Provides the latest RSS feeds for Wisconsin News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Wisconsin Star.com http://www.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d2a460830d69bfa0/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:24:08 -0400 30 WADSWORTH, Ill. (AP) -- A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was alcohol-related. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867612/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:37:19 -0400 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867612/ Posted: July 4, 2009 11:48 a.m. A 28-year-old Illinois woman died and a 39-year-old Wisconsin man was injured in what appeared to be a drunken-driving crash in Kenosha County early Saturday, the Sh... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867613/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:57:19 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867613/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A design featuring two silhouetted children splashing on a swimming beach is the winner of 2010 Wisconsin State Park admission sticker contest. The Department of Natural Resource... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867606/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:21 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867606/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side. There ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867611/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:37:20 -0400 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867611/ Posted: July 4, 2009 10:58 a.m. Wadsworth, Ill. — A 24-year-old Wisconsin mother and her 1-year-old son have died in a head-on collision in northern Illinois that authorities believe was alcohol-... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867614/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:57:19 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867614/ NEW YORK (AP) - The first visitors to Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years have made the arduous climb - and one couple marked the occasion by getting engaged. Twenty-6-year-old Aaron Weis... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867607/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:20 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867607/ OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has injured several people. Hyde County spokeswoman Jamie Tunnel says she isn't sure how... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867608/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:19 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867608/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated. The retired general and former Secretary of State said he was in Vietnam, K... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867609/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:18 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867609/ WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement that she's stepping down has taken her party, advisers and even her own spokesman by surprise. Palin scraped together a news conference a... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867610/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:17 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25867610/ WADSWORTH, ILLINOIS - A woman and child were killed and five other people were injured in a wrong way crash on I-94. It happened late Friday night just south of the Wisconsin-Illinois border. Illinoi... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25865813/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:49:38 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25865813/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police are calling it "an ongoing investigation." That comes after a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed that the drug Diprivan was f... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25866078/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:50 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25866078/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is blending his domestic efforts with the July Fourth holiday in his weekly address. Obama says the "unyielding spirit" that's been present throughout our his... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25866079/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:06:49 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25866079/ GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - It will likely be a subdued holiday in Gaffney, South Carolina, where police say a serial killer is on the loose. In the past several days, five people have been gunned down in f... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25864851/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:58:00 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25864851/ WASHINGTON (AP) - With a fireworks show and a picnic at the White House, President Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day. Saturday is also his daughter Malia's 11th birthday. Tw... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25864854/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:57:57 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25864854/ Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 11:30 a.m. with Brewers Extra Innings after the game on Newsradio 620 WTMJ and coverage on Live at 10 on TODAY'S TMJ4 HD http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863828/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:38:11 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863828/ Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker John Gard and his wife have purchased a lobbying company. Gard and his wife, Cate Zeuske, say they bought Wisconsin Independent Businesses Inc. from founders Tom and ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863823/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:53:58 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863823/ NEW YORK (AP) - Reigning champ Joey Chestnut takes on 6-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi (tah-KEHR'-roo koh-by-YAH'-shee) in Coney Island's annual hot-dog eating contest. Last year's event ended in ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863825/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:53:57 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863825/ NEW YORK (AP) - Some visitors to the Statue of Liberty have a special reason to appreciate Independence Day. They'll have the freedom to go where no one's been for almost eight years - Lady Liberty's... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863826/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:53:56 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25863826/ NEW YORK (AP) - In a special naturalization ceremony at the Statue of Liberty today, seven members of the U.S. armed forces become citizens of the United States. The seven join more than 47,000 non-c... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25862274/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:34:08 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25862274/ MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin drivers are some of the worst in the nation when it comes to buckling up. In fact, about 25 percent of Wisconsin drivers admit they don't strap in. That prompted state officials... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859917/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:05:02 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859917/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - At the current rate, only one in 30 of the people who've registered for tickets to Michael Jackson's memorial service will get them. And those odds are likely to widen before names... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25862273/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:34:07 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25862273/ The Country Bliss subdivision in the Town of Mukwonago has faced flooding problems for more than a year. Residents say six a number of homes run pumps constantly to remove water from basements. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859915/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:21 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859915/ in the city of Milwaukee by location, age, race, gender and date. Thirty-nine homicides occurred in Milwaukee during the first six months of this year, six more than during the first ha... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859916/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:18 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859916/ Posted: July 4, 2009 Town of Ashford — July 11 bar fund-raiser for a former Campbellsport resident accused of causing the death of a 31-year-old Milwaukee woman in a drunken driving motorcycle cr... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860485/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:17 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860485/ Posted: July 3, 2009 11:30 p.m. Oshkosh — A man crossing the highway was hit and killed in one of two accidents on northbound U.S. Highway 41 in Oshkosh within less than an hour Friday afternoon.... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860486/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:16 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860486/ OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - A man crossing the highway was hit and killed in 1 of 2 accidents on northbound U.S. Highway 41 in Oshkosh within less than an hour Friday afternoon. The Wisconsin State Patrol i... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860479/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:42 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860479/ WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - What's up with Sarah Palin? Her surprise announcement Friday that she's resigning as governor of Alaska did not fully explain her reasoning, leading to all kinds of speculation... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860480/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:42 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860480/ GENEVA, Ill. (AP) -- Aramis Ramirez had a double in three plate appearances in his first rehabilitation game since going on the disable list May 9 with a dislocated left shoulder. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860484/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:33:07 -0400 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860484/ MONROE, Mich. (AP) - The Coast Guard says four Michigan fishermen whose 19-foot boat capsized in western Lake Erie have been rescued. A Coast Guard spokesman says the men were spotted clinging to the... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860481/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:41 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860481/ DETROIT (AP) - A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Detroit's mayor is firing the city's police chief. The person says Mayor Dave Bing has told Police Chief James Barr... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860482/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:40 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860482/ WASHINGTON (AP) - Newly available documents show that a civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor brought several discrimination lawsuits in the 1980s that sought to scrap th... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860483/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:39 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25860483/ MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin agency that runs state elections has launched a new logo, and some are saying it resembles the classic symbol for anarchy. The logo for the state Government Accoun... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859918/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:09 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25859918/ KENOSHA - A convicted killer is on the loose and Kenosha investigators need help finding him. Eric Adams, 29, busted out of the Kenosha Correctional Center Friday. A corrections spokesperson said he ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858276/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:54 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858276/ Posted: July 3, 2009 10:04 p.m. Silver Lake — Flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu, have forced the temporary shutdown of a summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern W... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858804/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:20 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858804/ Posted: July 3, 2009 9:44 p.m. Five people were hurt in Dane County, one critically, in one of two traffic pile-ups Friday that snarled traffic on two major roadways, authorities said. The injurie... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858807/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:17 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858807/ Saturday afternoon and evening, downtown Green Bay will be packed with people celebrating Independence Day. The Fourth of July festivities really get underway around 1 P.M. Something new this year is ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858795/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:29 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858795/ People attending the fireworks in Green Bay Saturday night are being asked to make a donation to the local food pantry. A Green Bay family started Ben's Wish to remember their young son's gene... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858797/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:28 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858797/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Revenue officials say Wisconsin's economy is showing signs of a rebound, but the recovery in employment and personal income isn't expected to start until 2010. The quarterly Wisc... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858794/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:32 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858794/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A state agency has tentatively approved a University of Wisconsin System plan that would give campuses flexibility in implementing a mandatory furlough order. Gov. Jim Doyle had ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858792/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:34 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858792/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Tuition at the 4-year schools in the University of Wisconsin System is set to rise about 5.5% for the upcoming academic year. UW System spokesman David Giroux (zhuh-ROH') said Fr... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858796/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:30 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858796/ SILVER LAKE, Wis. (AP) - A summer camp operated by the Salvation Army in southeastern Wisconsin has shut down temporarily because of flu cases, including one confirmed as swine flu. Camp Wonderland d... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858793/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:33 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858793/ A 40-year-old man has died after being hit on Highway 41 in Winnebago County. The Wisconsin State Patrol says the man was trying to cross the highway when a vehicle hit him near Highway 21 just before... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858798/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:27 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858798/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin State Patrol says a Greyhound bus with 80 passengers left Interstate 39-90-94 northeast of Madison and plowed through a fence Friday afternoon. According to the Sta... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858791/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:37 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858791/ Posted: July 3, 2009 8:00 p.m. Here's a partial list of civic Fourth of July celebrations around the area. All times are for Saturday. For more, go to http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858805/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:22 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858805/ A Milwaukee man serving time for felony murder fled from a minimum security facility in Kenosha County on Friday after corrections officers discovered him with a cell phone. Eric Adams, 29, ran from ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858806/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:19 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858806/ Because of Fire Over the Fox festivities in Green Bay, boaters will face restrictions at the lift bridges along the Fox River downtown Saturday. The Mason and Walnut street bridges will open for boate... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858799/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:26 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25858799/ MEQUON - Friends and family members of Yevgeniy Zlotin gathered for funeral services and a memorial luncheon Friday afternoon. Zlotin was killed outside of a Milwaukee nightclub on Tuesday. Family mem... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856563/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:32 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856563/ Posted: July 3, 2009 7:00 p.m. Another motorcyclist was injured Friday in when the cycle she was riding struck a car in Winnebago County. The crash, reported shortly after 2 p.m. on northbound U.S... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856998/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:07 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856998/ /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Hupy & Abraham, S.C. is continuing its motorcycle safety awareness campaign with an important reminder for all motorists to share the road during the upcoming 4th o... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856566/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:19:47 -0400 Earth Times http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856566/ The landscape of downtown Whitefish Bay is changing. After almost a year, a construction project is complete. The opening couldn't come soon enough for businesses who have struggled the last severa... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856562/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:34 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856562/ Police in Racine are going high tech at North Beach. They'll use surveillance cameras during the 4th of July celebrations. Tens of thousands of people will be on the beach tomorrow. This time aroun... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856561/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:34 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856561/ Fireworks and the 4th of July go hand in hand, but safety is important. It's legal to buy fireworks in Wisconsin, but it's illegal to use them. However, every year you hear about an injury because ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856560/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:35 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856560/ LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - More than 1,000 immigrants have gathered for a citizenship ceremony at Walt Disney World to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. The group then attended a p... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856997/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:59 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25856997/ Posted: July 3, 2009 3:18 p.m. An Illinois man stopped on I-90/94/39 near Arlington on Friday morning to let some ducks cross the road and caused a pileup involving at least six cars, according to... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855069/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:27 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855069/ Posted: July 3, 2009 3:10 p.m. One motorcyclist was critically injured and four others hurt in a motorcycle pile-up south of Madison on Friday morning, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. A... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855070/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:26 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855070/ WOODRUFF, Wis. (AP) - A motorcyclist is dead after a crash in the Oneida County town of Newbold. Sheriff's officials said the man failed to negotiate a curve on County Highway J and crashed. He was p... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855052/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:13 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855052/ Two different crashes on Highway 41 in Winnebago County are backing up traffic, prompting the State Patrol to urge drivers to take a detour. The first crash happened near Highway 21 just before 2 P.M.... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855056/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:06 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855056/ After several cows escaped into a Dodge County marsh, a woman called 911 and went into a profanity-laced tirade at the emergency dispatcher. Tammy Nuttelman called 911 when her cows got loose and she ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855055/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:05 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855055/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles city councilman is urging people who don't get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service to just stay home and watch it on TV. Free tickets to Tuesday morning's... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855062/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:03 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855062/ PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal appeals court will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction. In a decision announced Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would d... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855061/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:02 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855061/ GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Officials on Galveston Island are looking for the culprit in a bizarre palm tree torching spree. Thirty trees have been set ablaze on the island southeast of Houston since May... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855060/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:45:01 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25855060/ Posted: July 3, 2009 2:30 p.m. Milwaukee officials are considering greater scrutiny of certain no-bid contracts after it was revealed a former police captain collected more than $600,000 to set up ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852068/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:51 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852068/ A head-on crash in Waushara County killed a 69-year-old man and injured four other people. A pick-up truck and a car collided around 9 A.M. Thursday on Highway 21 near Redgranite. Sheriff David Peters... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852557/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:28 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852557/ NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Welton, a photo editor with The Associated Press for 31 years, has died. He was 81. Welton died from colon cancer Wednesday at a medical center in Port Jervis, N.Y., his niece,... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852556/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:27 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852556/ NEW YORK (AP) - A collection of letters by 1 of baseball's founding fathers has been pulled from auction while authorities look into whether the trove contains documents that vanished from New York. ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852555/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:26 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852555/ WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A man charged with murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable. Scott Roeder s... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852554/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:25 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852554/ SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Eighty-2-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. The bodies of Florence and Emma Jerniga... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852553/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:24 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25852553/ Posted: July 3, 2009 12:06 p.m. Ryan Lawson and his nephew arrived at Juneau Park at about 8 a.m. Friday, but they were too late. "The picnic tables are already gone," said Lawson, point... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25849952/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:39 -0400 Journal Sentinel http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25849952/ MILWAUKEE (AP) - A 62-year-old Milwaukee-area swim coach accused of assaulting boys is out of jail after posting $100,000 bail. As a condition of his bail, Daniel Acker had to surrender his passport ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850501/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:36 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850501/ SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) - Superior Mayor Dave Ross is running for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Ross mailed in registration papers that will allow him to assemble a campaign staff an... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850502/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:38 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850502/ GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) - Authorities in South Carolina say they're looking for a serial killer they believe has shot four people to death within 10 miles of each other over the past six days. Cherokee Co... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850506/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:35 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850506/ SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim. Gabri... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850505/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:34 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850505/ NEW YORK (AP) - The stress of catching up on school work and having to ask for permission to miss classes for holidays is routine for Muslim students in New York City. That's because the nation's lar... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850503/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:33 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25850503/ NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his administration is looking at the concept of forcing employers to provide paid sick days. Two other U.S. cities have such measures - San ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848003/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:10 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848003/ Today the Moving Wall is officially open to the public. Crews set up the half-size replica of the Vietnam memorial in Washington, DC, Thursday morning outside Marinette High School. Since then, crowds... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848011/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:04 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848011/ MILWAUKEE - A pilot for American Eagle called for medical attention as he was taxing to the runway at Mitchell International Friday morning, an airport spokesman said. The pilot didn't feel well and ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847530/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:13 -0400 TMJ 4 http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847530/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Adam Gerol was named by Gov. Jim Doyle on Thursday as Ozaukee County district attorney. Gerol now serves as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County. He begins the new ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848006/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:08 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848006/ BLAIR, Wis. (AP) - The identity of a Blair house fire has been released after authorities used dental records to confirm it. The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department said Thursday that 52-year-old... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848004/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:12 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848004/ MONTELLO, Wis. (AP) - A charge of first-degree reckless homicide has been filed against a town of Neshkoro man in the death of his 6-month-old son. A criminal complaint filed against 27-year-old Benj... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848008/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:07 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848008/ MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Word up! Forty teachers from nine states are gathering next week for a program to discuss the merits of using hip hop in the classroom. The conference at the University of Wisco... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847996/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:21 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847996/ MILWAUKEE (AP) - A staple of summer in Milwaukee winds down after this weekend. Summerfest, which calls itself the world's largest music festival, ends Sunday after an 11-day run. Every year, 800,00... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848002/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:14 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848002/ (Sports Network) - Carlos Zambrano takes aim at his first win in five starts this afternoon when the Chicago Cubs continue their four-game series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. Zambrano ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847529/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:39 -0400 SportsNetwork http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847529/ The following summarizes news coverage of state abortion statistics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.~ Minnesota: The number of abortions performed in Minnesota decreased for the second consecutive year in ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25846495/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:32 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25846495/ EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) - An Eau Claire man accused of storing naked pictures of a 15-year-old girl on a cell phone faces 13 months in jail. Twenty-9-year-old Jeremy Mizer was sentenced after pleading ... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848009/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:06 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848009/ MILWAUKEE (AP) - A company that ferries riders across Lake Michigan is cutting some prices by 40% for the next two months. Lake Express makes two daily roundtrips between Milwaukee and Muskegon, Mich... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847999/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:20 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25847999/ Waupaca police say a trespassing complaint led to a standoff on the city's west side Thursday night. Police say they tried to arrest a 73-year-old man at his home on Country Side Court around 5:30... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848012/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:03 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848012/ BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) - A collision of 2 all-terrain vehicles in central Wisconsin left one person dead. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office said Thursday the ATVs were going in opposite direc... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848007/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:08 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848007/ People are gathering this weekend to remember the fallen. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall was put on display Thursday in Marinette and will remain outside Marinette High School, accessible 2... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848010/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:05 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848010/ DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - The Fourth of July celebrations in northeastern Minnesota include the display of a replica Great Lakes cargo schooner at the Duluth harbor. The Denis Sullivan is a replica of a 1... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848000/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:18 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848000/ CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) - Kelly Wiltrout is more forgiving than a lot of people would be. She survived a terrifying attack by a black bear outside her Siren home. But the former Chippewa Falls woman... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848005/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:09 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848005/ An apartment building on Green Bay's west side is damaged in a late-night fire. Firefighters say they were called to the building in 1300 block of S. Taylor St. around midnight Friday morning. Fir... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848013/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:02 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848013/ PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US Airways flight while carrying a concealed weapon. Twenty-9-year-old Damien Young pleaded g... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848017/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:01 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848017/ COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has left his official residence in the state capital and appears to be heading to spend the weekend with his wife and children. Sanford left the... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848016/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:00 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848016/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Missouri mother says she should have never been prosecuted for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide. A federal judge has tent... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848015/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:51:59 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848015/ Corrected Version LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to figure out how to accommodate an expected horde of Michael Jackson fans who will show up for a pub... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848014/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:51:58 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25848014/ MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers are conducting their popular program that teaches the basics of baseball to women for a third straight season. http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845515/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:36:24 -0400 Associated Press http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845515/ WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will head to Russia soon and is reminding its top leaders that the Cold War is over. In an interview with The Associated Press, Obama says it's important that... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845509/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:21:54 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845509/ NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Marines are moving into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan today, and they're meeting little resistance. The Marines are trying to win over local ch... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845512/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:21:53 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845512/ LOS ANGELES (AP) - The question of when and where a public memorial service will be held for Michael Jackson has finally been answered. But how city officials will handle the likelihood of a massive c... http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845513/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:21:51 -0400 WBAY http://story.wisconsinstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d2a460830d69bfa0/id/25845513/