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  • Boaters warned to watch for dredging operation on Fox River

    Boaters on the Fox River this season were warned by officials in Brown County Friday to use caution while dredging operations on the river are being conducted, according to ...

  • Raw milk trial in hands of jury

    Baraboo -- Jurors in the criminal trial of Vernon Hershberger are set to begin their deliberations tonight on charges that he operated an unlicensed retail store -- that sold raw milk and other products -- from a farm in Loganville. The 12-member jury has indicated it wants to stay as long as necessary this evening and finish the trial that began Monday in Sauk County Circuit Court and involved ...

  • Police Thong Cape Scooter Man not breaking law

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A man known to ride through Madison on a scooter - dressed in thong underwear and a cape - may be disturbing to ...

  • 2 arrested for tossing water balloons at cars

    The water balloons caused cracked windshields on three vehicles. Authorities say anyone else whose vehicle was hit by water balloons in the area around midday Tuesday should call the sheriff's ...

  • Wisconsin Walker expects compromise on voucher school plan

    MADISON, Wis. -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker says he expects GOP leaders will reach some sort of compromise on a contentious section of his budget that would expand private school vouchers next week. The voucher program subsidizes students' private school tuition. It's currently in effect in Milwaukee and Racine. Walker's budget would expand the program to large districts with ...

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Red Eye

Red Eye

Red Eye is a B-movie extraordinaire, a taut exercise in jangly thrills that is exactly as long as it should be and punches all the right buttons. In a sleek 80 minutes, it manages to combine elements of a political thriller, a slasher movie, and a deferred rape-revenge fantasy into a claus ... ...

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  • 100s of bridges in the state are considered structurally deficient

    I-5 bridge collapse survivor: 'You hold on' MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin Department of Transportation is keeping a close eye on 93 bridges in Milwaukee County and 30 in Waukesha County. The bridges on this list are deemed structurally deficient due to federal highway standards. "If they get to where they are structurally deficient", said WisDOT southeast region deputy director, ...

  • Former Bucks guard Flynn Robinson dies at 72

    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Flynn Robinson, the former NBA guard who played on the Los Angeles Lakers' 1971-72 championship team, has died after a two-year fight with cancer. He was 72. Flynn's wife, Nancy Pitts-Robinson, told the Lakers he died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles. Called "Mr. Instant Point" by late Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn, the 6-foot-1 Robinson ...

  • Wis. gov didnt know of ex-aides drunken driving

    . Twenty-five-year old Nicole Tieman pleaded guilty to her second OWI offense in Milwaukee on Wednesday and was sentenced to 20 days in jail. She had already been convicted in March of operating with a prohibited alcohol content in Waukesha County. Both incidents occurred within days of each other in June 2011, long before she joined Walker's campaign earlier this year. She abruptly ...

  • Gorzelanny activated Burgos goes on DL

    Milwaukee Brewers Hiram Burgos delivers a pitch, during the first inning of their spring training game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, March 2, 2013, at the Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix.(Photo/Roy Dabner) ORG XMIT: ...

  • Wauwatosa may be getting a new beer garden

    WAUWATOSA - A new beer garden could open in Wauwatosa by July. The non-profit group, Friends of Hoyt Park & Pool, is seeking the city's approval for a permit to operate a seasonal beer garden. Mary Pluta say's some neighbors have voiced concerns about possible noise from music and crowds. The group has agreed to limited hours for music because of those concerns. Pluta says the ...

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