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  • Green Bay buys strip club to tear it down

    GREEN BAY - The City of Green Bay has plans to buy "The Body Shop," a strip club on the corner of Monroe and Main Street. Mayor Jim Schmitt says the owner of the club was looking to sell, and the city took the opportunity to buy it with the intention to tear it down. The common council approved the purchase at Tuesday's meeting. The move is part of the city's plan to ...

  • Union members questioning numbers in vote to ratify new Caterpillar contract

    Steelworkers members question vote to ratify Caterpillar contract MILWAUKEE - Union workers at a Caterpillar plant in Milwaukee are questioning the vote to ratify a new ...

  • Potawatomi shooting suspect still in jail but no charges yet

    weekend shooting at Potawatomi Bingo Casino has yet to be charged in that case but remained in jail early Thursday on $500 bond. Jail records indicate he's being held on an unrelated felony theft charge -- accused of borrowing a girlfriend's car with her permission, but not returning it when she asked for it back -- and will be in court in a week for a preliminary hearing in that ...

  • Closing arguments set in teens homicide trial

    Closing arguments are expected in Sheboygan County Circuit Court where a 14-year-old boy is on trial in the bludgeoning death of an elderly ...

  • Senate to take up state budget today

    , the Senate will take up the spending plan. Chris Larsen, the Democratic leader in the Senate, says there will be more opposition when the budget debate starts there. "The margins are a little bit different in the Assembly where they figured it would be just as much as talking to a brick wall. In the Senate, there are a few more folks who are reasonable on the Republican side," ...

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Rashomon [Blu-Ray]

In Rashomon, Akira Kurosawas masterful cinematic exploration of how human nature clouds our perceptions of reality, there is only one thing about which we can be sure: There is a dead man. Other than that, nothing is and can be known for absolute certain, as the story of how this man ca ... ...

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  • 60 Kohls employees let go by the company

    MILWAUKEE - Kohl's has announced they will be letting go 60 of their employees at the corporate office. According to Jen Johnson with the company, the employees are based in accounts payable and sales auditing, which will be transitioned to a third party vendor. "We appreciate the numerous years of service of our affected associates and are providing separation severance packages and ...

  • Suspect shot by Milwaukee officers

    Authorities say officers were called to a fight at a gas station shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday. When they arrived, they heard nearby gunshots and found a man firing a weapon. Police say he refused orders to drop the weapon and was ...

  • Milwaukee police officers shoot suspect

    MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Police were investigating a fight Thursday morning at Sherman and Burleigh when they heard shots fired. They responded to where they heard the shots, and were confronted by a man with a gun. They told him to drop the weapon. When he did not, they feared for their safety and fired at him. The suspect is currently in critical condition, and a semi-automatic weapon was ...

  • Officers involved in shooting on Milwaukees north side

    Milwaukee police were involved in a shooting just before 2 a.m. Thursday in the 4200 block of W. Burleigh. No officers were injured in the incident, Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said. It wasn't immediately clear how many officers were involved, what type of situation they were responding to and whether any suspects were wounded. More details were expected to be released Thursday morning. ...

  • MLB Milwaukee 3 Houston 1

    Rickie Weeks brought Milwaukee from behind with a two-run homer in the eighth Wednesday that led the Brewers to a 3-1 win over Houston. Milwaukee had been shut out through seven innings and faced a 1-0 deficit when Josh Prince drew a leadoff walk ...

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