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  • Wisconsin raw milk farmer acquitted on 3 of 4 counts

    A Wisconsin dairy farmer has been acquitted on three of four counts in a trial related to the sale of raw milk. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger was found guilty on one charge of violating a holding order placed on products at his farm after a 2010 raid. Hershberger could get up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine. The jury returned its verdict ...

  • May 31 deadline to join No Call list

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin residents who want to be protected from unsolicited telemarketing phone calls and text messages have until the end of the month to sign up for the state's `no call' list. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says if you've already been on the list, you need to re-register every two years to stay on it. Consumers ...

  • Wisconsin Madison police say Thong Cape Scooter Man not breaking...

    MADISON, Wis. -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter -- dressed in thong underwear and a cape -- may be disturbing to schoolchildren. But police say the rider they call "Thong Cape Scooter Man" isn't breaking any laws. Earlier this month, staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School called authorities after the man rode by in his unmentionables while students were ...

  • Man shot on Milwaukees north side

    MILWAUKEE - Police are investigating after a man is shot on Milwaukee's north side. It happened just after 12:30 a.m. near 27th and Hadley. Police say a 25-year-old man was shot and is being treated for serious injuries. Authorities do have one person in ...

  • Child killed after being hit by a truck

    MOUNT CALVARY - The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department says a 5 year old child has died after being hit in a parking lot Friday night. It happened at Maximillian's Restaurant in Mount Calvary. A man was backing his pickup into a parking stall when the child ran behind the truck. No names are being released at this time and the crash remains under ...

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The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

When I was in kindergarten, even though I didnt know what moonshine was and I was too young to appreciate Catherine Bach in her Daisy Dukes, The Dukes of Hazzard was my favorite television show. Thus, as I settled down a quarter-century later to wa ... ...

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  • Highs just in upper 50s today

    It should be mostly cloudy and dry in southeastern Wisconsin on Saturday, though there may be a slight chance of a sprinkle -- especially in the southwest. That's the prognosis of Jesse Ritka, meteorologist for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), who predicts a high temperature of 58. The clouds will lift a bit on Sunday, Ritka says, and the temperature will warm into the low 60s. A warm front ...

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  • Guides lead exploration of Wisconsins great outdoors

    Impressed with knowledge Dan and Shirley Heger, retirees from Pewaukee who now live in Stitzer, have gone on a half dozen field trips, including trumpeter swan banding, searching for elk calves and hiking through barrens. The hiking trip was a revelation for Dan Heger, who was surprised to learn there are desert cacti native to Wisconsin. They're also going on trips to the Beaver Creek ...

  • Green Bay coach Wardle to keep job after probe

    GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball coach Brian Wardle will keep his job after an independent review largely cleared him of allegations that he mistreated his players, university officials said Friday. At least one player had accused Wardle of using vulgar and obscene language, and a second player told officials Wardle forced him to work out ...

  • Milwaukee police chief blasts Scott Walker Wisconsin Legislature

    Police Chief Edward Flynn on Friday blasted Gov. Scott Walker for being anti-urban and the Legislature's budget committee for "gratuitous" decisions that killed a community policing grant for his department and set in motion the departure of the state crime lab from Milwaukee. In an expansive interview with the Journal Sentinel in a Third Ward coffee shop that touched on ...

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