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Wis. budget committee approves DNA upon arrest
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Legislature's finance committee Thursday approved a plan in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would dramatically expand the state's powers to seize DNA from crime ...
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Wisconsin Scott Walker touts state ties during trip to Iowa
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Scott Walker tried to introduce himself to Iowa Republicans Thursday as so many would-be presidential candidates often do -- one of their own. After all, the Wisconsin governor weighing a 2016 bid for president spent seven years as a young child living in Plainfield, a tiny town in northeast Iowa Walker referred to a half-dozen times during a 40 minute speech at a ...
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Judge reverses Wisconsin mans rape conviction after 20 years
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A Wisconsin man who spent two decades in prison for rape has had his conviction overturned. Joseph Frey, 53, received a 102-year sentence in 1994 for an attack three years prior on a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student. The woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint after her apartment was broken into. On Wednesday, Winnebago County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Bissett ...
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Wisconsin legislative committee votes to slash UW funding
MADISON, Wis. -- A legislative committee has voted to slash the University of Wisconsin System budget, venting its anger after learning the system raised tuition for six straight years even though it's currently sitting on a surplus of $650 million. The Joint Finance Committee approved the UW budget bill Thursday evening. The bill eliminates a proposed spending increase of $181 million ...
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Wisconsin DNR raises bag limits for walleye as Chippewa spearfishing winds down
MADISON, Wis. -- Wildlife officials increased daily walleye bag limits for anglers on Thursday as Wisconsin Chippewa spearfishing winds down. The state Department of Natural Resources raised limits on 442 lakes in the ceded territory, a swath of northern Wisconsin the tribes gave to the government more than a century ago. The rules include a five-walleye limit on 289 lakes, a four-walleye limit ...
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Wisconsin Budget committee cuts roadwork to close budget gap
MADISON, Wis. -- The Legislature's budget-writing committee voted unanimously Thursday to delay some freeway projects and cut funding for others, as part of an effort to close a $54 million deficit in Wisconsin's roads fund that was prompted by a drop in gas-tax revenue. The Joint Finance Committee voted to postpone freeway work in the Milwaukee area and scale back road aid to local ...
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West Bend girl gets major surprise
WEST BEND – A seventh grader received a major surprise when her Marine father returned home. Major Greg Butcher just spent seven months in Afghanistan. Butcher, along with teachers at Badger Middle School, staged an elaborate plot to surprise his daughter, ...
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Milwaukee County employee claims sex assault harassment by supervisor
A Milwaukee County employee says she was sexually assaulted twice by her male supervisor while at work at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex, according to a complaint filed with the state. The employee says she was harassed by her boss over a seven-year period, which included phone calls during and after work. The woman was forced to engage in sex acts with the supervisor once in the ...
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Budget panel move would delay Milwaukee-area freeway projects
Madison -- To close a shortfall in the state's roads fund, the Legislature's budget committee Thursday cut funding for highways and other projects by $59.5 million, which would delay work on the massive I-94 North-South and Zoo Interchange projects in the Milwaukee area. The proposal was approved unanimously without debate by the Joint Finance Committee after lengthy private ...
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Former SIST CFO gets 4 years for tax evasion
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The former chief financial officer for a Wisconsin-based religious group has been sentenced to four years in prison for tax ...
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Boy Scouts of America approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Boys Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anit-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. The boxes in front of Derr hold petitions calling for the Boy Scouts of America to end its anti-gay policies. (AP Photo/LM ...
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Company where man was injured subject of OSHA investigation
The I-Team discovered the company has a recent history of safety violations with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Thursday's accident came in the middle of a federal safety ...
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Obama sees narrower terror threat defends drones
President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US
But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society adds Gov. Doyle portrait to collection
The Wisconsin Historical Society has added the official portrait of former Gov. Jim Doyle to its collection of official portraits of state governors. The Doyle portrait is now on exhibit on the third floor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Ave., through late summer. It was painted by David Lenz of Shorewood, a nationally recognized artist and ...
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Allouez apartment fire forces dozens from their homes
ALLOUEZ - A small basement fire turned into a major blaze in the Village of Allouez, near Green Bay. At least eight departments are working on containing the fire at the Hilltop Place Apartments. The fire was reported just before noon Thursday. According to reports from the scene people living in the apartments are safe and accounted for. However, a pair of firefighters were taken to the ...
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Residents near house fire in Sheboygan Falls being evacuated
SHEBOYGAN FALLS - The residents of a home in Sheboygan Falls have been evacuated after their home caught on fire Thursday afternoon. According to the City of Sheboygan Falls Fire Department, the fire is located at 112 Shelly Drive. The area is being evacuated, but Sheboygan Falls Police will not confirm ...
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Milwaukee County Board votes to hire outside lawyers to fight state
The Milwaukee County Board Thursday voted to hire an outside legal firm to help clarify and possibly mount a challenge against state legislation that would cut the authority and funding of the board. The measure, approved on a 14-4 vote, gives board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic the authority to choose the legal firm and an initial budget of $25,000. County Executive Chris Abele, who lobbied ...
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Obama defends drone strikes says they arent cure-all
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally ...
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Police searching for man who robbed Bank Mutual
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the suspect responsible for the May 17 robbery at the Bank Mutual located at 3340 S. 27th Street. According to Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer with Milwaukee Police, the robbery happened around 2:15 p.m. "The suspect entered the bank, approached a teller, and handed her note demanding money while implying that ...
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Jury for brother of man accused of killing his children to come from Portage Co.
Armin Wand III (left), 32, the father of three children killed in a house fire in southwestern Wisconsin and his 18-year-old brother, Jeremy ...
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Schools that Can Milwaukee bolstered by $1.5 million in donations
A school improvement nonprofit working to get 20,000 Milwaukee children into high-performing schools by 2020 has received about $1.5 million in commitments after a donation drive this ...
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Milwaukee driver crashes into 3 women waiting for bus
A 37-year-old Milwaukee driver injured at least three women waiting for a bus Thursday when he veered off a road, plowed through a bus shelter and crashed into a building. The accident occurred about 11:20 a.m. in the 4200 block of N. 27th St. The women's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, said Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer, Milwaukee police spokesman. Police are trying to determine ...
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Legislators scale back Scott Walker measure on GPS restraining orders
Madison -- A proposal from Gov. Scott Walker to allow statewide GPS tracking for those under restraining orders was scaled back by the Legislature's budget committee Thursday as the panel took on a slew of criminal justice provisions. Under Walker's proposal, the state would have spent $3 million over two years to help local governments around the state set up the tracking, with the ...
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Wisconsin jobs agency names 4th CFO in 2 years
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. on Thursday named Stephanie M. Walker as its CFO. The agency says she's unrelated to Gov. Scott Walker, and her first day will be June ...
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