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  • DPW would bend night parking rules with a catch

    The people in charge of parking tickets have a plan that will be good news for drivers who park on city streets, though the I-TEAM has learned providing better "customer service" comes at a price that may not be ...

  • Is the city of Milwaukee making good on its pothole promise

    MILWAUKEE - If you drive in Milwaukee, you're in for a bumpy ride. North side resident Carol Washington says, "They're horrible. Everywhere I go it's, 'bam bam.'" UWM student Jackson Westover adds, "It stops the music even sometimes." Sometimes it's even worse. Like on the south side, where a man nearly lost control of his car when the ...

  • The next generation in high-tech disaster help

    MILWAUKEE - Lori Cheek always hoped she'd never have to use her disaster kit. Then, a storm hit. She recalls, "There was no power. There was no phone signal. I couldn't get on the internet." Thankfully, Lori had food, water and a solar-powered radio. "If I can't get in touch with anyone, I can at least know what's going on around me, find a safe place to ...

  • Air Soft guns cause brief scare and lock down at Mayville schools

    MAYVILLE - There was panic in Dodge County Wednesday after two schools were locked down. It all started with a call to a 911 operator: "What’s the location of the emergency?" "Mayville," said the caller, "and I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them pull a shotgun out of the trunk." The call sent law enforcement scrambling and left Carrie Helmrick ...

  • Wisconsins tornado alley is just miles away

    STURTEVANT - You might not know Wisconsin has it's own "Tornado Alley". Renee Bauman has seen her share of tornadoes at her home in Sturtevant. "We had a lot of tree damage," she said. "We lost our power for several days." Her home was right in the crosshairs of two tornadoes. She was in her basement on Oct. 26, 2010 when a twister touched down. ...

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Indecent Proposal [DVD]

Indecent Proposal uses an unconventional story to support some very conventional beliefs: Marriage is an important and lasting institution, money isn't everything, forgiving is more important that forgetting, and love is required for lovemaking. Everyone knows that this is the movie that involves the million-dollar question, the indecent proposal of the title. It comes from billionai ... ...

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  • Man arrested in Kenosha double-shooting

    A man wanted for a double-shooting in Kenosha was arrested in the Milwaukee area Wednesday, according to Kenosha police. Lamarkous D. Washington, 28, faces multiple charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, in connection with the March 14 shootings of two men, ages 22 and 24, according to court records and Kenosha police. Module type name is JSO ...

  • Big day in Madison Thursday for UW System

    Thursday will be a day of reckoning for the beleaguered University of Wisconsin System as the Legislature's budget-writing committee debates how much money to give public universities in the 2013-'15 state budget. The Joint Finance Committee likely will write a two-year tuition freeze for the 26 UW campuses into the state budget, exercising authority lawmakers have used only a few ...

  • Man sent to prison for 15 years after girl dies of infection in his care

    WEST BEND - A man from West Bend has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after his girlfriend's daughter died of a severe infection. "Haley Kluwe died May 1, 2012, of a massive streptococcus infection throughout her body after several days of ...

  • Man arrested for homicide after allegedly providing drugs to man who later overdosed

    PORT WASHINGTON - A man from Wauwatosa has been arrested for providing drugs to another man who later died of an overdose. On May 9, 26-year-old Tyler Bares died as the result of a heroin or cocaine overdose. According to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office, Mack Scott, 30 of Wauwatosa, had provided drugs to Bares. Scott has been charged with First Degree Reckless Homicide, Conspiracy to ...

  • Milwaukee County parks panel changes course on paddle boat vendor

    A Milwaukee County Board committee reversed course Wednesday and voted in favor of replacing the longtime paddleboat operator on the Juneau Park lagoon with a Minneapolis-based vendor. The reversal was prompted by reports that owners of Juneau Park Paddleboats had offered to sell their business to the Minneapolis competitor, Wheel Fun Rentals, shortly after winning a one-year contract extension ...

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