(2008/05/17)
0STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, frequently mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican John McCain, said Friday he doesn't have "any motivations or designs" of doing anything more than volunteering on behalf of the presidential candidate.
(2008/05/17)
MADISON — Wisconsin troopers have filed a lawsuit seeking paid lunch breaks and more tax money for their meals.
(2008/05/17)
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee won't have to worry about a future without beer.
(2008/05/17)
MADISON — Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman acknowledged Friday her department made mistakes in the process of hiring a top agency lawyer but said no one has been disciplined.
(2008/05/17)
GREEN BAY (AP) — A former employee of the Resch Center is jailed on a probation hold after being accused of going in the building and using a forklift to steal an automatic teller machine.
(2008/05/17)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — The pressure of debt and divorce led a former Wausau police officer to try to kill his wife, a prosecutor told a jury Friday.
(2008/05/17)
ANTIGO, Wis. (AP) — Three men apprehended on several charges in Wisconsin are considered suspects in the murder of a man in Michigan, Langlade County Sheriff Bill Greening said.
(2008/05/17)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Cash bond is set at $1 million for a Kenosha man accused of shooting and stabbing his wife to death.
(2008/05/17)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A judge has heard 312 hours of testimony on whether a new trial should be ordered for a Superior man who is serving life in prison without parole for choking, bludgeoning and stabbing an acquaintance to death.
(2008/05/17)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A Neenah woman who worked part-time for the Winnebago County's Child Welfare Division made a first court appearance on a charge of suffocating her 2-year-old son, but it didn't last long.
(2008/05/17)
MENASHA, Wis. (AP) — An autopsy has confirmed that the body recovered from Little Lake Butte des Morts was that of a 58-year-old Neenah woman who disappeared three weeks ago.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE — Consumers still want different types of beers, but for a growing number with empty pockets, that means less expensive ones, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday.
(2008/05/16)
MADISON, Wis. — A group of legislators wants to end tax credits for ethanol production and lift reformulated gasoline requirements in southeastern Wisconsin.
(2008/05/16)
JANESVILLE, Wis. — A man who killed his sister in 1984 won’t be moving from a state mental hospital to an adult group home in Madison after all, his lawyer says.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE — Department store stalwarts J.C. Penney Co., Nordstrom Inc. and Kohl’s Inc. all reported steep drops in first-quarter profits on Thursday as Americans snub apparel to focus on basic necessities at discounters in a challenging economy.
(2008/05/16)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Brian LaFave could care less how high gasoline prices go these days.
(2008/05/16)
HARTFORD, Wis. — A city marshal killed in the line of duty a century ago in Hartford had a memorial plaque in his honor unveiled Thursday.
(2008/05/16)
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin’s two Democratic senators voted in favor of the farm bill Thursday, helping approve it 81-15 and send it to President Bush.
(2008/05/15)
MILWAUKEE — It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON — Wisconsin lawmakers finally ratified an interstate treaty Wednesday that is designed to block arid states from getting access to Great Lakes water.
(2008/05/15)
MILWAUKEE — The three children who watched their vacation cabin burn, knowing their parents were inside and unable to get out, will receive a settlement worth more than $21 million, according to court documents.
(2008/05/15)
WASHINGTON — The House passed a farm bill by a 3-1 measure Wednesday, but most Wisconsin members voted against it, concluding that the bill didn’t do enough to rein in payments to wealthy farmers during a time of high food prices.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON — Gov. Jim Doyle now has his chance to change a bill intended to fix the state’s $527 million budget shortfall.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON — If you want to find out who one of the youngest Democratic superdelegates in the country supports, check out his YouTube video.
(2008/05/15)
MADISON — A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater fraternity has been suspended for three years to try to stop a troubling culture of underage drinking and hazing, an official said Wednesday.
(2008/05/13)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Two people died when their light plane crashed and burned at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport.
(2008/05/13)
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — A man got inside Green Bay’s Resch Center, commandeered a forklift and used it to steal an automated teller machine.
(2008/05/13)
MAUSTON, Wis. — Someone continued to write checks on an account belonging to a 90-year-old woman whose remains were found on the toilet in a Necedah home two months after she died, according to court documents released Monday.
(2008/05/13)
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Jim Doyle has signed a memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and Wisconsin on global warming.
(2008/05/13)
MADISON, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner is angry about state lawmakers’ plan for balancing Wisconsin’s budget.
(2008/05/13)
MILWAUKEE — An additional 700 potential victims nationwide, ranging from food companies to newspapers, have been named in a massive fraud scheme involving the nation’s largest coupon company.
(2008/05/13)
OSHKOSH, Wis. — A part-time worker with Winnebago County’s Child Welfare Division has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of her son.
(2008/05/13)
ARCADIA, Wis. — An elderly couple from Kenosha died in a highway crash while visiting in Trempealeau County for Mother’s Day weekend.
(2008/05/13)
MANITOWOC, Wis. — A 14-year-old boy suffered burns to more than a quarter of his body after playing what authorities describe as a blowtorch game.
(2008/05/12)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cheeseheads don’t need to be bleu: Experts say predictions that California will soon overtake Wisconsin as the nation’s top cheese producer are unlikely to come true.
(2008/05/12)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Philanthropist Joseph Zilber plans to commit $50 million during the next 10 years to improve life in Milwaukee’s low-income neighborhoods, according to a draft of a speech by him obtained by a newspaper.
(2008/05/12)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — The Sawyer County Sheriff Department says remains that were found in the Flambeau River State Forest are human.
(2008/05/12)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Oneida tribal members have approved an increase in annual per capita payment to themselves to $1,200 from $800, and authorized creation of an endowment fund to help with future payments.
(2008/05/12)
KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) — Outagamie County authorities are looking for two men after three people were shot and wounded early Sunday at a supper club north of Kaukauna.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. — The state’s Revenue Department has sent out more than 1,000 letters this year to smokers who bought cigarettes online telling them to stop buying cigarettes that way or to pay the $1.77-per-pack state tax that’s now in effect.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. — A 29-year-old man was sentenced to 24 years in prison on allegations he provided heroin that killed two people in Madison.
(2008/05/11)
MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee police officer shot and wounded a man during the weekend, authorities said.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. — About 1,200 Wisconsin taxpayers are affected by computer glitches involving out-of-state taxes, a state Department of Revenue spokeswoman says.
(2008/05/11)
BARABOO, Wis. — The attorney for a Baraboo father accused of killing his 5-week-old sons has won the right to search his client’s rented condo.
(2008/05/11)
MADISON, Wis. — There was a significant increase in the number of reported Lyme disease cases in Wisconsin last year, state health officials say.
(2008/05/11)
MILWAUKEE — Leisure travelers spent slightly less in the state last year while there was a slight gain in business travel and a larger increase in convention spending, according to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
(2008/05/11)
WEST BEND, Wis. — The teenage girl critically wounded last weekend in a vehicle in the town of Addison is not believed to have been a target of the shooter, the Washington County Sheriff says.
(2008/05/11)
FRIENDSHIP, Wis. — Trial for the driver of a semi-truck that struck a school bus and killed one student is delayed.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. — Former Gov. Tony Earl acknowledged Friday he helped a longtime acquaintance land a state job but said he was unaware the tainted hiring process cost taxpayers $346,000.
(2008/05/10)
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — At first glance, it seems like it was a very good quarter at Sun Prairie High School: About 80 percent of the students made the honor roll.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Jim Doyle refused to discuss the state’s budget Friday as lawmakers appeared to be closing in on a deal to solve a $527 million shortfall.
(2008/05/10)
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A rare albino alligator is now on display at NEW Zoo in Green Bay.
(2008/05/10)
MADISON, Wis. — A Stoughton woman is sentenced to four years in prison for fracturing her toddler’s skull by repeatedly slamming the child’s head on the floor.
(2008/05/10)
MILWAUKEE — One of the nation’s largest trucking companies is capping its drivers’ speeds at 60 mph, a move designed to save fuel and protect the environment.
(2008/05/10)
APPLETON, Wis. — An official says a Neenah woman accused of killing her 2-year-old son has been a part-time worker with Winnebago County’s Child Welfare Division.
|
|
|
 |
 |
Past Week
Past Month
Past Year |
|
|
|
|
|
Advertisement 