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  • Town of Menasha police shoot at armed robbery suspect

    TOWN OF MENASHA, WI --One man is in custody after a standoff with Town of Menasha Police. It all started around 4:00 p.m. Sunday at the PDQ on Racine Road. Police responded to an armed robbery at the store and found the suspect a few blocks away at the nearby Citgo station. Police say the suspect was armed with a handgun and fired at him. The suspect was not hit, but he was arrested. He is ...

  • Lawmakers to take up Scott Walker DNA proposal

    Madison -- Wisconsin lawmakers are set this week to consider Gov. Scott Walker's plan to take DNA from anyone arrested for a felony and anyone convicted of any crime. Wisconsin currently collects DNA only from convicted felons and sex offenders. Walker's executive budget lays out nearly $6 million for the initiative. The money largely would come from an existing $250 surcharge on ...

  • 2 9-year-olds among 70 honored by Racine police

    Two 9-year-old children, one of whom helped catch an armed robber, were among the more than 70 people honored recently during a law enforcement ceremony in Racine, according to ...

  • Vigil planned for missing Milwaukee college student

    A vigil for a missing Milwaukee college student is planned for Wednesday as the search for her continues. Jessica Benson, 22, was last seen May 9 and last heard from May 11 when she called in sick to work, according to ...

  • Legislative panel to take up Scott Walker double dipping change

    Madison -- Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to more than double the amount of time a public employee must stay retired before being hired for another job is up for consideration this week by the Legislature's budget committee. The Joint Finance Committee was scheduled to consider Walker's proposal on Tuesday. School districts and others oppose the move lengthening the required break ...

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25th Hour

25th Hour

Spike Lees 25th Hour is the first major Hollywood film to deal with the shadow of September 11. Lee, a consummate filmmaker for the past 15 years and a native New Yorker whose films, from Do the Right Thing (1989) to Summer of Sam (1999), have invariably addressed some aspect of life in the Big Apple, clearly feels a special pain in the scar of that tragic day, and it haunts ... ...

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  • Eau Claire County house explosion investigated

    Town of Washington -- Investigators are looking for the cause of an explosion that leveled a house in Eau Claire County. The explosion Sunday shook the neighborhood and sent debris flying. Town fire official Mark Porter says fortunately no one was killed or injured. All that's left of the house is a huge pile of lumber and debris. Authorities say five other houses sustained damage, ...

  • 1 killed 1 critically injured in Milwaukee shootings

    A 23-year-old man is critically wounded and another man is dead following two separate shootings in Milwaukee Sunday night and Monday morning. Milwaukee police said the 23-year-old man was shot about 11:45 p.m. Sunday at N. 35th St. and W. Silver Spring Drive. He was taken to Froedtert Hospital. Police and the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office are still investigating a fatal ...

  • Explosion that leveled house investigated

    All that's left of the house is a huge pile of lumber and debris. Authorities say five other houses sustained damage, including Gary Streveler's home next door. Streveler tells WEAU-TV ...

  • Deadly early morning shooting

    MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office have gone to the scene of a deadly shooting. It happened at about 4:00 a.m. Monday on the 2500 block of West Glendale Avenue on Milwaukee's north side. There was no initial word on the status of any suspects or a motive for the ...

  • Whitnall High School student killed in bike crash

    NEW BERLIN - A Whitnall High School Student has died after she was hit by an SUV while riding her bike in New Berlin over the weekend. The 15-year-old girl from Greenfield was crossing South Sunny Slope Road just south of Greenfield Avenue Saturday evening when the SUV hit her. She was taken to the hospital, and she died there Sunday. Police say at this point it doesn't appear ...

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