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County Board battles over a lawyer
MILWAUKEE - The Journal Sentinel's Dan Bice took time to join Live at 3 and discuss the latest in the issues facing the Milwaukee County Board. The board is planning to fire the county's top ...
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Car strikes child on Milwaukees near west side
MILWAUKEE - Rescue crews have taken a child to a Milwaukee-area hospital after a car struck the child. It happened near the corner of North 20th and West State Streets before 3:00 p.m. Wednesday. According to initial reports, a four-year-old child was with family, but darted into traffic, and a car struck the child. The driver of the car stayed on the scene. The child has been transported to ...
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Walker to speak at conservative think tank
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is scheduled to speak at a prominent think tank that denies the existence of man-made global warming. Walker was scheduled to appear at a $250 dinner and reception Wednesday night at the Chicago-based Heartland Institute. The group's website describes Walker as "the country's most successful and important governor." He was ...
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Milwaukee police arrest three on suspicion of homicide
Milwaukee police arrested three people Tuesday on suspicion of homicide, according to the department's arrest log. A 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were arrested at the same residence in the 400 block of N. 34th St. about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. Several hours later, a 20-year-old man was arrested in the 9400 block of W. Silver Spring Drive. No charges have been filed against the three ...
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Wis. DHS secretary takes medical leave
Deputy Secretary Kevin Moore will take over the agency in the interim although Rhoades said she will be involved in decision-making as her recovery ...
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Wis. Sikhs plan rites run in memory of tragedy
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Members of the Sikh temple where a white supremacist gunned down six worshippers last year plan to mark the anniversary by holding religious observances and a 6-kilometer run to fund scholarships in the victims' ...
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Commission approves improvementsrepairs on area buildings parks
MADISON - The State of Wisconsin Building Commission has approved improvements, repair and maintenance on a number of state-owned buildings and areas. They include: - Improvements for Devil's Lake and Harrington Beach State Parks - Department of Correction facilities in Milwaukee and Racine Counties "The approval of these projects today will help maintain and improve some of ...
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Wisconsin Senate to debate state budget Thursday following quick Assembly passage
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Senate plans to debate the state budget on Thursday, and Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says no changes are planned. Fitzgerald said Wednesday he thinks there are enough Republican votes in the Senate to pass it in its current form. Republicans hold an 18-15 majority, but some moderates have raised concerns with the expansion of private school ...
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GOP lawmaker explains no vote on budget
Rep. Steve Kestell of Elkhart Lake said Wednesday that his "no" vote was because the budget contains too many non-fiscal policy items he opposes or didn't have time to ...
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Wis Dems No budget debate was tactic not retreat
was part of a strategy, not surrender. Democrats prepared 211 amendments going into Wednesday's floor session but didn't introduce any of them. Minority Leader Peter Barca was the only Democrat who spoke against the spending plan before majority Republicans adopted it. The Democrats told reporters after the vote Majority Leader Robin Vos, a Burlington Republican, told them the GOP ...
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Wisconsin Center District says they do not have money to help build a new arena
MILWAUKEE - With the aging BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Center District looks to some people as a viable option to help build a new arena. The chairman of the district said board members should know that: "We don't have a lot of extra cash that we have available to us either for collaboration for an athletic facility or building out on our ...
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MLB starts interviewing players linked to PED scandal
. It appears they have not yet interviewed two of the biggest players in their sights, Ryan Braun or Alex Rodriguez, but that move is likely to come. "Rodriguez and Braun are the top two reasons this PED case is attracting so much interest, and since they have been in MLB's crosshairs before, some have suggested they may also be viewed as the top two targets," said Jon Heyman ...
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Highlights of state budget passed by Assembly
MADISON, Wis. -- The two-year state budget passed by the Republican-controlled Assembly on a 55-42 vote now heads to the state Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. If it passes there in identical form, it then heads to Gov. Scott Walker who can sign it, veto all of it, or veto any individual items he opposes. The Legislature has the option to override Walker's vetoes. Here are some ...
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Full map of Wisconsin pick-your-own berry farms
Wisconsin's lingering cold front may have delayed strawberry ripening, but local orchards are still preparing for a bountiful pick-your-own berry season. Whether its blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or pea pods, you can find a number of pick-your-own places with our ...
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Supervisor Abele aide exchange words after committee meeting
Emotions boiled over Wednesday, after the issue of weakening the Milwakee County Board got mixed into debate over a proposed deal on transferring a county water tower to Wauwatosa. Don Tyler, County Executive Chris Abele's top aide, strode straight to Supervisor John Weishan Jr. immediately after a committee hearing adjourned, pounded his fist on a table and told Weishan he should have ...
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Fitch Releases Report on Milwaukee County WI
Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...
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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...
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Milwaukee man is shot police arrest suspect
A 31-year-old Milwaukee man is in grave condition Wednesday after being shot Tuesday afternoon. The man was shot about 2:20 p.m. in the block of N. 33rd St. and taken to a hospital, Milwaukee police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said Wednesday. Police arrested a 30-year-old Milwaukee man who will be referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office. To view the latest crime news and an ...
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MLB now interviewing players in Biogenesis probe
June 4, 2013: MLB trying to suspend Ryan Braun, other players, report says Armed with enough evidence to likely result in some suspensions, Major League Baseball investigators have begun interviewing players connected to the Biogenesis clinic alleged to have sold performance-enhancing drugs. ...
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Summer events galore planned for this weekend in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - This weekend in Wisconsin will be anything but boring, and there will be a lot going on to satisfy just about everyone's taste. In Milwaukee, it's an Arts Extravaganza. ...
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Antonio Barbeau testifies against his friend Nathan Paape in murder of great-grandmother
Chilling testimony in trial with teen accused of murdering elderly womanh SHEBOYGAN - Antonio Barbeau, the boy who, along with his friend Nathan Paape, allegedly killed his great-grandmother, testified in Paape's trial on Wednesday. Barbeau testified that the weekend before the murder, he and Paape had discussed ways to get money. When he said his great-grandmother had money, they ...
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Wis. welfare-to-work incentives could trim cases
nearly 15,000 people were in the program last month. But new incentives could decrease those numbers. One provides an initial payment for people who stay on a job for 31 days and a second payment for staying employed for four months. There are also cash incentives for earning a promotion and higher pay, which would eventually help people leave the program. The welfare-to-work program is called ...
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Wisconsin LEDs light up LAs streets
Los Angeles hired BetaLED, a division of Ruud Lighting in Sturtevant, to carry out the retrofit program when it was launched more than four years ago. The Wisconsin lighting technology firm was sold to North Carolina-based Cree Inc. since the program was ...
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Scaleup Milwaukee initiative to accelerate growth at selected companies
effort organized by the Greater Milwaukee Committee to spur more business growth here, will start a pilot project in September to help selected local companies accelerate their growth, organizers said in a ...
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Wisconsin ranked in top 5 states for medical imaging jobs
Wisconsin is one of the top five states for direct jobs in the medical imaging industry, with an estimated 6,920 people employed in the manufacturing, selling and servicing of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and other equipment, according to a new study from the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance. The study, based on 2011 data, was done for the trade group by Charles ...
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