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  • Powerball fever hits Milwaukee after $1M ticket sold

    MILWAUKEE - Who is it? Who's the newest millionaire in Milwaukee? A store on the city's east side sold a $1 million Powerball ticket. There was a lot of buzz Monday at the Pick 'n Save on East Garfield Avenue near North Humboldt Street. "It would have been nice (for me to win,)" said Sharon Gamm. "I called my sister in Antigo first because I knew ...

  • Women of the Walls Hoffman in Milwaukee tonight

    An Israeli woman at the center of an international push to secure for women the equal right to pray at Jerusalem's Western Wall will speak this evening at Congregation Beth Israel Ner Tamid in Glendale. Anat Hoffman is chairwoman ...

  • Report Job training rule for food stamps would trim rolls by half

    Madison -- Requiring basic job training from able-bodied participants in the state's food stamp program would cause about half of them to drop out of the program -- a total of tens of thousands of people statewide and 14,500 in just Milwaukee. The ...

  • Jury selected in raw milk trial

    Greg Griffin (left) and Bill Patton show their support for dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger, whose raw-milk trial starts today in Baraboo. They are hanging a banner across the street from the Sauk County ...

  • Former MSOE students Miller Park from Legos at national exhibit

    LOUSIVLLE, Ky. - A student from the Milwaukee School of Engineering has shown his skill in rebuilding Miller Park with a retractable roof. From Legos. No, it's not a full-sized version, but the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is showcasing the miniature verson at its museum in Kentucky. Former grad student Tim Kaebisch created the baseball ...

Movie Review

Clueless [Blu-Ray]

Clueless [Blu-Ray]

Amy Heckerlings Clueless offers some of the best humor, entertainment, and social insight the teen comedy genre has to offer. And, while that may sound like damning praise, I do not hesitate to suggest that the teen comedy is one of the most unfairly maligned and underappreciated genres ... ...

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  • Oklahoma other tornado-hit states brace for more

    SHAWNEE, Okla. -; When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little ...

  • Scott Walker reappoints Stephen Marcus to Wisconsin Center District Board

    Gov. Scott Walker has reappointed Stephen Marcus, chairman of the board of the Marcus Corp., to the Wisconsin Center District board. Walker ...

  • GOP move gives state more control on construction

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Democrats say a move to standardize erosion control rules for commercial construction sites is simply another Republican effort to take away local authorities' ...

  • ATV victim wearing unsecured helmet

    TOWN OF HARRISON, Wis. (AP) -- Lincoln County sheriff's officials say a Rhinelander man who died in an ATV crash was wearing a helmet, but it was not properly ...

  • Motorcycle Group Holds Power in Wisconsin Helmet Debate

    Wisconsin is coming off its deadliest year for motorcyclists in a generation, but lawmakers are considering no new helmet laws. Three in four of those riders who were killed did not wear a helmet. But Wisconsin hasn't required adult motorcyclists to wear a helmet in decades, thanks in large part to the robust lobby of ABATE of Wisconsin, according to Gannett Wisconsin Media. The group ...

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