(2008/05/21)
Estimates over the winter showed Wisconsin's gray wolf population to be about the same size as it was a year earlier, indicating the rapid rise in wolf numbers in recent years may be leveling off, state game managers said.
(2008/05/21)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) A former Wausau police officer accused of trying to kill his estranged wife accepted a plea deal Tuesday, ending his attempted homicide trial as it was about to enter its third day.
(2008/05/21)
MADISON (AP) Prosecutors will recommend up to two years in prison for a former Wisconsin veterans official who pleaded guilty to stealing from veterans organizations.
(2008/05/21)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin appeals court has revived a trucker's claim that he was emotionally harmed by witnessing a fatal traffic accident.
(2008/05/21)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) Bond has been set at $500,000 for a Neenah woman who worked part-time for the Winnebago County's Child Welfare Division and is accused of suffocating her 2-year-old son.
(2008/05/21)
MADISON (AP) Federal officials have agreed to reimburse local governments in Wisconsin for three-fourths of the cost of a severe snow storm in February.
(2008/05/21)
WAUKESHA, Wis (AP) A Waukesha judge says he will begin ordering drunken drivers to report to jail immediately after one was involved in a fatal crash during a two-week grace period.
(2008/05/21)
MILWAUKEE (AP) A federal grand jury in Milwaukee has indicted a 32-year-old man in the death of his brother-in-law on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
(2008/05/21)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) An illegal immigrant has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for an accident that killed a Port Washington boy last August.
(2008/05/20)
WAUSAU, Wis. Skyrocketing gasoline prices nearing $4 a gallon are not scaring campers and their big rigs from state parks, the director said Monday.
(2008/05/20)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) The parents who prayed rather than seek medical help for their 11-year-old daughter before she died asked a judge Monday to dismiss reckless homicide charges against them.
(2008/05/20)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) A man accused along with a woman of harming her children by leaving the corpse of a 90-year-old woman in a bathroom for two months has had his $50,000 bond modified.
(2008/05/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) A teen pleaded guilty Monday to a charge that he participated in the group sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl in 2006, making him the last of 14 defendants to be convicted in the attack.
(2008/05/20)
MADISON (AP) The state Department of Justice has settled a lawsuit alleging that the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District allowed a series of sewage overflows in 2004.
(2008/05/20)
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) A man accused of killing a mother and her two children has pleaded not guilty.
(2008/05/20)
MADISON Gov. Jim Doyle replaced Wisconsin's longtime railroad commissioner with a state lawmaker Monday.
(2008/05/20)
MADISON (AP) MADISON, Wis. (AP) Gov. Jim Doyle is heading north to discuss the environment and economy with leaders in Canada.
(2008/05/20)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) A maritime historian from Sheboygan and his group of divers have located an 85-year-old shipwreck in Lake Michigan.
(2008/05/20)
MADISON (AP) A vice president at Texas Tech University will soon become a top administrator in the University of Wisconsin System, officials said Monday.
(2008/05/19)
LISBON, Wis. (AP) Juneau County deputies say two men died in a single-vehicle crash over the weekend.
(2008/05/19)
GREEN BAY (AP) Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said he did nothing wrong when, as a district attorney, he talked with a bishop about a priest’s inappropriate conduct with two young boys in the 1970s.
(2008/05/19)
CLYMAN, Wis. (AP) Dodge County deputies are stepping up their patrols around a local cemetery with a reputation for paranormal sightings.
(2008/05/19)
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) Kenosha County authorities have confirmed that a child found unresponsive in a bathtub over the weekend has died.
(2008/05/19)
MADISON (AP) It does not appear that two unsolved killings near the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year are connected, according to police Chief Noble Wray.
(2008/05/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee fire department officials have pulled an unknown woman from the Kinnickinnic River.
(2008/05/19)
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) Lear Corp. plans to lay off 336 employees at its Janesville location.
(2008/05/19)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) Officials at Mercury Marine say the Fond du Lac company is reassessing its strengths after its parent company announced a manufacturing slowdown.
(2008/05/19)
NEW YORK (AP) Two high school jazz bands from Seattle took home the top honors in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 13th Annual Essentially Ellington competition that culminated with a Saturday night concert where they performed with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis as guest soloist.
(2008/05/18)
CHICAGO Federal officials say a Chicago-based company is recalling beef products distributed in 11 states, including Wisconsin, due to an E. coli scare.
(2008/05/18)
ROCHESTER, Wis. The Racine County sheriff’s department is investigating the death of a man whose body was found along a bike trail.
(2008/05/18)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. The Chippewa County District Attorney is considering charges against a man accused of illegally capturing deer.
(2008/05/18)
COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. The Dane County sheriff’s department is investigating a home invasion in which an intruder pistol-whipped two residents.
(2008/05/18)
A federal agency has awarded Wisconsin almost $5.4 million to strengthen the state’s emergency capabilities in the event of a major catastrophe.
(2008/05/18)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan says like Abraham Lincoln, president candidate John McCain understands the importance of the struggle during wartime.
(2008/05/18)
MADISON, Wis. Two weeks after Dane County authorities acknowledged mishandling a 911 call from the cell phone of a college student later found killed, the county’s 911 center released two recordings from an earlier unsolved murder.
(2008/05/18)
APPLETON, Wis. A 23-year-old Appleton man could face 20 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that left two dead and two injured.
(2008/05/18)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A Sheboygan woman already accused of shooting her daughter with a BB gun to win a $1 bet now faces charges of violating her bond.
(2008/05/17)
0STEVENS POINT, Wis. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, frequently mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican John McCain, said Friday he doesn't have "any motivations or designs" of doing anything more than volunteering on behalf of the presidential candidate.
(2008/05/17)
MADISON Wisconsin troopers have filed a lawsuit seeking paid lunch breaks and more tax money for their meals.
(2008/05/17)
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee won't have to worry about a future without beer.
(2008/05/17)
MADISON Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman acknowledged Friday her department made mistakes in the process of hiring a top agency lawyer but said no one has been disciplined.
(2008/05/17)
GREEN BAY (AP) A former employee of the Resch Center is jailed on a probation hold after being accused of going in the building and using a forklift to steal an automatic teller machine.
(2008/05/17)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) The pressure of debt and divorce led a former Wausau police officer to try to kill his wife, a prosecutor told a jury Friday.
(2008/05/17)
ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) Three men apprehended on several charges in Wisconsin are considered suspects in the murder of a man in Michigan, Langlade County Sheriff Bill Greening said.
(2008/05/17)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) Cash bond is set at $1 million for a Kenosha man accused of shooting and stabbing his wife to death.
(2008/05/17)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) A judge has heard 312 hours of testimony on whether a new trial should be ordered for a Superior man who is serving life in prison without parole for choking, bludgeoning and stabbing an acquaintance to death.
(2008/05/17)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) A Neenah woman who worked part-time for the Winnebago County's Child Welfare Division made a first court appearance on a charge of suffocating her 2-year-old son, but it didn't last long.
(2008/05/17)
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) An autopsy has confirmed that the body recovered from Little Lake Butte des Morts was that of a 58-year-old Neenah woman who disappeared three weeks ago.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE Consumers still want different types of beers, but for a growing number with empty pockets, that means less expensive ones, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday.
(2008/05/16)
MADISON, Wis. A group of legislators wants to end tax credits for ethanol production and lift reformulated gasoline requirements in southeastern Wisconsin.
(2008/05/16)
JANESVILLE, Wis. A man who killed his sister in 1984 won’t be moving from a state mental hospital to an adult group home in Madison after all, his lawyer says.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE Department store stalwarts J.C. Penney Co., Nordstrom Inc. and Kohl’s Inc. all reported steep drops in first-quarter profits on Thursday as Americans snub apparel to focus on basic necessities at discounters in a challenging economy.
(2008/05/16)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. Brian LaFave could care less how high gasoline prices go these days.
(2008/05/16)
HARTFORD, Wis. A city marshal killed in the line of duty a century ago in Hartford had a memorial plaque in his honor unveiled Thursday.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin’s two Democratic senators voted in favor of the farm bill Thursday, helping approve it 81-15 and send it to President Bush.
(2008/05/15)
MILWAUKEE It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON Wisconsin lawmakers finally ratified an interstate treaty Wednesday that is designed to block arid states from getting access to Great Lakes water.
(2008/05/15)
MILWAUKEE The three children who watched their vacation cabin burn, knowing their parents were inside and unable to get out, will receive a settlement worth more than $21 million, according to court documents.
(2008/05/15)
WASHINGTON The House passed a farm bill by a 3-1 measure Wednesday, but most Wisconsin members voted against it, concluding that the bill didn’t do enough to rein in payments to wealthy farmers during a time of high food prices.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON Gov. Jim Doyle now has his chance to change a bill intended to fix the state’s $527 million budget shortfall.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON If you want to find out who one of the youngest Democratic superdelegates in the country supports, check out his YouTube video.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater fraternity has been suspended for three years to try to stop a troubling culture of underage drinking and hazing, an official said Wednesday.
(2008/05/14)
MADISON The budget-balancing plan the Senate passed Tuesday would still leave the state nearly $1.7 billion short three years from now.
(2008/05/14)
MADISON The patient transported by a Med Flight helicopter that later crashed died hours after arriving at a La Crosse hospital, a coroner said Tuesday.
(2008/05/14)
MILWAUKEE A newly created commission will ensure that recommendations to reduce the racial gap in the state’s courts and prisons are put into place, Gov. Jim Doyle said Tuesday.
(2008/05/14)
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. More than 60 dogs were removed from a Pleasant Prairie home after police officers responding to a neighbor’s concerns found unsanitary conditions.
(2008/05/14)
JANESVILLE, Wis. A man who killed his sister in 1984 will move from a state mental hospital to an adult group home in Madison, a judge ruled Tuesday.
(2008/05/13)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. Two people died when their light plane crashed and burned at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport.
(2008/05/13)
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. A man got inside Green Bay’s Resch Center, commandeered a forklift and used it to steal an automated teller machine.
(2008/05/13)
MAUSTON, Wis. Someone continued to write checks on an account belonging to a 90-year-old woman whose remains were found on the toilet in a Necedah home two months after she died, according to court documents released Monday.
(2008/05/13)
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and Wisconsin on global warming.
(2008/05/13)
MADISON, Wis. U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is angry about state lawmakers’ plan for balancing Wisconsin’s budget.
(2008/05/13)
MILWAUKEE An additional 700 potential victims nationwide, ranging from food companies to newspapers, have been named in a massive fraud scheme involving the nation’s largest coupon company.
(2008/05/13)
OSHKOSH, Wis. A part-time worker with Winnebago County’s Child Welfare Division has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of her son.
(2008/05/13)
ARCADIA, Wis. An elderly couple from Kenosha died in a highway crash while visiting in Trempealeau County for Mother’s Day weekend.
(2008/05/13)
MANITOWOC, Wis. A 14-year-old boy suffered burns to more than a quarter of his body after playing what authorities describe as a blowtorch game.
(2008/05/12)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Cheeseheads don’t need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation’s top cheese producer are unlikely to come true.
(2008/05/12)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Philanthropist Joseph Zilber plans to commit $50 million during the next 10 years to improve life in Milwaukee’s low-income neighborhoods, according to a draft of a speech by him obtained by a newspaper.
(2008/05/12)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) The Sawyer County Sheriff Department says remains that were found in the Flambeau River State Forest are human.
(2008/05/12)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Oneida tribal members have approved an increase in annual per capita payment to themselves to $1,200 from $800, and authorized creation of an endowment fund to help with future payments.
(2008/05/12)
KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) Outagamie County authorities are looking for two men after three people were shot and wounded early Sunday at a supper club north of Kaukauna.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. The state’s Revenue Department has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online telling them to stop buying cigarettes that way or to pay the $1.77-per-pack state tax that’s now in effect.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 24 years in prison on allegations he provided heroin that killed two people in Madison.
(2008/05/11)
MILWAUKEE A Milwaukee police officer shot and wounded a man during the weekend, authorities said.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. About 1,200 Wisconsin taxpayers are affected by computer glitches involving out-of-state taxes, a state Department of Revenue spokeswoman says.
(2008/05/11)
BARABOO, Wis. The attorney for a Baraboo father accused of killing his 5-week-old sons has won the right to search his client’s rented condo.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. There was a significant increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases in Wisconsin last year, state health officials say.
(2008/05/11)
MILWAUKEE Leisure travelers spent slightly less in the state last year while there was a slight gain in business travel and a larger increase in convention spending, according to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
(2008/05/11)
WEST BEND, Wis. The teenage girl critically wounded last weekend in a vehicle in the town of Addison is not believed to have been a target of the shooter, the Washington County Sheriff says.
(2008/05/11)
FRIENDSHIP, Wis. Trial for the driver of a semi-truck that struck a school bus and killed one student is delayed.
(2008/05/10)
PORTAGE, Wis. A woman’s statements to police investigating a torture and death case in Portage may be used at her murder trial.
(2008/05/10)
WAUKESHA, Wis. A Waukesha County woman says she thought she was going to be killed when an SUV driver started ramming her car.
(2008/05/10)
RACINE, Wis. A state agency reissued a water pollution permit Thursday for a power plant that environmental groups contend would harm Lake Michigan by using vast amounts of lake water for cooling.
(2008/05/10)
FENNIMORE, Wis. A southwestern Wisconsin technical college closed because of a gun threat, but students were told the closure was due to maintenance.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. “Everybody’s dead.”
(2008/05/10)
OSHKOSH, Wis. A man suspected of being mentally unstable killed himself by slitting his neck while authorities were taking him to a mental hospital Thursday, deputies said.
(2008/05/10)
RACINE, Wis. Racine police who raided a half-dozen homes on drug-related suspicions found eight children in one home that had no electricity, heat or running water.
(2008/05/10)
MILWAUKEE Residents in two Wisconsin counties will soon be able to send their unused drugs for safe disposal by a Milwaukee company.
(2008/05/10)
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (AP) Newly released video shows a toddler appearing to smoke marijuana in the presence of his mother and her two male friends.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle has appointed two new members to the state board in charge of rooting out government corruption and enforcing election, campaign finance and ethics laws.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. State Assembly Rep. Sue Jeskewitz will not run for a seventh term representing Washington and Waukesha counties.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) FBI statistics show the number of hate crimes nearly doubled in Wisconsin from 1996 to 2006.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. A new poll shows that 63 percent of Wisconsin residents support a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin officials say they will propose a new regulation requiring the inspection of all new permanent thrill rides before they open to the public.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. Assembly Democrats should be ready to vote on a bill fixing the state’s $527 million budget shortfall next week, Minority Leader Rep. Jim Kreuser said in an e-mail sent to colleagues Wednesday.
(2008/05/08)
MILWAUKEE There’s a better way to select Wisconsin justices than by allowing voters to pick them, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said Wednesday.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. An Indonesian national faces up to a decade in prison after a jury in Wisconsin convicted him of trying to ship scores of assault rifle scopes overseas.
(2008/05/08)
TOWN of NEW DENMARK, Wis. A 15-year-old boy is credited with rescuing a woman after she drove off a road in the Brown County town of New Denmark and went into the Neshota (Nesh-OH’-tuh) River.
(2008/05/08)
GREEN BAY, Wis. A former Wisconsin man accused of illegally selling Green Bay Packers tickets and failing to come up with tickets fans thought they bought has agreed to state sanctions, including no longer using the same Internet Web site, officials said Wednesday.
(2008/05/08)
MADISON, Wis. None of the five remaining undecided superdelegates from Wisconsin committed to supporting Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday.
(2008/05/08)
MILWAUKEE Gov. Jim Doyle says a third conviction for intoxicated use of vehicle should be made a felony, carrying prison time, as a way to protect the public from those who repeatedly drive under the influence.
(2008/05/08)
MILWAUKEE An independent organization says more Wisconsin residents over 65 die from accidental falls than do seniors in almost any other state.
(2008/05/07)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A dispatcher missed significant sounds on a 911 call from a college student before she was murdered and a second error caused investigators to spend days searching for two innocent men, authorities said Tuesday.
(2008/05/07)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) In the weeks after Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration ordered state employees to curb unnecessary travel, those same workers charged the state more than $900,000 for hundreds of trips around the world.
(2008/05/07)
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) A woman accused of suffocating her 2-year-old son told police she heard voices telling her to sacrifice him while she was reading the Bible, according to court documents.
(2008/05/07)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) Police say they arrested a 15-year-old Sheboygan girl after she made up a story about being attacked by a knife-wielding suspect on her way to school.
(2008/05/07)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A majority of Wisconsin residents say in a new poll that they favor a universal health care system run by the state government.
(2008/05/07)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) An Appleton-based unit of the Wisconsin National Guard is planning a series of meetings in preparation for its possible deployment overseas.
(2008/05/07)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) State prosecutors failed Tuesday to get evidence previously banned back into their case against a former Wausau police officer accused of trying to kill his wife.
(2008/05/07)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Assembly Minority Leader Jim Kreuser says lawmakers can fix the state’s budget shortfall within hours.
(2008/05/07)
MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) A Middleton sculptor has been chosen to create a statue of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
(2008/05/07)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Door County fruit growers say last year’s drought combined with an unusually large crop could result in fewer cherries this year.
(2008/05/06)
MOSINEE, Wis. The Marathon County medical examiner says the body found in the Wisconsin River over the weekend near Mosinee is of a missing 17-year-old boy who went fishing.
(2008/05/06)
BRODHEAD, Wis. (AP) An amateur-built, single-engine plane crashed in rural Green County, killing the pilot, authorities said Monday.
(2008/05/06)
MILWAUKEE The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has dropped one of four citations against the Racine construction company involved in a December trench collapse that killed a Racine man.
(2008/05/06)
GREEN BAY, Wis. David Witthoft finally shunned his Brett Favre jersey for a red shirt for the first time in 1,581 days.
(2008/05/06)
ORFORDVILLE, Wis. A fire truck overturned en route to a barn fire Monday, pinning two volunteer firefighters inside.
(2008/05/06)
MADISON, Wis. A highly touted program to walk University of Wisconsin-Madison students home safely has been understaffed while services are in high demand after a student’s murder, employees complain.
(2008/05/06)
MILWAUKEE A man convicted of killing the son of a talk show co-host was sentenced Monday to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 48 years.
(2008/05/06)
KENOSHA, Wis. Hundreds of Harley-Davidson owners gathered at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for the 19th annual bike blessing.
(2008/05/06)
WEST BEND, Wis. A teenage girl remained in critical condition Monday after being shot in the head by someone in another vehicle over the weekend, Washington County authorities said.
(2008/05/06)
NEENAH, Wis. A Neenah woman has been arrested following the death of her 2-year-old son.
(2008/05/06)
MILWAUKEE Home improvement retailer Menards is creating need for its drills, saws and toilet seats in a way that’s unique to its industry.
(2008/05/06)
MADISON, Wis. Some nonprofit and anti-crime organizations could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars under a new law limiting how courts impose fines.
(2008/05/05)
MADISON, Wis. The number of complaints against licensed daycare centers in Wisconsin has risen 30 percent in the last seven years. But state officials say that’s largely because parents are becoming more involved.
(2008/05/05)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A 61-year-old man suffered fatal injuries after he tumbled off the second-story porch of his home, authorities said Sunday.
(2008/05/05)
ROCK LAKE, Wis. Two weeks after the state-sponsored killing of 14 mute swans left local residents riled, a state official said the program would end indefinitely.
(2008/05/05)
WEST BEND, Wis. Washington County authorities say a teenage girl is in critical condition after being shot by someone in another vehicle.
(2008/05/05)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. A man who was convicted of his 10th drunken-driving offense since 1990 has been sentenced to 1½ years in prison.
(2008/05/05)
MADISON, Wis. A number of officers with the state Department of Corrections routinely rack up hefty paychecks by working overtime and then calling in sick to recoup their time off, a newspaper’s investigation has revealed.
(2008/05/05)
MOSINEE, Wis. Marathon County Sheriff’s Department officials say another body has been found in the Wisconsin River.
(2008/05/04)
UNDATED The state Department of Transportation says last month was the second-safest April on record in more than 60 years in terms of traffic deaths.
(2008/05/04)
RACINE, Wis. A number of residents thought their dog was playing with a toy in the backyard but the toy turned out to be a loaded semiautomatic handgun.
(2008/05/04)
MADISON, Wis. Say cheese! Wisconsin’s cheesemakers continue leading the nation in crafting innovative varieties.
(2008/05/04)
MADISON, Wis. About 400 people were arrested at the Mifflin Street block party, but there were no major problems with the annual event, authorities said.
(2008/05/04)
MILWAUKEE A deadly bacterial strain that attacks dogs in animal shelters has struck for a third time, and a shelter medicine expert credits quick countermeasures for preventing more dogs from dying.
(2008/05/04)
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. A teacher’s two-year legal battle to get his job back has reached the state Supreme Court, but in an unusual twist, he’s asking the court not to take his case.
(2008/05/04)
BURLINGTON, Wis. Police in the City of Burlington are still looking for suspects after more than 100 vehicles had their tires slashed late this week.
(2008/05/04)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A 28-year-old woman shot her 8-year-old daughter in the thigh with a BB gun to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend, according to authorities.
(2008/05/03)
MADISON Authorities mishandled a 911 call from the cell phone of a college student before she was murdered, Dane County’s top official acknowledged Friday.
(2008/05/03)
MADISON One of the nation’s most enduring and well-known college beer bashes will go on but against a darker backdrop this year.
(2008/05/03)
MILWAUKEE A bacterial strain that killed more than 1,000 dogs in outbreaks in Las Vegas and Miami has been found in some of the seven dogs that were stricken and died at a Wisconsin shelter, officials said Friday.
(2008/05/03)
MADISON First Johnny Depp came to Wisconsin. Could the Coen brothers be next?
(2008/05/03)
SUAMICO, Wis. Police say a man believed to have crashed his sports utility vehicle stole an empty school bus and crashed it near a Suamico tavern.
(2008/05/02)
WAUKESHA, Wis. A Waukesha humane society stopped taking in dogs after seven of them died in 10 days from an unknown illness.
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. The state Department of Justice secured a $50,000 grant Thursday to revive witness protection efforts in Milwaukee through the summer.
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. State payments to schools, local governments and others will have to be prorated starting in August unless a $527 million budget shortfall is addressed soon, Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration warned in a letter sent to legislative leaders Thursday.
(2008/05/02)
ATLANTA It’s been 4½ years since former Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli’s bold prediction that the home improvement retailer could sustain “unlimited growth” without significantly affecting sales at established stores.
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. The Wisconsin Capitol is being prepared for scenes involving the government and the FBI in the Johnny Depp gangster film “Public Enemies.”
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. A college student apparently called 911 from her cell phone shortly before she was murdered but a dispatcher hung up, failed to call back and never sent police to investigate, authorities said Thursday.
(2008/05/02)
HUDSON, Wis. Two teenagers have been accused of distributing a collage of naked pictures of a female classmate at Hudson High School to embarrass her.
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. Thirty-three percent of Wisconsin residents described climate change as extremely problematic or quite troublesome in a poll released Thursday.
(2008/05/02)
MADISON, Wis. A new report says that Wisconsin’s better-than-average benefits explain why the state’s schools spent 8.5 percent more than the national average to educate students.
(2008/05/01)
MILWAUKEE Maurice Pulley agreed last fall to testify against the thug accused of shooting him in the face in an argument over a parking spot. But before Pulley ever took the stand, two gunmen ran up to him and killed him in his mother’s driveway.
(2008/05/01)
WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Russ Feingold urged the Defense Department Wednesday to investigate bad conditions at Fort Bragg, N.C. which were recently captured in a video slide show by a Wisconsin man visiting his son there.
(2008/05/01)
WAUSAU, Wis. Parents accused of reckless homicide in their 11-year-old daughter’s death can stay out of jail on signature and property bonds totaling $450,000, a judge ruled Wednesday.
(2008/05/01)
MADISON A sex toys seminar planned at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School was canceled by school officials last week over fears products would be offered for sale.
(2008/05/01)
Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines.
(2008/04/30)
MADISON, Wis. Record-high gas prices, increasing energy costs and fears about a national recession all have Wisconsin residents on edge.
(2008/04/30)
MILWAUKEE The federal government should consider tapping private funds to improve roads and ease congestion in cities such as Milwaukee, according to an independent research report released Tuesday.
(2008/04/30)
MADISON, Wis. Internet giant Google Inc. is opening an office in downtown Madison, becoming the second major high-tech firm in a week to expand to the city.
(2008/04/30)
MADISON, Wis. A former state official in charge of an agency’s Internet policies used his work e-mail to seek sex from numerous women, including high school students, records show.
(2008/04/30)
MADISON, Wis. A group of business associations has filed a lawsuit demanding state pollution officials halt work on new mercury emission rules.
(2008/04/30)
MADISON, Wis. Police responding to public record requests can legally release personal information they’ve obtained from motor vehicle records, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said in an opinion released Tuesday.
(2008/04/30)
MILWAUKEE A Waukesha woman kept riding a commuter bus to Milwaukee before she found out she had rubella, or German measles a respiratory viral infection that can be very dangerous to pregnant women.
(2008/04/29)
PORTAGE, Wis. A woman charged in a torture-murder case that left a boy severely injured and his mother dead contends she was confused from a lack of diabetes medication, food and water when she gave statements to police about what happened to the victims.
(2008/04/29)
MILWAUKEE A Racine man faces a charge of first-degree reckless homicide in the hanging death of a friend at the Milwaukee factory where they worked.
(2008/04/29)
WAUKESHA, Wis. A former doctor faces vehicular homicide charges in a crash that left students and faculty in Oconomowoc public schools mourning the loss of a pregnant associate principal and her daughter.
(2008/04/29)
WESTON, Wis. Parents who prayed as their 11-year-old daughter died of untreated diabetes were charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide.
(2008/04/29)
WASHINGTON Carl J. Artman is leaving his post as assistant secretary for Indian Affairs next month, the Interior Department says.
(2008/04/29)
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle promised to help 750 workers at the Janesville General Motors plant who will be laid off due to sagging sales.
(2008/04/29)
MADISON, Wis. With just over six months until Election Day, none of the three remaining candidates for president has a majority of support in Wisconsin, a poll released Monday showed.
(2008/04/29)
GREEN BAY, Wis. A Brown County judge has struck down a provision in a state bill that would have let one town incorporate into a village.
(2008/04/29)
MADISON, Wis. The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a private search firm apologized Monday for mistakenly releasing the identity of an applicant for the school’s top job.
(2008/04/29)
MADISON, Wis. A month after legislative leaders and Gov. Jim Doyle went behind closed doors to plug a budget shortfall caused by the weakening economy, they have yet to emerge with an agreement.
(2008/04/29)
ROCK SPRINGS, Wis. The Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational Center for lions, tigers and leopards has opened in this Sauk County community about 50 miles northwest of Madison.
(2008/04/29)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A Sheboygan County prosecutor has cleared the police officer involved in a fatal shooting earlier this month.
(2008/04/29)
MADISON, Wis. Financial problems and declining enrollments have a number of Wisconsin school districts looking at dissolving or consolidating.
(2008/04/28)
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) A traffic collision that killed a pregnant driver and her unborn baby over the weekend has also claimed the life of the driver’s daughter, who succumbed to her injuries the next morning.
(2008/04/28)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Thirty-seven percent of Milwaukee’s restaurants had at least one “critical” health code violation last year, according to city records analyzed by a newspaper.
(2008/04/28)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin specialty license plates benefiting endangered resources and the Green Bay Packers are the only two considered successful, the state Division of Motor Vehicles’ legislative liaison says.
(2008/04/28)
ELKHORN, Wis. (AP) A 16-year-old Genoa City girl has been ordered to face a drunken driving death charge in adult court.
(2008/04/28)
ASHLAND, Wis. (AP) A state biologist says his office keeps getting calls about a live deer in Bayfield County that has an arrow stuck in its side, but he says it’s probably best to leave the deer alone.
(2008/04/28)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Veteran GOP state legislator John Gard is renewing his bid for the Congressional seat currently occupied by incumbent Democrat Steve Kagen.
(2008/04/28)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The greater prairie chicken has been declared a threatened species by Wisconsin, and the Department of Natural Resources is working to place Minnesota female birds in central Wisconsin in the hope they’ll mate with Wisconsin males.
(2008/04/28)
By The Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) The crew from the big-budget movie “Public Enemies” is continuing to make its way around Wisconsin, with additional filming expected this week.
(2008/04/28)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) A 56-year-old man convicted in the bludgeoning death of his girlfriend 15 years ago received what amounts to a life sentence, as he won’t be eligible for parole until he’s 90.
(2008/04/28)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) Lee Preston of Holcombe is confident his son, Steven, will win confirmation as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(2008/04/27)
MADISON, Wis. A woman who confessed to stuffing a sock in her crying infant’s mouth, leading to the baby’s eventual death, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
(2008/04/27)
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. If a proposal before Little Chute’s Village Board passes, the village’s largest employer will be hiring another 300 employees.
(2008/04/27)
MADISON, Wis. A 23-year-old Madison man has been arrested after authorities say he crashed his vehicle into a college building in an apparent alcohol-related accident.
(2008/04/27)
WYOCENA, Wis. About 100 volunteers worked Saturday to help clean up the area near the Columbia County village of Wyocena where a tornado touched down Friday, officials said.
(2008/04/27)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. An internal investigation into the April 17 fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man by a Sheboygan police officer has been sent to the Sheboygan County district attorney for review, the department said.
(2008/04/27)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. A Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution guard has been ordered to stand trial.
(2008/04/27)
MILWAUKEE A jury has found a 30-year-old man guilty in the asphyxiation of a Milwaukee minister, whose face was wrapped in duct tape last December.
(2008/04/27)
WAUKESHA, Wis. A former professional clown convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and photographing her nude while she was sleeping has been sentenced to six years in prison in the case.
(2008/04/27)
MOSINEE, Wis. A Nashville singer who has written a song about a Mosinee Marine injured in Iraq and plans to donate proceeds raised from it to him.
(2008/04/27)
WAUSAU, Wis. Repairs to the McCleary Bridge have been delayed as a result of a girder falling into the Rib River, officials say.
(2008/04/26)
NEW YORK David Letterman did his best to lure Brett Favre out of retirement.
(2008/04/26)
MADISON, Wis. The Capital Times, the feisty afternoon newspaper that helped define this city and championed a unique brand of Midwestern progressivism, publishes its final daily Saturday after a colorful 90-year history.
(2008/04/26)
BEAVER DAM, Wis. Three young people died and another was injured in a fiery rollover crash in Dodge County.
(2008/04/26)
PORTAGE, Wis. A clash of weather systems set off storms across Wisconsin late Friday that included a reported tornado, lightning, hail and heavy rains in many areas.
(2008/04/26)
OSHKOSH, Wis. Charges have been filed against a man accused of entering residence halls at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, going into bathrooms and watching women taking showers.
(2008/04/25)
MADISON, Wis. The security of a database containing sensitive information about 240,000 senior citizens and disabled people in Wisconsin was never breached or at risk, the chief executive of the company that controls the data said Thursday.
(2008/04/25)
MADISON, Wis. A federal judge on Thursday ordered a Philippines company to pay back $100 million it swindled out of the U.S. military’s health insurance program.
(2008/04/25)
WAUSAU, Wis. Some 15 months after a white hunter killed a Hmong hunter in some northeast Wisconsin woods, a Hmong hunting and fishing club is forming to help ease racial tensions.
(2008/04/25)
KIMBERLY, Wis. The electrocution death of a 43-year-old worker at a manufacturer here has prompted a federal investigation.
(2008/04/25)
MILWAUKEE Veterans at a Milwaukee nursing home have a new flat-screen television after a man walked off with theirs.
(2008/04/25)
BARABOO, Wis. A man was hospitalized with facial injuries after being assaulted on the Frisbee disc golf course of the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County.
(2008/04/25)
MILWAUKEE Billowing flames lit up a church steeple near Milwaukee’s airport as a late-afternoon storm moved through the area.
(2008/04/25)
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle wants federal officials to block unfair imports of lightweight receipt paper.
(2008/04/25)
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin health officials have confirmed two more cases of the measles.
(2008/04/25)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. Days after being canceled for lack of participants, Sheboygan’s Memorial Day parade has been revived.
(2008/04/24)
BAYFIELD, Wis. The body of a missing woman has been recovered by divers from Lake Superior.
(2008/04/24)
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. Ashwaubenon is joining nearby Green Bay by imposing limits on where freed sex offenders may live.
(2008/04/24)
CUDAHY, Wis. The Department of Defense confirmed Wednesday that a suburban Milwaukee man was one of the two soldiers killed when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Bayji, Iraq, on Monday.
(2008/04/24)
GREEN BAY, Wis. Insurance companies have filed a motion to throw out a jury verdict that could cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in Fox River cleanup expenses.
(2008/04/24)
MADISON, Wis. Working under Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was “ugly” and a “constant war,” the state Justice Department’s former top detective said in e-mails to colleagues.
(2008/04/24)
MADISON, Wis. Hunters in much of the southern two-thirds of Wisconsin will have to kill an antlerless deer this fall before they can take a buck under new regulations the state Natural Resources Board approved Wednesday.
(2008/04/24)
MADISON, Wis. The state Natural Resources Board has scrapped plans for an all-terrain vehicle trail in the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest.
(2008/04/24)
MADISON, Wis. A pharmacist punished for refusing to dispense birth control pills to a college student or to transfer her prescription elsewhere asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down the sanctions.
(2008/04/24)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Milwaukee Public Museum president Dan Finley says the “Body Worlds” exhibit could net about $2 million for the financially troubled institution.
(2008/04/23)
WASHINGTON Wisconsin drivers apparently aren’t heeding the message of one of America’s biggest brewers, located in their own backyard. Nor are residents in some neighboring states.
(2008/04/23)
MILWAUKEE A soldier from suburban Cudahy has died in Iraq, a family member said Tuesday, making him the 89th service member from Wisconsin killed there since the war began in 2003.
(2008/04/23)
MADISON Wisconsin hunters would have to deal with only one chronic wasting disease zone with a more traditional hunting schedule and scaled back herd reduction goals under regulations the state Natural Resources Board is considering.
(2008/04/23)
MADISON Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen hired his campaign field director as a state Justice Department receptionist and has twice promoted him to positions in the agency’s criminal bureau.
(2008/04/23)
MADISON The first director of Madison’s landmark arts venue was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison for running private businesses out of his city office and evading taxes in a case that sparked a major First Amendment ruling.
(2008/04/23)
MILWAUKEE More than 100 members of the Hmong community held a rally Tuesday, calling for Police Chief Edward Flynn to apologize for his handling of a case where an officer is accused of excessive force against a Hmong man.
(2008/04/22)
WAUSAU, Wis. The number of people killed in Wisconsin traffic crashes so far this year is down nearly 30 percent from the same time a year ago, the state Transportation Department reported Monday.
(2008/04/22)
MENOMONIE, Wis. The fire that killed three University of Wisconsin-Stout students at an off-campus duplex started in a love seat in the living room of the home, investigators said Monday.
(2008/04/22)
WHITEWATER, Wis. Thousands of students went a fifth day Monday with no heat or hot water in their dorms and other campus buildings as the result of a boiler explosion at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
(2008/04/22)
RACINE, Wis. A Racine City Council committee has approved a proposal to allow retired police officers to carry concealed weapons.
(2008/04/22)
MILWAUKEE Midwest Air Group Inc. has to trim its payroll and cut its flight schedule to counteract the rising cost of fuel and ensure its survival, the company’s chief executive said Monday.
(2008/04/22)
TOWN OF WINDSOR, Wis. Authorities said Monday they were investigating a possible hate crime after a Hmong family’s truck was set on fire and spray painted with the letters “KKK.”
(2008/04/22)
MADISON, Wis. There is a new Web site for Wisconsin power consumers who want to invest more in renewable energy.
(2008/04/22)
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. The president of the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society says that, although the group is not into destroying history, a long vacant property it purchased in January is beyond repair.
(2008/04/22)
OSHKOSH, Wis. Tourism officials say filming of the Johnny Depp movie “Public Enemies” in Oshkosh last week brought in an estimated $4 million in visitor spending and local production costs.
(2008/04/22)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A lack of groups willing to participate has led organizers to cancel this year’s Memorial Day parade in Sheboygan, even as the nation’s military forces are at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2008/04/22)
HOLLAND, Mich. A nonprofit shipwreck group based in Holland says it has located the Hamilton, a two-masted schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1873.
(2008/04/22)
MADISON, Wis. A convicted sex offender has been jailed on a probation hold and is considered a material witness in the death of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Marshfield, court records show.
(2008/04/21)
PLYMOUTH, Wis. (AP) A car driven by 76-year-old driver plowed into a group of basketball players eating lunch outside a Culver’s restaurant Sunday, injuring five people, police said. None have life-threatening injuries.
(2008/04/21)
MILWAUKEE (AP) More than 100 state employees grossed more last year than Gov. Jim Doyle, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analysis.
(2008/04/21)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The State Patrol should have sought legislative approval before creating a K-9 unit in 2006, a lawmaker said.
(2008/04/21)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) New student apartments around the University of Wisconsin-Madison have the potential to create a new housing spiral in neighborhoods left behind, some officials warn.
(2008/04/21)
PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) Emergency management officials say the Wisconsin River in Columbia County is above its flood stage.
(2008/04/21)
CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. (AP) About 125 other soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard returned home this weekend after eight months in Iraq.
(2008/04/21)
WHITE LAKE, Wis. (AP) The Bear Paw Outdoor Adventure Resort is back 10 months after a tornado ripped through it, causing more than $1 million in damage.
(2008/04/21)
MEQUON, Wis. (AP) Lynn Rettler is asking $20,000 for her Civil War era log cabin in this Milwaukee suburb. And it’s priced to move, literally.
(2008/04/21)
MANITOWISH WATERS, Wis. (AP) Universal Studios plans to film scenes this week for “Public Enemies” at the exact spot in northern Wisconsin that bank robber John Dillinger tried to hide from the FBI.
(2008/04/20)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. A horse that appeared in the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy will make an appearance next weekend in western Wisconsin.
(2008/04/20)
MADISON, Wis. Convicted killer Eugene Zapata will pay his daughter $5,000 for expenses related to her mother’s death more than 30 years ago.
(2008/04/20)
PORTAGE, Wis. A 9-year-old girl who has had cancer for more than half her life just found out she has a third type of cancer.
(2008/04/20)
WAUKESHA, Wis. State Rep. Mark Gundrum tries to keep up with local issues while serving in Baghdad and his family is never far from his mind.
(2008/04/20)
KENOSHA, Wis. Hundreds gathered at a local school to remember a 23-year-old Marine reservist killed in Iraq.
(2008/04/20)
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin Public Service Corporation has won approval from state regulators in Wisconsin to build a wind farm in Iowa.
(2008/04/19)
MADISON, Wis. The state’s health system should find a different way to deliver dental services to low-income people in four southeastern Wisconsin counties, an audit released Friday said.
(2008/04/19)
MADISON, Wis. When Dave Drapac tells people about his plans for a green graveyard, where they can be buried without chemicals or a coffin, many respond that the idea is “cool.”
(2008/04/19)
OSHKOSH, Wis. Downtown Oshkosh is reverting to the present after going back to the 1930s for filming the movie “Public Enemies.”
(2008/04/19)
BARABOO, Wis. A man accused of selling his girlfriend’s sexual services via the Internet faces charges of keeping a place of prostitution and solicitation of prostitutes.
(2008/04/19)
MILWAUKEE Area homeowners at risk of foreclosure can meet with lenders Monday at a workshop in Milwaukee.
(2008/04/19)
GREEN BAY, Wis. Witnesses told a House subcommittee Friday that declining water levels of the Great Lakes and growing invasive species in those waters demand strong federal action that shouldn’t be delayed.
(2008/04/19)
WAUSAU, Wis. About 125 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard are back in the U.S. after an eight-month tour in Iraq.
(2008/04/19)
APPLETON, Wis. An Outagamie County Jail inmate found on the floor of his cell Jan. 13 died of pneumonia, and there was no indication of criminal negligence by jailers leading up to the death, officials said in reports issued Friday.
(2008/04/19)
MILWAUKEE Shares of Manpower Inc. soared Friday on news the staffing firm’s first-quarter profit rose 27 percent, helped by favorable foreign currency exchange.
(2008/04/19)
MADISON, Wis. A watchdog group on Friday called on Wisconsin Supreme Court justice-elect Michael Gableman to skip a prayer breakfast hosted by a sheriff’s department.
(2008/04/18)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A ruling that freed a Wisconsin woman from prison and cast doubt on “shaken baby syndrome” prosecutions will stand, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided.
(2008/04/18)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) Portrait artist George Pollard whose subjects included President John F. Kennedy, Pope John Paul II, Muhammad Ali and scores of other celebrities from the worlds of politics, sports and entertainment has died at the age of 88.
(2008/04/18)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A former Monroe County sheriff’s lieutenant who admitted having sexual contact with a mentally ill female inmate pleaded guilty to misconduct in office on Thursday and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
(2008/04/18)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Wisconsin appeals court refused Thursday to give Catholic schools immunity from employment-related claims filed by teachers.
(2008/04/18)
RACINE, Wis. (AP) A man accused of impersonating the CEO of Skechers shoe company to get thousands of dollars in computer equipment has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.
(2008/04/18)
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) A judge has set $1 million cash bail for a Baraboo father accused of killing his 5-week-old twins.
(2008/04/18)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) A police officer responding to a report Thursday of a suicidal man with a gun fatally wounded the man as he pointed the weapon at the officer, authorities said.
(2008/04/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) A former Brookfield East High School social studies teacher will go to Louisiana later this month to face sex-related and pornography charges, his lawyer said.
(2008/04/18)
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) A judge today entered a not guilty plea for the driver of a snowmobile that crashed into a tree and killed a Chicago television journalist who was a passenger.
(2008/04/18)
WEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) An oxygen line used for welding exploded Thursday at a mining equipment plant, causing a small fire and inflicting minor injuries on one worker.
(2008/04/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) Harley-Davidson Inc., which has been slowing down for the past few years, has hit a serious rough patch as even its upwardly mobile customer base thinks twice about dropping thousands of dollars on a classic motorcycle.
(2008/04/18)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin lawmakers have yet to set a date for passing a multistate compact for protecting Great Lakes water.
(2008/04/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) MGIC Investment Corp. shares soared almost 19 percent on Thursday when the nation’s largest mortgage insurer beat Wall Street’s expectations for first-quarter results even though it lost $34.4 million.
(2008/04/17)
BARABOO, Wis. Five-week-old twins found dead in their father’s home suffered brain and other head injuries, according to a criminal complaint charging the father in their deaths.
(2008/04/17)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. A woman accused of providing the gun that a convicted felon used in a killing before committing suicide testified Wednesday that she only admitted involvement when questioned by police because of her mental state at the time.
(2008/04/17)
WHITEWATER, Wis. A backup boiler in the power plant at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater exploded during routine maintenance work Wednesday, causing no serious injuries but shutting down the heating and hot water system at the campus.
(2008/04/17)
WASHINGTON A Wisconsin group claims organic baby formula commonly uses ingredients that are prohibited by federal regulations and wants the government to stop the practice.
(2008/04/17)
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. The government must act fast to help the nation’s economy, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain told business leaders Wednesday.
(2008/04/17)
MILWAUKEE It could be months before it’s known what caused a medical transplant team’s plane to crash last year in Lake Michigan.
(2008/04/17)
MILWAUKEE Miller Brewing Co.’s sales volume rose 3.1 percent in the past fiscal year, and the company’s parent says it’s wooing more drinkers to try its pricier brews.
(2008/04/17)
MADISON, Wis. If a hacker breaks into confidential data kept by the state Department of Revenue, a designated privacy officer stands ready to implement the agency’s emergency response plan.
(2008/04/17)
CEDARBURG, Wis. An osprey nest spotted in the town of Cedarburg is possibly the first seen in Ozaukee County north of Milwaukee in 100 years, a state Department of Natural Resources official says.
(2008/04/17)
MADISON, Wis. More than 3,500 purple traps will be hung on ash trees in Wisconsin as the state increases its efforts to stop the infestation of the destructive emerald ash borer.
(2008/04/17)
KENOSHA, Wis. Torah scrolls with a value of $40,000 to $50,000 have been stolen from a Jewish temple only days before the start of Passover.
(2008/04/16)
MADISON, Wis. To better protect sensitive personal information kept by state government, including Social Security numbers, more should be done to train employees on how to handle such data, a new report recommended.
(2008/04/16)
MILWAUKEE Two Wisconsin Marines were killed and a third wounded in Iraq on Monday. All three belonged to Milwaukee-based Fox Company.
(2008/04/16)
MILWAUKEE Three new cases of the measles have been confirmed in southeastern Wisconsin, bringing the total this month to seven.
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