(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — A state policy laying out tighter criteria for Medicaid in-home care is invalid, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
(2008/07/25)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Victims of recent storm and flood damage in the Midwest could get some disaster assistance and tax relief under new measures pending in Congress — but not until after the August recess.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama continues to have a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain in Wisconsin, an independent poll released Thursday showed.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — Prosecutors correctly added a hate crime enhancer to charges against three people accused of using racial slurs against blacks, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.
(2008/07/25)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 6-month-old baby at a Milwaukee day care has died after being left in a vehicle.
(2008/07/25)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, “Math class is tough!” girls are proving that, at math, they are just as tough as boys.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — Tibetans wished the Dalai Lama a long and happy life on Thursday with an elaborate Buddhist ritual performed for the first time in the U.S.
(2008/07/25)
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — An environmental group that coordinates beach cleanup programs Thursday joined the U.S. Coast Guard in the search for the source of household and street garbage washing up on Lake Michigan beaches.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin should drastically reduce greenhouse gases by mid-century, consider offshore wind farms, set up new auto emission standards and use more biofuels, a task force formed to fight global warming recommended in its final report Thursday.
(2008/07/25)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police have arrested a 44-year-old man for the death of a 70-year-old woman found wrapped in a blanket under her back porch.
(2008/07/25)
LITTLE CHICAGO, Wis. (AP) — A 2-year-old boy riding a small bike with training wheels was run over on a farm near Wausau by a pickup driver who couldn't see him.
(2008/07/25)
MAYVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The Dodge County Sheriff's Department and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the death of a Florida pilot killed while inspecting his helicopter in the town of Leroy.
(2008/07/25)
MERRILL, Wis. (AP) — A former Marathon County Sheriff's Department dispatcher has been sentenced to three years in prison for breaking into a co-worker's home.
(2008/07/25)
GREEN BAY (AP) — Police have arrested a 48-year-old man in the stabbing of three people at a Green Bay apartment building.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a child molester whose attorney used a ruse to gather evidence.
(2008/07/25)
ST. PAUL (AP) — A Wisconsin man has been charged with tax fraud for allegedly filing false tax returns in Minnesota.
(2008/07/25)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin police and sheriff's departments are trying to cut back on gas consumption like everyone else as prices remain high.
(2008/07/25)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police said citizens helped them catch two men who robbed an ice cream man of $30 and a handful of Popsicles.
(2008/07/25)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A contractor repairing a home in the town of Wolf River got quite a surprise.
(2008/07/25)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee area leads the nation when it comes to clipping coupons, according to a new study.
(2008/07/25)
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Shoppers at an upscale grocery store in suburban Milwaukee may have been buying stolen goods.
(2008/07/24)
MADISON (AP) — Tattoo parlors and religious camps, hotels and restaurants, body piercers, and bed and breakfasts would have to pay new and higher fees to the state under a proposal to help plug a budget hole.
(2008/07/24)
MADISON (AP) — In a case closely watched by public employees unions, a Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of a teacher who briefly looked at pornography on his work computer.
(2008/07/24)
MADISON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama continues to pummel Republican challenger Sen. John McCain when it comes to raising money in Wisconsin.
(2008/07/24)
PULASKI, Wis. (AP) — Pulaski Tri-County Fire Chief Frank Wichlacz died Wednesday after an out-of-control pickup crushed him between a garage door and a parked water tanker as firefighters returned from a fire, police said.
(2008/07/24)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species.
(2008/07/24)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A compact to prevent the diversion of water from the Great Lakes has widespread support in Congress and a strong chance of winning approval by the end of the year, lawmakers said Wednesday.
(2008/07/24)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man convicted for the killing and robbery of a Miller Brewing Co. executive last winter was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without possibility of parole.
(2008/07/24)
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A motorist was impaired by a mix of beer and a prescription drug when she hit two bicycle riders from behind on a Racine County road, killing one of them, according to charges filed Wednesday.
(2008/07/24)
RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A 28-year-old man was killed after two masked men kicked in the front door of his home, rousted him from bed and demanded money, Racine police said Wednesday.
(2008/07/24)
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Waukesha woman who sued her son's former fiancee over $1,100 in expenses for a wedding that never took place has dropped her complaint.
(2008/07/24)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — Minnesota-based Pentair Inc. said it will close its Sheboygan plant by June and eliminate about 350 jobs.
(2008/07/24)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — AirTran Airways said it will expand service at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee by offering nonstop flights to eight cities.
(2008/07/24)
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — John McCain can be a Berliner, too.
(2008/07/24)
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (AP) — West Allis Central High School officials say five varsity baseball players have been suspended indefinitely for recent vandalism.
(2008/07/24)
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — It's something of a dog fight in Brookfield, where residents are arguing over a proposal to limit the number of pets per household.
(2008/07/24)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kenosha County officials are considering asking former County Executive Allan Kehl to pay for the special election held to replace him.
(2008/07/24)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A car chased in Sheboygan at speeds up to 80 mph had an infant in the back seat.
(2008/07/23)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rising prices at the gas pump appear to be having at least one positive effect: Traffic deaths around the country are plummeting, just as they did during the Arab oil embargo three decades ago.
(2008/07/23)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police Sgt. Chuck Cross pointed his department-issue .40-caliber handgun at his temple, finger on the trigger, as he sat drunk against his hallway wall.
(2008/07/23)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The state Equal Rights Division has dismissed a gender discrimination claim filed by the city’s first female police chief.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin homeowners pay the ninth-highest property taxes in the country, according to a new report.
(2008/07/23)
LADYSMITH, Wis. (AP) — A judge agreed to move the trial of a northern Wisconsin man accused of fatally shooting a college student nearly 30 years ago before indefinitely postponing it Tuesday.
(2008/07/23)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 42-year-old Milwaukee man authorities called "the muscle" of a drug dealing ring has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 death of another dealer.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — Wisconsin officials have handed out nearly $230,000 in grants to bolster Wisconsin tourism after last month's floods.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — One man has been arrested in Chicago and another is being sought in the fatal shooting of a Madison man during an attempted robbery.
(2008/07/23)
GREEN BAY (AP) — Bob and Leona Ehrfurth say the noise that’s been plaguing them for two years sounds something like a rumbling motor, with a subtle vibration that won’t quit.
(2008/07/23)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Industrial parts maker Rockwell Automation Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter earnings dropped 7 percent as expenses grew and economic conditions weakened in Europe and the United States.
(2008/07/23)
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Police in Elko said a distraught teenager from Wisconsin committed suicide after accidentally shooting another boy in the head with a handgun.
(2008/07/23)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Plymouth teen has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in the hit-and-run death of a 16-year-old girl who was struck while walking along a Sheboygan County highway.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — New reports confirm this year's Wisconsin Supreme Court election was the most expensive judicial race in state history with a price tag of nearly $6 million.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — The state plans a $100,000 study to see whether something can be done to keep the interstates around Portage from flooding.
(2008/07/23)
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of injuring a woman by running his car into her home faces charges of causing injury while driving drunk.
(2008/07/23)
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — Superior police have released a 31-year-old woman and will not charge her for taking a 5-year-old boy from a day care center.
(2008/07/23)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — The Oshkosh Common Council is considering allowing low-speed electric cars on some city streets.
(2008/07/23)
MADISON (AP) — State transportation officials say vehicle repair shops ought to be able to test for emissions — a practice that's long been under the jurisdiction of a Connecticut vendor.
(2008/07/23)
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(2008/07/22)
MADISON (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Madison waited more than one year to formally reprimand a power plant superintendent who asked a subordinate to have sex with him, a school official said Monday.
(2008/07/22)
LADYSMITH, Wis. (AP) — Attorneys were trying to pick a jury in the first day of a trial for a northern Wisconsin man accused of fatally shooting a college student nearly 30 years ago, authorities said Monday.
(2008/07/22)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee teenager is accused of strangling his girlfriend after the two watched a movie about a murder spree.
(2008/07/22)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Humane Society says it had a near-record number of adoptions Sunday as dog lovers lined up for puppies rescued from one of the nation's largest dog breeding facilities.
(2008/07/22)
MADISON (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle has more than $1 million in his campaign fund that can be used if he decides to seek a third term in 2010, his campaign said Monday.
(2008/07/22)
MADISON (AP) — A Northwest Airlines jetliner made a safe emergency landing in Madison on Monday after the pilot reported a pressurization problem, an airline spokesman said.
(2008/07/22)
LAKE DELTON, Wis. (AP) — Crews are beginning to repair the dam damaged when Lake Delton overflowed and emptied during last month's flooding in southern Wisconsin.
(2008/07/22)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — High fuel costs and a slumping economy has forced Midwest Airlines to reduce service 30 percent to 40 percent, including cutting flights from Kansas City to two cities and nonstop flights to two others, the airline announced Sunday.
(2008/07/22)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan Falls teenager is dead and a sheriff's deputy injured after a Sheboygan County crash.
(2008/07/22)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A 42-year-old Plover man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint.
(2008/07/22)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee-area medical helicopter service Flight for Life plans to open an air base in Fond du Lac next month.
(2008/07/22)
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Another woman has died following a head-on crash near the town of Clayton earlier this month.
(2008/07/22)
MADISON (AP) — Six Dane County school districts are working together to create a new school that will offer both high school and college vocational classes.
(2008/07/22)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — The mayor of Chippewa Falls is resigning.
(2008/07/21)
LAKE DELTON, Wis. — It’s a snow cone kind of day, with not a cloud in the sky and the mercury flirting with 90.
(2008/07/21)
WAUSAU, Wis. — If you like whitewater canoe racing, mark a trip to Wausau on your 2012 calendar.
(2008/07/21)
MADISON, Wis. — Candidates for political office in Wisconsin have until the close of business today to report how much money they’ve raised in the first half of this year.
(2008/07/21)
ASHLAND, Wis. — Wisconsin has proposed new regulations to govern commercial fishing on the Great Lakes, giving the state new tools to make sure the fishery is protected while reducing burdensome paperwork for fishermen, a state expert says.
(2008/07/21)
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee will soon have two lions guarding the Zeidler Municipal Building downtown.
(2008/07/21)
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin continues to lead the nation in mink production.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police are looking for two teens they believe robbed one man and shot other.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold says nothing should be off the table when it comes to saving the Great Lakes, even closing the St. Lawrence Seaway to oceangoing ships.
(2008/07/20)
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Wauwatosa police are looking for a driver who struck two 17-year-old girls, seriously injuring one of them.
(2008/07/20)
YORKVILLE, Wis. (AP) — More than 800 acres once used for duck farming in Racine County are about to go on the auction block.
(2008/07/20)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay wildlife sanctuary will soon have two otter pups on exhibit.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — National forest planners may close more than half of the roads in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest to cars and other motorized vehicles.
(2008/07/20)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Dalai Lama is making his seventh visit to Madison, a six-day trip that begins with a public talk Saturday afternoon.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Wisconsin farmers are planting and producing more winter wheat this year as prices continue to rise.
(2008/07/20)
WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — A married Texas software consultant who traveled to Wisconsin to have sex with a teen he met over the Internet has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
(2008/07/20)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two major cranberry companies are pushing Wisconsin farmers to grow more, but they say that can’t happen unless the state speeds the permit process.
(2008/07/20)
AMBERG, Wis. (AP) — The victim of a car-tanker truck crash was identified Saturday as a Michigan man.
(2008/07/20)
RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) — Anyone who’s enjoyed an ice cream bar or Popsicle on a warm summer day likely used a product of Solon Manufacturing in Rhinelander.
(2008/07/20)
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Lumberjacks from around the world will soon be gathering in northwestern Wisconsin for their annual international competition.
(2008/07/20)
SHOREWOOD, Wis. (AP) — Thousands of suburban Milwaukee residents have a new way to carry items home from the store.
(2008/07/20)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A 15-month-old girl has drowned in her family’s swimming pool in Fond du Lac County.
(2008/07/20)
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (AP) — They lost their daughter to murder and now have lost most of their mementos of the 25-year-old woman in a fire that destroyed their home.
(2008/07/19)
MADISON (AP) — Multiple confessions and a DNA match were enough for a judge to order a college dropout to stand trial Friday in a murder that left Wisconsin’s capital city on edge for weeks.
(2008/07/19)
MADISON (AP) — A former top state Justice Department investigator has filed a complaint saying her bosses demoted her because she questioned using state agents to protect Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen at the Republican National Convention.
(2008/07/19)
PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forest planners want to close motorized access to more than half of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
(2008/07/19)
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A man who won a new trial in the death of his 2-year-old stepson received a prison sentence five years longer than his original one Friday.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Humane Society says it will buy and close one of the largest dog breeding facilities in the nation.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Just hours after a convicted robber finished his sentence and was released from the Oshkosh Correctional Institution, he hopped a Greyhound bus to Milwaukee and robbed another bank, authorities said.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Manpower Inc. reported a 33 percent drop in second-quarter profit Friday due to a hefty legal reserve, but adjusted results topped Wall Street expectations.
(2008/07/19)
AMBERG, Wis. (AP) — Residents of a Marinette County community were told to stay in their homes and take precautions Friday after a car collided with a tanker truck believed to be carrying methanol, killing the motorist.
(2008/07/19)
WALDO, Wis. (AP) — About 150 anarchists from the United States and Canada are in Wisconsin this week training for demonstrations at the Democratic and Republican conventions.
(2008/07/19)
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Court officials said the trial of a teenager charged with killing his sister has been moved to Bismarck.
(2008/07/19)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee police sergeant tried to prevent the suicide of an off-duty officer by shooting him in the leg.
(2008/07/19)
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Northern Wisconsin residents are getting a new alternative when it comes to transportation.
(2008/07/19)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former lawmaker John Ford was convicted Friday on public corruption charges for taking money from government contractors and lobbying for them while he served in the Tennessee Senate.
(2008/07/18)
Storm systems bearing down on Wisconsin prompted a warning Thursday night that they could bring trouble for areas still recovering from last month’s severe flooding.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — An Illinois woman faces at least 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to doping her 6-year-old twin girls with cough syrup and taking nude pictures of them with her boyfriend.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — Animal rights activists’ plans to build a first-of-its-kind museum protesting animal research between two University of Wisconsin primate labs received a major blow Thursday from a Wisconsin appeals court.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — MGIC Investment Corp., the nation’s largest mortgage insurer, said Thursday it lost nearly $100 million in the previous quarter, but its shares soared almost 40 percent amid optimism over its long-term outlook.
(2008/07/18)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics over referrals by North Dakota government agencies to a church-affiliated nonprofit that treats and educates troubled children.
(2008/07/18)
NEW YORK (AP) — Harley-Davidson Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell sharply as a weak economy, record-high gas prices and lower consumer confidence continued to hobble the iconic motorcycle maker’s shipments and sales.
(2008/07/18)
ST. PAUL (AP) — Private planes flying into the Twin Cities will have to get special permission the week of the Republican National Convention and they’ll have to contend with restricted airspace.
(2008/07/18)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Seven congressional candidates from across the country visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this week, hoping the unusual campaign stop would draw support from voters battered by high fuel prices and a lethargic economy.
(2008/07/18)
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A judge has granted a four-month delay in the trial of a Wausau man accused of beating and strangling a woman to death in 1999.
(2008/07/18)
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A Hmong immigrant who now lives in Stevens Point has written a book to help educate children about Hmong culture.
(2008/07/18)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sales of heating and cooling equipment are getting a boost from greater demand for energy efficient systems, as people try to trim utility bills amid soaring fuel costs.
(2008/07/18)
NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automotive systems, said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 11 percent on a jump in sales at its building efficiency division.
(2008/07/18)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Nevada and Wisconsin say DNA tests prove that a toddler found during an arrest of an adult in Green Bay in April isn't a child reported missing in the Las Vegas area.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Public Museum workers will personally benefit from the success of the recent "Body Worlds" exhibit.
(2008/07/18)
ELEVA, Wis. (AP) — Carlene and Duane Schultz decided to use Brett Favre's image in their corn maze after he announced his retirement in the spring.
(2008/07/18)
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois woman and her son-in-law have discovered thousands of dollars hidden after a 2004 bank robbery in Wisconsin.
(2008/07/18)
MADISON (AP) — If Gov. Jim Doyle ever has a tough science question, he doesn't have to go far for the answer.
(2008/07/18)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee-based television production company has received an Emmy nomination.
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