• Combat team - dog Wisconsin Marine - reunited

  Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach of Madison is reunited with Casey, a 4-year-old yellow Lab he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, in a surprise ceremony Friday at the Iowa Capitol in Des ...

• Search is held for Wisconsin girl missing for 17 years

  Spooner - Washburn County sheriff's authorities took part in a ground and water search Thursday and Friday in the case of a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl missing for 17 years. ...

• Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots

  Wisconsin employers, including hospitals and nursing homes, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature. Republican Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, of Fond du Lac, says he began drafting the legislation after several hospital workers and health care contractors in his district complained they were fired after refusing to be vaccinated. The bill would ...

• Garage fire in Sussex

  SUSSEX: A possible explosion and fire destroyed a garage connected to a home in Sussex early this morning. Neighbors described hearing what sounded like firecrackers for about fifteen minutes before seeing flames or smoke. The garage's roof along with two vehicles were destroyed in the fire. No one was hurt. There's no word yet on what caused the fire. The damage is estimated at ...

• Another nice day today for Milwaukee before rain storms hit

  Sunday will start with a bit of patchy morning fog before mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies take over for the majority of the day, according to WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) meteorologist Jesse Ritka. There is a very slim chance for a morning shower if storms in Iowa hold together, but that will be a quick chance and most of the Milwaukee area will stay dry. It will be warmer with a bit more humidity ...

• PBA Summer Swing features testy clash of the keglers

  One of the best rivalries in sports - maybe the best, if the measuring sticks are talent, head-to-head results, controversy and acrimony - happens to be in bowling. That's right. Kegling. Tenpins. Sean Rash and Jason Belmonte are two of the hottest professional bowlers on the planet. They are high-rev, power players in the primes of their career - Rash is 30 and Belmonte is 29 - and they ...

• Big buzz over Powerball jackpot

  The chances of winning are low -- 1 in 175 million. But should you strike it big with the Powerball drawing, financial advisor and CPA Mike Arnow says there's three things you should ...

• Milwaukee police investigate 2 northwest side shootings

  Milwaukee police were investigating two shootings that happened about two miles apart on the city's northwest side Saturday morning. In the first, a 47-year-old man was shot while sitting with a friend in the 4700 block of N. 76th Street. Police said a black SUV pulled in front of the pair and a suspect shot the victim once before exiting the vehicle to demand the victim's cellphone. ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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, ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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. ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• St. Paul man killed in Wisconsin after truck accident

  A St. Paul man is dead after being hit by a semi in Wisconsin Friday, May 17. Glenn Augustine, 63, was struck by a semi pulling into a parking lot just after 4 p.m., according to a release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Augustine was walking away from his semi as another truck was pulling into get fuel at the Hixton Travel Plaza when he was struck, according to the release. ...

• No fun on I-94 for drivers stuck in construction zone

  MILWAUKEE - This is what it looked like for drivers in the construction zone on I-94 Saturday afternoon. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation completely shut down the highway near the Milwaukee county/Racine county line. Some drivers were reporting that they endured an additional hour of travel time getting through it all. The DOT was expecting to reopen I-94 Sunday morning after ...

• No opening seen in Wisconsin for gay marriage

  Madison - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim ...

• Death of Green Bay man ruled a homicide

  Green Bay - 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 ...

• Wis. not likely to take up gay marriage again soon

  MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim ...

• Walkers week ahead Connecticut New York City Iowa

  Gov. Scott Walker’s big week of campaigning out east and in Iowa begins Monday with an appearance in Connecticut that is already generating heat. The Connecticut Democratic Party called Walker a "goon" and is raising funds to "send him packing" back to Wisconsin when he keynotes the Connecticut GOP’s largest annual event on May 20, the Hartford Courant reported ...

• Deadline approaching for adding numbers to Wisconsin no-call list

  Madison - The quarterly deadline to place a telephone number on Wisconsin's no-call list is approaching. The deadline to be added to the list is May 31. Any number put on the list then will be protected from unwanted phone solicitations and text messages starting July 1. Registrations are good for two years, and people can re-register their numbers at any time. The list is updated four ...

• DNR lifts burning ban

  Madison - The state Department of Natural Resources has lifted a statewide burning ban. The DNR temporarily suspended all burning permits on Wednesday because low humidity, windy conditions and high temperatures had created conditions ripe for fires and dozens of fire departments were already committed to battling a massive wildfire in Douglas County. DNR fire officials said they lifted the ...

• Madison officers shoot 43-year-old man with sword

  Dane County Sheriff's Lt. Charles Immel says Madison police were called to the man's condo building after sheriff's deputies were unsuccessful in serving the man with an eviction notice Friday morning. The man was believed to be armed with knives and a ...

• Ladies You Can Resume Hanging Your Bras at Milwaukee’s Holler House

  There’s a tradition at a Milwaukee tavern/two-lane bowling alley called the Holler House where first-time female patrons remove their bra, sign it, and hang them from the rafters, which sounds like something I would support wholeheartedly. Apparently, others do too, because according to Marcy Skowronski, the 87-year-old owner of the establishment, the tradition has been going on from ...

• Three Madison police officers on leave after shooting armed man

  MADISON - Three Madison police are on leave after a Madison man dies in a standoff Friday night. WISC reports police were called to the scene on Rockefeller Lane when a man barricaded himself inside his home after deputies tried to serve him an eviction notice. The man allegedly charged at police with a large sword twice That's when the officers shot and killed ...

• Car crashes and catches fire in Racine

  RACINE - Authorities in Racine are investigating after a car hits a pole and catches fire. It happened around 3:30 a.m. at MLK Drive near Kewaunee. The two people in the car reported shots fired at them. The driver was taken to the hospital and the passenger was treated at the ...

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