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Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton
GRAFTON - People in Grafton are planning the royal treatment for Donald Driver today. The Packers' legend is visiting John Long Middle School. The school won the visit after collecting more than 70,000 items for Goodwill. Donald will see his welcome long before he gets to the school. "We have parents that are staked along his route, the high school is along the route and another ...
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Pope famous athletes musicians and others tweet thoughts about Oklahoma tornado
I am close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them. - Pope Francis ...
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Crews douse blaze at Sauk City hardware store
Sauk City -- Firefighters from more than a dozen departments helped Sauk City put out a fire in a building that houses a hardware, small engine and tire store. Investigators will be looking for the cause of the three-alarm fire that started late Monday and burned into the early morning hours Tuesday. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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GOP measure seeks to limit local recall elections
Madison-- It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee. The Republican-sponsored bill is up for a hearing Tuesday before the Assembly's Committee on Campaigns and Elections. It would require anyone who petitions to recall a city, village, town, town sanitary district, or school district official ...
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Panel to consider Scott Walker proposal for high-deductible health plans
Madison -- Government workers in Wisconsin would have to be offered a high-deductible health insurance plan with a health savings account under a proposal to be voted on Tuesday. The provision included in Gov. Scott Walker's budget is up for consideration before the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee. It calls for creating the new health insurance option for state and local ...
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Milwaukee area morning freeway traffic alerts road conditions travel times
Expect cloudy skies and some rain today with temperatures in the 70s. For the latest Milwaukee-area freeway travel times, traffic alerts, road conditions and more, visit our traffic page ...
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Police worried high school game could turn deadly
BROOKFIELD - Teenagers with guns have been running around naked and breaking into homes. They say it's just a game, but police aren't playing around. The game is called assassin or paranoia. It started out with high school students shooting each other with Nerf guns. Now, the game has added public nudity and breaking and entering to the rules. Police say they are breaking the law. ...
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Protecting police while they protect us
Law enforcement officers drive, run license plates and stay alert all at the same time. But there's new technology designed to protect police while they protect ...
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Prosecution Wis. trial is not about raw milk
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors say the licensing trial of a Wisconsin dairy farmer is not about raw milk, although his supporters say it is. Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Loganville farmer Vernon Hershberger. Hershberger is charged with distributing milk from his dairy farm without a milk producer's license, operating a retail food establishment and dairy plant ...
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TODAYS TMJ4 meteorologist to provide live reports from deadly tornado
MILWAUKEE - TODAY'S TMJ4 Meteorologist Brian Gotter is headed to Moore, Okla., an area hit hard by Monday's tornado. Gotter is no stranger to that area of Oklahoma. He and his family moved to the Sooner State his senior year in high school, then he attended the University of Oklahoma to get his degree in meteorology. The university is in Norman, Oklahoma, ten minutes away from Moore. ...
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How to help the victims of the Okla. City tornado
"Our thoughts and concerns go to everyone in Oklahoma following this horrific tornado," said the Red Cross in a statement. The American Red Cross has one shelter open in Moore and is working on locating others and continues to operate three shelters that were opened Sunday in the Oklahoma City area following the storms on Sunday. Red Cross volunteers are out tonight with food and ...
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Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers
Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday ...
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Driver killed in Shawano accident
A 75-year-old man was killed Monday when a vehicle struck a tree in Shawano County, the sheriff's office said. A 46-year-old woman driving the vehicle was injured in the crash, reported shortly after noon in the village of Bonduel, the sheriff's office said. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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Elderly woman beaten at her home in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - It’s a senseless crime: a 71-year-old woman savagely attacked as she was sharing the gospel on her front porch. Police report a man hit her in the head with a metal object, and then ran off into the night. Betty Hernandez was standing on her front porch when a man attacked her. The suspect in this vicious attack is still on the loose. Now the victim is in the hospital ...
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Inspector general to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting
A Journal Sentinel investigation uncovered mistakes and failures in an undercover sting in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – stolen guns, sensitive documents lost, wrong people charged and a burglary of the sting ...
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Family grieves bicyclist hit by SUV in New Berlin
Whitnall High School students grieve after classmate killed in bike crash NEW BERLIN- Fifteen seconds of silence for number 15. Whitnall High School soccer team honored their teammate Monday night. "We wanted to be here to support the team and for Brittany," said Mel Mickey, Brittany Barnstable’s grandfather. Whitnall freshman Brittany Barnstable ...
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Wausau Paper finalizes deal to sell 2 Wis. mills
KPS Capital Partners LP, a New York private equity firm, has agreed to acquire the Rhinelander and Mosinee paper mills from Wausau Paper and the Kaukauna and De Pere mills from Thilmany ...
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Wisconsin UW-Madison student arrested in dorm fire
MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison Police have arrested a 19-year-old student for allegedly setting fire to a bulletin board in a residence hall. Police responded to fire alarms in Sellery Hall early Saturday and determined the source was a bulletin board on the ninth floor of the B Tower in the residence hall. University police interviewed witnesses and arrested a male student. ...
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Milwaukee bra ban overturned
Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard. "We've had bras hanging here for 45 years. It's been a charm of the place," Holler House Tavern owner Marcy Skowronski, ...
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Caterpillar Milwaukee workers union to resume contract talks
CHICAGO | Mon May 20, 2013 7:48pm EDT CHICAGO May 20 (Reuters) - Caterpillar Inc said late on Monday that it would resume contract talks with the union representing about 800 Milwaukee workers who make specialized mining machinery. The company said the two sides would reconvene on Thursday, May 23, ending a two-week hiatus in discussions. The existing contract covering the workers, who ...
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Butterflies arrivals in Wisconsin are running very late
Judith Huf has spent much of this spring watching birds when what she really wants to watch are butterflies. This spring butterflies have been late to the party in Wisconsin with few of the fluttering stained-glass window-paned creatures making an appearance yet. "It's been very discouraging," said Huf, who compiled the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center's butterfly checklist. ...
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Two Milwaukee men charged in double drive-through bank robbery
As if robbing a bank from the drive-through window weren't audacious enough, two Milwaukee men charged in such a heist apparently tried to double their take, and victims' confusion, by using two matching cars. Weirder yet, it almost worked. The thieves made off with about $6,000 before they were caught. According to a criminal complaint issued Monday: A drive-through teller at ...
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Study Less Lake Superior habitat for big trout
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- New research finds that Lake Superior's warming water probably already is affecting its most abundant big fish, the cold water-loving siscowet lake ...
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Wis. police become more aggressive with redaction
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Brenda O'Malley figured she'd get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past ...
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Wisconsin Job training rule for food stamps would trim rolls by half report says
MADISON, Wis. -- Requiring a job or basic training for one from able-bodied participants in the state's food stamp program would cause about half of them to drop out of the program -- a total of tens of thousands of people statewide and 14,500 in Milwaukee, according to a new report. The new projections come from the Legislature's nonpartisan budget office, which last week released ...
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