(2008/11/22)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A woman offered another $4,000 to kill her husband, who survived despite being shot four times, authorities said Friday.
(2008/11/22)
MADISON (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Milwaukee County who qualify for taxpayer-funded cab rides to the doctor’s office used them instead to go shopping and do laundry, a company official said Friday.
(2008/11/22)
MADISON (AP) — When Johnny Depp came to Columbus to play famed bank robber John Dillinger, local officials got left holding the bag.
(2008/11/22)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Associated Banc-Corp, the parent company of Associated Bank, said it has sold $525 million in preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury.
(2008/11/22)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday upheld a Michigan law designed to prevent oceangoing freight ships from bringing invasive species to the Great Lakes in their ballast water.
(2008/11/22)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A religious group leader who has denied involvement in threats against dozens of Shawano government officials and others is no longer in federal custody.
(2008/11/22)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A 4-month-old baby died early Friday after a man jumped with the infant in his arms from the burning duplex in Sheboygan, police said.
(2008/11/22)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Kenosha County man has died after a fire trapped him in his basement.
(2008/11/22)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — An undercover Internet investigation has resulted in child pornography possession charges against a Superior man.
(2008/11/22)
REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) — A Reedsburg man has been found dead, pinned under a tractor on a farm in the Sauk County town of Excelsior.
(2008/11/22)
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — Brett Favre's suburban Green Bay home has been sold for $445,000.
(2008/11/22)
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities blame an overheated conveyor for producing fumes that forced the evacuation of the Johnsonville Sausage Co. plant and sent two workers to a hospital.
(2008/11/22)
MADISON (AP) — A St. Louis man has been arrested in connection with a September home invasion in Madison.
(2008/11/21)
MADISON (AP) — The state will have to leave 3,500 state jobs vacant, eliminate employee bonuses and cut agencies’ budgets by 12.5 percent to deal with the worst projected budget deficit in its history, Gov. Jim Doyle said Thursday.
(2008/11/21)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — With two days to go before Wisconsin’s deer hunt begins, license sales were on track to equal those sold a year ago, despite the sour economy, the state Department of Natural Resources said Thursday.
(2008/11/21)
MADISON (AP) — Illegal pull-tab games are costing the Wisconsin Lottery millions in revenue, but prosecutors rarely go after their operators, according to an audit released Thursday.
(2008/11/21)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — More than 12,000 bankruptcy cases have been filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Wisconsin this year.
(2008/11/21)
LANCASTER, Wis. (AP) — Three men accused of trying to dig up a grave in Cassville in order to have sex with a dead woman have entered not guilty pleas in Grant County Circuit Court.
(2008/11/21)
MADISON (AP) — Madison police said a man who killed his 12-year-old developmentally disabled son and committed suicide left behind notes that confirm it was a murder-suicide but don't say what motivated the shootings.
(2008/11/21)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A baby sitter who admitted punching a 2-year-old girl for refusing to help fold blankets has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing her.
(2008/11/21)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A competency hearing has been ordered for a Shawano man accused of killing his ex-wife by setting fire to her house.
(2008/11/21)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A shooting incident in Stevens Point has taken a strange twist.
(2008/11/21)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Stevens Point police are investigating a counterfeit operation in Amherst after local businesses and banks received fake $20 bills.
(2008/11/21)
MADISON (AP) — Viasystems Milwaukee said it will close its Oak Creek manufacturing and distribution plant next year, resulting in the loss of 238 jobs.
(2008/11/21)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — An Appleton papermaker is cutting into its salaried workforce.
(2008/11/21)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Appleton officials say an 84-year-old man must pay a nearly $3,000 quarterly water bill for a home he hasn't lived in for more than a year.
(2008/11/21)
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old Rice Lake student accused of bringing a gun to school to shoot someone has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
(2008/11/21)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brady Corp., which makes labels, signs and safety devices, said Thursday it plans to cut its global work force by about 10 percent due to difficult economic conditions.
(2008/11/21)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A 10-year-old Kenosha girl said she didn't mean any harm but is in trouble for drafting a so-called "killing spree hit list."
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — At least three Wisconsin state agencies say they can’t meet Gov. Jim Doyle’s orders to come up with plans to cut spending by 10 percent, an ominous sign of the tough budget-balancing task ahead.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice facing charges that he lied in a Willie Horton-style television ad said in court filings Wednesday there was nothing untruthful about the spot in question.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice has opened a perjury investigation into an expert witness who lied about his credentials in a high-profile homicide case, a spokesman said Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — Miller Electric Mfg. Co. plans to cut 95 jobs as a result of the economic downturn and slowing demand for its products.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld an East Troy man's conviction in his parents' deaths.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — A Middleton father accused of killing his 12-year-old son before shooting himself died Wednesday of his wounds.
(2008/11/20)
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a woman from Ukraine who was living and working in the Sauk County area was found dead Wednesday in her submerged car in the Baraboo River.
(2008/11/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police claim the mother of a 16-year-old boy provided the gun the teen used to shoot three people in a car on Milwaukee's northwest side Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
SIREN, Wis. (AP) — A judge said he will rule later on how many text messages will be allowed as evidence in the trial of a Minneapolis firefighter accused of killing his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in northwestern Wisconsin.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — The Madison City Council is considering strengthening its ordinance on smoke alarms.
(2008/11/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County has a full-fledged witness protection program again.
(2008/11/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An argument between family members escalated to a brawl during a funeral for a 1-year-old boy in Milwaukee Wednesday.
(2008/11/20)
MADISON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge has fined a Wisconsin company $4,000 for shipping contaminated butter from Wisconsin to Minnesota.
(2008/11/20)
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — The city of Beloit is installing hydrogen boosters on three of its vehicles to try to improve their gas mileage.
(2008/11/20)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Police said they've caught up with a man wanted for a fatal shooting outside a Kenosha bar at an Illinois hospital.
(2008/11/20)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — Three people are in custody for a shooting in Stevens Point that left a man wounded and the local high school locked down.
(2008/11/19)
Wisconsin's senators say they back a plan that would give the U.S. auto industry a $25 billion boost, but with conditions to hold the automakers accountable.
(2008/11/19)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — An Eau Claire County judge erred in dismissing an injured policeman’s negligence lawsuit against a teenager in an underage drinking stop, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
(2008/11/19)
MADISON (AP) — Madison authorities said a 12-year-old boy died after being shot by his financially troubled father, who then shot himself.
(2008/11/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The head of the state firefighters union resigned Tuesday over a racist comment he made the day after Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected president.
(2008/11/19)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A shooting in Stevens Point has left a man hospitalized after causing a temporary lockdown at the nearby Stevens Point High School.
(2008/11/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 15-year-old boy from Brazil who contracted rabies from the bite of a vampire bat is recovering after doctors used a novel treatment developed at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
(2008/11/19)
MADISON (AP) — A judge dismissed charges against a Filipino doctor accused of defrauding the U.S. military’s health care program, criticizing prosecutors for waiting too long to arrest him.
(2008/11/19)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A recount began Tuesday morning in the race for a northeastern Wisconsin state Senate seat.
(2008/11/19)
MADISON (AP) — A northern Wisconsin county has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle allegations that it fraudulently billed the federal government for child care services.
(2008/11/19)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Pedalers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains.
(2008/11/19)
MADISON (AP) — The state Department of Justice has charged a nursing home worker with fondling three patients.
(2008/11/19)
KAUKAUNA, Wis. (AP) — A Fox Valley specialty paper company is the latest to announce production cutbacks as the U.S. economy falters.
(2008/11/19)
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A former Eau Claire man has been murdered by robbers at his restaurant in Honduras.
(2008/11/18)
MADISON (AP) — Sounding the same campaign themes that succeeded in the past two hotly contest Supreme Court elections, a Jefferson County judge announced his candidacy Monday.
(2008/11/18)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — A woman accused of helping her religious leader hide a decaying corpse on her toilet so they could continue collecting her Social Security was convicted of a misdemeanor in a deal for her to testify against the leader, a prosecutor said Monday.
(2008/11/18)
MADISON (AP) — University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said Monday she’s building a relationship with the state’s largest business group, which her predecessor has slammed as an impediment to economic development.
(2008/11/18)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups wants to amend a recently enacted Great Lakes water management compact, contending it has loopholes that could enable water grabs by multinational corporations.
(2008/11/18)
MADISON (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle talked to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, but it wasn't about a job.
(2008/11/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Snow showers and temperatures just under the freezing mark gave parts of Wisconsin a look of winter Monday — along with icy roads that appeared to catch authorities and drivers off guard.
(2008/11/18)
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican elected to the state Assembly this month had a not guilty plea entered Monday on a charge of making false statements on campaign literature, including listing a man who died in April among his supporters.
(2008/11/18)
MADISON (AP) — A history and economics professor at Concordia University in Mequon is running for state superintendent of public instruction.
(2008/11/18)
TOWN OF RIETBROCK, Wis. (AP) — Two teenage girls have been cited for driving the same car after drinking while one of them sent a text message.
(2008/11/18)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin Chrysler dealer is joining others in Washington to lobby members of Congress and the Bush administration to approve federal financial help for the auto industry.
(2008/11/18)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An ordinance passed by the Kenosha City Council prohibits drivers from reading, writing or texting while driving a motor vehicle in the city.
(2008/11/18)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan woman could face felony charges in a weekend overdose death.
(2008/11/17)
WAUSAU, Wis. — For the first time, nearly all of Wisconsin is under some form of hunting regulation designed to kill more whitetail deer. Roughly one-third of the state is again zoned where hunters must shoot a doe first to qualify to bag a buck.
(2008/11/17)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator from New Berlin is back home after serving nine months in Iraq.
(2008/11/17)
HORICON, Wis. (AP) — Police in Horicon say they have arrested two teenagers after a 20-mile chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph.
(2008/11/17)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A mother who turned in her teen daughter and son to police in a Milwaukee gas station robbery is being praised for her actions.
(2008/11/17)
PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters have found a woman’s body inside a home that was destroyed by fire.
(2008/11/17)
MONONA, Wis. (AP) — If Monona’s mayor has his way, a new police officer will focus only on speeders in this Madison suburb.
(2008/11/17)
MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) — A woman accused of helping her religious leader hide a decaying corpse on her toilet for weeks is set to enter a plea and be sentenced Monday.
(2008/11/17)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday examining the influence of money and politics on judicial elections.
(2008/11/17)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The infant mortality rate in Wisconsin’s black communities continues to dwarf the rate for other races.
(2008/11/16)
ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) — More than 300 people gathered Saturday to welcome 150 soldiers from the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion home from Iraq.
(2008/11/16)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin firearms enthusiasts seem to be anticipating possible new restrictions on guns with Democrats taking control of the federal government.
(2008/11/16)
MADISON (AP) — State officials are preparing new tools to avoid a disaster like last February's snowstorm that stranded more than 2,000 vehicles overnight on Interstate 39-90.
(2008/11/16)
MADISON (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said 120 butcher shops in 53 counties are signed up to accept deer that hunters donate to food pantries.
(2008/11/16)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — When President George W. Bush in October signed a water compact negotiated by the Great Lakes states, supporters rejoiced that seven years of haggling over how to keep thirsty outsiders from grabbing their precious resource were over.
(2008/11/16)
MADISON (AP) — A suspected norovirus outbreak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is growing.
(2008/11/16)
MADISON (AP) — State of Wisconsin employees are being recognized for finding smart ways to save money and improve efficiency.
(2008/11/16)
MADISON (AP) — The deadline is approaching for filmmakers who want to enter their work in the Wisconsin Film Festival.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Neither Gov. Jim Doyle nor President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team were talking Friday about contact the two have had in recent days.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Increasing the state minimum wage will be the first bill introduced next year in the Wisconsin state Senate.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin state agencies need to identify more than the 10 percent in cuts in order to help the state cope with a projected $5 billion budget shortfall.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s lawsuit against the state elections agency delayed potential settlements in two other cases involving the agency, records show.
(2008/11/15)
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — A leader of a religious group was arrested on a federal warrant Friday, a day after she denied involvement in what the FBI warned was a threat against dozens of local local government officials and others.
(2008/11/15)
SPOONER, Wis. (AP) — The chemical company where an explosion last spring critically burned two workers has reached a settlement with the federal government over workplace safety violations, the company said Friday.
(2008/11/15)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before.
(2008/11/15)
GREENDALE, Wis. (AP) — An SUV went out of control in the parking lot of a suburban Milwaukee shopping mall, hit several vehicles and ran into a family group, killing a grandmother and injuring two children.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin students can study for their SAT and ACT exams for free on a new state Web site.
(2008/11/15)
CAMP DOUGLAS, Wis. (AP) — Law enforcement officers have a new training facility at Volk Field Air National Guard Base in southcentral Wisconsin to practice for their most dangerous missions.
(2008/11/15)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee Jr. has pleaded no contest in state court to making false statements to an election official and criminal contempt.
(2008/11/15)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A 250-pound bust of the late U.S. Sen. Joe McCarthy is gathering dust on what would have been his 100th birthday.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — State election officials have ordered a recount in a south-central Wisconsin Assembly race.
(2008/11/15)
GREENVILLE, Wis. (AP) — United Express plans to offer direct daily flights linking Outagamie County Regional Airport in Greenville with Denver, starting March 1.
(2008/11/15)
GREEN BAY (AP) — Packers fans planning tailgating parties must leave their portable fire pits at home.
(2008/11/15)
MADISON (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday that Marilyn Taylor will succeed Denise Sweet as Wisconsin's poet laureate for two years.
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