woman pleads guilty in son's starvation

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman has pleaded guilty to allowing her 7-week-old son to starve to death.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…

Illinois teen sentenced in OD death

BELOIT, Wis. - The last defendant has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison in the heroin overdose death of a Wisconsin teenager last year.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:40 pm | Loading…

Body recovered from Navy plane's wreckage in Gulf

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A body has been recovered from the remains of a Navy training aircraft that went down in the Gulf of Mexico near Matagorda Island three weeks ago.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:25 pm | Loading…

Engineers file lawsuit against state

MADISON - A state union bargaining unit representing about 1,100 engineers filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday seeking to stop temporary layoffs.

Nov 18, 2009 | 11:25 pm | Loading…

State veterans home leader reinstated after firing

MADISON - The administrator of the state's largest nursing home for veterans, who was abruptly fired in August as the home faced an investigation into its spending, has been reinstated, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Nov 18, 2009 | 7:15 pm | Loading…

State pension agency clamps down on pricey flights

MADISON - The agency that manages Wisconsin's pension fund has tightened its travel policy to discourage employees from taking expensive business-class flights, a practice that had become routine in recent years.

Nov 18, 2009 | 6:05 pm | Loading…

Wisconsin confirms 11 swine flu deaths in last week

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - State health officials are confirming 11 more deaths related to the swine flu in Wisconsin.

Nov 18, 2009 | 3:10 pm

About 7,000 poor adults on insurance waiting list

MADISON - A no-frills health insurance plan for poor, childless adults may not be ready until March, state lawmakers were told Tuesday.

Nov 17, 2009 | 11:15 pm | Loading…

Court reinstates $5M award in beef jerky dispute

MADISON - A Wisconsin appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a $5 million damage award in a family feud involving one of the world's largest beef jerky companies.

Nov 17, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…

Grafton man charged with slaying 14-year-old stepson

MILWAUKEE - A southeastern Wisconsin man strangled his 14-year-old stepson with a necktie in a minivan in a Walmart parking lot, telling investigators he wanted to get revenge on his wife and her relatives for interfering in his business, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Nov 17, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…

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