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Charitys investment a prescription for profits for drug maker
What happens when a disease-fighting charity dives into venture capitalism? In the first case of its kind, the results include one of the planet's most expensive pills, huge sales projections for a drug company and windfalls for executives who sold stock in the glow of enthusiastic news releases about the drug. Kalydeco is a breakthrough drug designed from knowledge of the genetic roots ...
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Here are the numbers for $600 million Powerball drawing
Here are the winning numbers in tonight's Powerball drawing: 10 13 14 22 52 with a 11 as the Powerball. The jackpot rose to a record total of an estimated $600 million. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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Jeff Bianchi bullpen get job done in Brewers victory
MLB: Power rankings St. Louis – Jeff Bianchi made the most of a rare opportunity on Saturday night. Starting at second base in place of the slumping Rickie Weeks, Bianchi delivered a clutch two-out, two-run single to center in the top of the 10th inning to spark a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It was just the second start of the season for the ...
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DNR has sold state land before
Last week, the Legislature's budget committee cut funding for the state's land conservation program and called on the Department of Natural Resources to begin selling off property. The funding cut and a directive to put public land on the auction block drew strong protests from Democrats on the Joint Finance Committee, but both have been done before. The land-sale proposal calls for ...
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Crews renew search for girl missing in Washburn County since 1996
Search crews took to the ground and water this week in Washburn County searching for a girl who went missing more than 17 years ago at the age of ...
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Larry the Logroller back in full glory in Wabeno
Wabeno -- A treasured landmark has been returned to a small town in northern Wisconsin with a rich history in the logging industry. The giant fiberglass statue of Larry the Logroller has been keeping watch over the logging museum in the Forest County community of Wabeno for many years, but in January it sustained extensive damage by a falling tree. Larry, in pieces, was shipped to an auto body ...
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ABB increasing Wisconsin presence with Innovation Campus headquarters
For a company that operates in more than 100 countries, ABB Inc. keeps a low profile in Wisconsin. That may have ended in January, when ABB announced plans to develop a new regional headquarters at Innovation Campus, the new technology park being developed by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. ABB employs over 29,000 people in Canada, Mexico and the United States and over 145,000 people ...
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City axes bra ban at historic Milwaukee bar
(Fotolia) The owner of a Milwaukee bowling alley and bar who was recently told to remove hundreds of bras hanging from the ceiling due to it being a fire hazard has been allowed to put them back ...
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Powerball dazzles hopefuls in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - Powerball was quite the show-stopper this weekend. Saturday night's drawing was expected at $600-million. Today's TMJ4's Keller Russell was out talking to hopefuls in Milwaukee. For some, it was their first time to buy a ticket. Just how much would it take for you to give up your job? Russell spoke with a financial adviser who says, for instance, if you make ...
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Drivers tell of traffic nightmares on I-94
MILWAUKEE - Drivers in both directions of I-94 in Milwaukee County were forced to inch along, as construction work completely shut down the highway at Rawson. Today's TMJ4's Todd Hicks spoke with some angry people, stuck in traffic, that according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation stretched at least three miles in the southbound lanes. Some people, like Jim Timmerman, ...
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West Allis police have man in custody in death
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) -- West Allis police have a man in custody in connection to the death of a 63-year-old woman who was found in a hallway of an apartment ...
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Republican lawmakers may try to resurrect bail bonding
Madison - Two years after lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to enlarge the state budget by creating a privately run bail bonds system in Wisconsin, the controversial idea could be returning. Last time, the bipartisan group of opponents included the state's judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, sheriffs and clerks of court - virtually the entire legal system. Gov. Scott Walker ultimately ...
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Police have questions after West Allis woman dies
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - An apartment complex in the 74-hundred block of West Washington Street for people with mental health issues is the scene of a death investigation this weekend. Police aren't yet saying what happened to a 63 year old woman, discovered dead in the hallway outside her apartment Friday afternoon. Officers are now questioning one man, but have not said whether the two ...
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Hectored by flies whooping cranes still struggling in Wisconsin
endangered whooping cranes are abandoning their nests, but the pesky insects might not be the only reason the birds are struggling in Wisconsin. Black flies are especially prevalent at Necedah, northeast of Tomah, where whooping cranes were reintroduced in 2001 in the hope they would once again inhabit - and potentially flourish in - the eastern United States. The bird's story over the ...
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Obama and Walker earn identical approval ratings in Wisconsin
No one would mistake Scott Walker and Barack Obama for political twins. Yet in their public standing in this polarized state, they’ve come to mirror each other in striking ways. We saw it in 2012 when the two weathered Wisconsin’s turmoil and tribal division by earning the very same share of the vote (53%) five months apart. And we’re seeing the pattern persist in the off ...
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Wis. Democratic Party adviser is leaving
Zielinski had been demoted in March to an adviser from his job as the party's spokesman. He had compared Republican Gov. Scott Walker to Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer on ...
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Guide to Milwaukee summer festivals
Fireworks light up the sky over Summerfest on opening day in 2012. The 2013 summer festival season kicks off Saturday with the Highland Games and ends with Indian Summer Festival on Sept. ...
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Wisconsin woman injured in motorcycle crash
A 21-year-old Wisconsin woman was injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday morning, May 18. Christin Fenter, of Eau Claire, was riding a motorcycle around a curve when it went into a ditch according to the Pierce County Sheriff's department. Fenter was ejected from the motorcycle which also hit trees. The incident occurred just before 11 a.m. near 330th Avenue on westbound U.S. 10 in Union ...
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Green Bay police investigating a homicide
Green Bay Press Gazette GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay police have ruled the death of a 49-year-old man a homicide. The department announced last week it was investigating a suspicious death at Daniel Kuehl's residence. Detective Capt. Todd Thomas tells the Green Bay Press-Gazette the slaying likely occurred within a week of Kuehl's body being found. Police aren't ...
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Arrest made in West Allis robberies
WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A 27 year old Chicago man's been arrested in connetion with three recent robberies in the Milwaukee-area. West Allis police took Henry Davis Junior into custody, after the Tri-City Bank inside Pick-N-Save at 6760 W. National Avenue was held up at gunpoint last week. In all three cases, police say a Silver Nissan was spotted leaving the scene. The other robberies ...
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Park East development kicks into high gear
More than a year after Kohl's Corp. dropped the idea of moving its headquarters to Milwaukee's Park East strip, a long-awaited marketing campaign for that moonscape-like area is about to be launched. Meanwhile, a June groundbreaking is set for a Park East apartment development after years of delays, while a nearby Milwaukee School of Engineering parking structure under construction is ...
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Delays on northbound 94 expected to grow Saturday night
MILWAUKEE - Southbound traffic was reporting a miserable three-mile backup into Rawson Avenue, where I-94 remained shut down for construction work Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Pyritz said in contrast, the northbound lanes had just a half-mile backup. Pyritz said there was no way to know for sure what accounted for the difference. He said there ...
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I-94 project reportedly ahead of schedule
MILWAUKEE - Mother nature was cutting construction workers along I-94 a break Saturday afternoon, as they rushed to finish a big project, that shut down the highway in both directions near College Avenue. Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Pyritz said dry conditions enabled crews to move at a pace, about an hour ahead of schedule. As of 1:30pm, they had already installed a ...
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Low rates sparking surge in mortgage refinancing
As mortgage rates descended, David and Marilou Jasinski decided to jump on for the ride. After buying their house in Sussex in 2004 with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage sporting an interest rate of about 5.5%, they refinanced to a 20-year term in 2011 with a rate a little higher than 4%. In February, they refinanced again, this time for 15 years at 2.5%. The latest refinance, while shaving five ...
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Milwaukee Bra Ban Milwaukee Council Drops Bra Ban Threat at Historic Bowling Alley
May 18, 2013 2:51 pm A potential Milwaukee's bra ban has been dropped by local officials, according to reports this week, after public outrage at the threat.A Milwaukee city inspector had lodged a complaint that a bowling alley in the city contained a fire hazard, potentially meaning the business could face severe fines if it did not rectify the ...
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