(2008/05/09)
PORTAGE, Wis. A woman’s statements to police investigating a torture and death case in Portage may be used at her murder trial.
(2008/05/09)
WAUKESHA, Wis. A Waukesha County woman says she thought she was going to be killed when an SUV driver started ramming her car.
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/05/09)
FENNIMORE, Wis. A southwestern Wisconsin technical college closed because of a gun threat, but students were told the closure was due to maintenance.
(2008/05/09)
MADISON, Wis. “Everybody’s dead.”
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/05/09)
MILWAUKEE Residents in two Wisconsin counties will soon be able to send their unused drugs for safe disposal by a Milwaukee company.
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/05/09)
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.
(2008/04/16)
MADISON, Wis. Fewer people said “I do” last year in Wisconsin, extending a decades-long decline in marriage rates.
(2008/04/16)
MADISON, Wis. Republican presidential candidate John McCain will pitch his plan for helping the nation’s economy to a meeting of business leaders in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
(2008/04/16)
BARABOO, Wis. The deaths of 5-week-old twins being cared for by their father are being investigated as potential homicides based on the autopsies, an investigator said Tuesday.
(2008/04/16)
OSHKOSH, Wis. The victim in a Milwaukee police beating case that led to convictions of seven officers has been found guilty of battery for beating his wife.
(2008/04/16)
WASHINGTON The most recent campaign finance figures show Congressman Steve Kagen narrowly outraised GOP challenger John Gard in the first three months of the year.
(2008/04/16)
MADISON, Wis. Only three of the state’s 388 public libraries received excellent rankings in four major categories under a new state audit.
(2008/04/16)
PULASKI, Wis. Carver Boat Corp. plans to make $27 million worth of expansions to its operations in northeastern Wisconsin and add 450 jobs, aided by more than $4 million in state assistance that was announced Tuesday.
(2008/04/15)
MADISON A University of Wisconsin-Madison student who found his fiancee murdered in their apartment will be let out of his lease, his landlord announced Monday.
(2008/04/15)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. A team called “Network” is again champion of the world’s largest trivia contest.
(2008/04/15)
MILWAUKEE A new line of milk produced in the Fox Valley and marketed as “humanely produced” is scheduled to go on sale Thursday at three Milwaukee-area stores.
(2008/04/15)
LA CROSSE, Wis. Fishing generates about a billion dollars for the Driftless Area’s economy, according to a report released Monday.
(2008/04/15)
BARABOO, Wis. Five-week-old twins found dead were being cared for by their father who is now hospitalized and in police custody on probation violations, authorities said Monday.
(2008/04/15)
LONDON U.S.-based heavy equipment maker Manitowoc Company Inc. will buy British food service equipment supplier Enodis PLC for $1.9 billion, the companies said Monday.
(2008/04/14)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) The University of Wisconsin student who found his murdered fiancee may not be able to get out of his lease of the apartment flat.
(2008/04/14)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) After three decades, Linda Zapata was finally able to say goodbye to her mother, whose murder by her estranged husband has finally been solved.
(2008/04/14)
WAUSAU, Wis. An explosion in the number of outdoor wood-fired boilers to heat homes is creating a new air quality problem their smoke is choking neighbors.
(2008/04/14)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) Shooting for the movie “Public Enemies” is expected to shift from the airport to downtown for about four days of filming this week.
(2008/04/14)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) A report is expected to be released this week on the death of a prisoner in the Outagamie County Jail in January.
(2008/04/14)
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (AP) Authorities say a 42-year-old maintenance worker is dead after conducting maintenance on heavy manufacturing equipment.
(2008/04/14)
RACINE, Wis. (AP) A pair of cannons from the Civil War will return to Monument Square next month after nearly two years of public debate.
(2008/04/14)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Next month’s Green Bay Marathon is on pace to have more than 8,000 runners if people continue to register at the same pace.
(2008/04/13)
WAUSAU, Wis. The Marathon County District Attorney said she will review next week whether to charge the parents of a girl who died from untreated diabetes last month.
(2008/04/13)
ONEIDA, Wis. A deacon from Oneida is going to meet Pope Benedict XVI after receiving an invitation from the White House.
(2008/04/13)
MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Health Department says lots of families are showing up at clinics to get vaccinations against the measles.
(2008/04/13)
OSHKOSH, Wis. Police at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh say they’re identified a man they believe entered a bathroom and watched women take showers in their residence hall.
(2008/04/13)
OSHKOSH, Wis. Filming of “Public Enemies” in Oshkosh has begun.
(2008/04/13)
MADISON, Wis. Filming of the College Championship for game show “Jeopardy” continues Saturday in Madison.
(2008/04/12)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. A Portage County sheriff’s deputy is ordered to stand trial for an accident that killed an 18-year-old girl.
(2008/04/12)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. Police are looking for whoever fatally shot a pet cat outside the owner’s home in the middle of a Chippewa Falls neighborhood.
(2008/04/12)
MILWAUKEE A 24-year-old suburban Cudahy man who reached a plea agreement on allegations he beat his dog to death with an aluminum baseball bat has been sentenced to a year on probation, on the condition that he serve the first six months in the Milwaukee County House of Correction.
(2008/04/12)
RACINE, Wis. A man who was shot in the head outside a Racine grocery store has died at a suburban Milwaukee hospital.
(2008/04/12)
MILWAUKEE Dozens of flights passing through the Milwaukee airport have been canceled or delayed because of fog.
(2008/04/12)
MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Health Department is holding two clinics to vaccinate people against the measles.
(2008/04/12)
MILWAUKEE The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee announced Friday it will layoff nearly a fifth of its workers early next month to try to cut costs.
(2008/04/12)
MADISON, Wis. More Wisconsin taxpayers are filing their taxes electronically, and the average refund is about $50 more this year.
(2008/04/11)
MADISON, Wis. The slaying of a college student in a downtown neighborhood frequented by beggars has forced this liberal city to ask a difficult question: Has Madison been too nice to the homeless?
(2008/04/11)
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen wants the FCC to block a merger of the nation’s only two satellite radio companies.
(2008/04/11)
MILWAUKEE Two new cases of the highly contagious measles have been confirmed in the Milwaukee area, bringing the total to four the most the state has seen in more than a decade, a state official said Thursday.
(2008/04/11)
ST. LOUIS Brown Shoe Co. will remain in suburban St. Louis, where its Famous Footwear subsidiary will be relocated from Madison, Wis., the company said Thursday.
(2008/04/11)
RACINE, Wis. Racine police are looking for two suspects in a drive-by shooting of a man about 11 a.m. Thursday.
(2008/04/11)
MADISON, Wis. State law doesn’t permit public schools to turn away students expelled from out-of-state or private schools, according to a legal opinion Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen released Thursday.
(2008/04/11)
Heavy snow moved into northern Wisconsin Thursday night, while rain persisted for hours in the south and triggered flood watches along many rivers.
(2008/04/11)
MADISON, Wis. State lawmakers have given the final go-ahead for permanent rules to control a deadly fish virus by doing nothing.
(2008/04/11)
MOSINEE, Wis. A report of a possible human body buried in the back yard of a home led investigators to find some small bones and bone fragments, Police Chief Ken Muelling said.
(2008/04/11)
MADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly says he plans to launch a statewide fundraising campaign to boost need-based financial aid.
(2008/04/10)
KENOSHA, Wis. The man convicted of killing a Kenosha County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to prison with no possible parole.
(2008/04/10)
MADISON Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday called a special legislative session to ratify an interstate treaty designed to prevent parched states from sucking water out of the Great Lakes.
(2008/04/10)
MONROE, Wis. Monroe Police Chief Fred Kelley says the fire that killed a 37-year-old man on Easter was intentionally set.
(2008/04/10)
MADISON, Wis. Madison landlords who want to keep tenants’ security deposits must now provide photos of the damage when asked.
(2008/04/10)
MILWAUKEE SABMiller PLC and Molson Coors Brewing Co. are naming two executives from their companies to help lead their joint business venture called MillerCoors.
(2008/04/10)
MADISON, Wis. More than $3.6 million was spent on television advertising during the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Michael Gableman, an analysis released Wednesday showed.
(2008/04/10)
MADISON, Wis. Customers who buy faulty cars cannot win damages under Wisconsin’s Lemon Law if they fail to cooperate with manufacturers, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
(2008/04/10)
NEW HOLSTEIN, Wis. When Jane Ratajczak started buying raw milk for her family about two and a half years ago, some people told her it would kill her.
(2008/04/10)
MILWAUKEE The U.S. attorney’s office in Milwaukee says former Kenosha County Executive Allan Kehl has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to receive improper payments.
(2008/04/10)
APPLETON, Wis. A 54-year-old Menasha woman’s immigration problems have been solved with the recent news that she is a U.S. citizen.
(2008/04/10)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Some parents of middle school students in Eau Claire are complaining about a teacher’s decision to talk about her sexual orientation during health classes.
(2008/04/09)
MILWAUKEE A construction firm digging near the site in Oconomowoc where a church exploded last week says that before the blast, its crews found what appeared to be an abandoned natural gas line and didn’t notify We Energies about it until workers smelled gas.
(2008/04/09)
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin’s top health official is resigning after a short but eventful 15-month tenure in which he helped make all children eligible for insurance.
(2008/04/09)
MILWAUKEE There are at least two places not to joke about blowing something up at an airport and at a convenience store down the road from a nuclear power plant.
(2008/04/09)
WATERLOO, Wis. Best-selling bicycle maker Trek has sued to sever ties with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, saying the brand has been weakened by his comments about doping and other actions.
(2008/04/09)
MADISON, Wis. A new survey shows that support for a statewide smoking ban covering all bars, restaurants and workplaces is increasing.
(2008/04/09)
MADISON, Wis. All cigarettes sold in Wisconsin will have to be the type that automatically extinguish when they’re not being smoked under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Doyle.
(2008/04/09)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. Authorities are searching for three men who stole about $24,000 worth of beer from a trucking company in Racine County.
(2008/04/09)
MANITOWOC, Wis. Steven Avery’s attorney says the convicted killer wants more time to appeal his conviction in the murder of Teresa Halbach.
(2008/04/09)
MADISON, Wis. Support for a statewide smoking ban covering all bars, restaurants and workplaces is increasing, a new survey shows.
(2008/04/08)
MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Dave Umhoefer, a native of La Crosse, Wis., won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday, the first time the newspaper has been awarded journalism’s top honor since Milwaukee’s two daily papers were combined in 1995.
(2008/04/08)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. Gas prices hit a record high in Eau Claire and are close to record marks in Wisconsin’s other metropolitian areas.
(2008/04/08)
MILWAUKEE The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a disability advocacy group reached a settlement Monday in a special education class action lawsuit from 2001, but Milwaukee Public Schools called the settlement a disappointment.
(2008/04/08)
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. From the paint chipping on the lawn ornaments in their front yard, you wouldn’t know the Ebes were wealthy.
(2008/04/08)
MILWAUKEE Brittany wields her paintbrush with confidence, slapping it roughly against the canvas to produce streaks of green or smears of orange. With apparent pride, she steps back, inspects her work and extends her trunk to receive a freshly loaded paintbrush.
(2008/04/08)
MADISON, Wis. Gov. Jim Doyle has vetoed a bill that would expand access to juvenile court records for police, judges and social workers.
(2008/04/08)
MADISON, Wis. Those caught driving drunk seven or more times face tougher penalties in Wisconsin beginning this month.
(2008/04/08)
MADISON, Wis. Wisconsin no longer has to worry about being without an official state tartan.
(2008/04/08)
JUNEAU, Wis. Two off-duty police officers from Columbus are under investigation for allegedly leaving the scene after crashing one of their cars into a rock outside a home in the Dodge County town of Westford.
(2008/04/08)
MOSINEE, Wis. A 40-year-old man and 17-year-old boy were presumed drowned Monday, a day after their fishing boat capsized behind a dam on the Wisconsin River, the police chief said.
(2008/04/08)
WILLARD, Wis. Two young sisters died in a fire that injured five others at a town of Seif home about six miles southwest of Willard, Clark County authorities said Monday.
(2008/04/07)
WAUSAU, Wis. Marathon County authorities have called off their search for two fishermen who went missing after their boat overturned near the Wausau Paper dam.
(2008/04/07)
REEDSBURG, Wis. An elementary-school event in which kids were encouraged to dress as members of the opposite gender drew the ire of a Christian radio group, whose angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to the district office.
(2008/04/07)
WAUKESHA, Wis. Police are defending their armed response to a report of two teens carrying shotguns in the street.
(2008/04/07)
MENOMONIE, Wis. Investigators believe the fire which killed three University of Wisconsin-Stout students at an off-campus duplex Saturday was accidental, the Menomonie police chief said Sunday.
(2008/04/07)
MARSHFIELD A high school senior’s research into stemming flu transmission among children could earn her a $50,000 college scholarship.
(2008/04/07)
GREEN BAY Officials with the Republican Party of Wisconsin have requested two years’ worth of records and files involving Brown County Supervisor Jack Krueger, but they’re not saying why.
(2008/04/06)
MENOMONIE, Wis. April C. Englund was a city girl who cherished her annual canoe trips with her 80-year-old grandmother.
(2008/04/06)
MADISON, Wis. The Diocese of Madison is delaying an effort to raise capital to rebuild St. Raphael Catholic Cathedral for at least a year.
(2008/04/06)
JUNEAU, Wis. Someone just three apples tall, and imaginary, won’t be part of the Dodge County’s government.
(2008/04/06)
PARDEEVILLE, Wis. An annual watermelon festival and its famous seed-spitting competition have endured for 40 years but a lack of volunteers has left the 41st annual contest in jeopardy.
(2008/04/06)
MADISON, Wis. Local police want to increase the number of downtown horseback patrols this year, and they’re hoping to raise enough money to support the effort.
(2008/04/06)
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. A security guard at Target Corp. says he was fired after he stopped a teenager from stealing alcohol, an apparent violation of corporate policy that allows only designated supervisors to confront suspected shoplifters.
(2008/04/06)
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