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  • Milwaukee bra ban overturned

    Holler House Tavern was decorated with hundreds of bras left by female patrons for nearly half a century, until a Milwaukee, Wisc., city inspector decided that the sartorial decor constituted a fire hazard. "We've had bras hanging here for 45 years. It's been a charm of the place," Holler House Tavern owner Marcy Skowronski, ...

  • Wisconsin Presidential speculation around Scott Walker heats up as he heads to Iowa

    Gov. Scott Walker is shown Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (Associated Press: Scott Bauer) n just a few days, Gov. Scott Walker will head to the heart of Iowa -- where the 2016 presidential race will likely begin -- and take center stage before that key state's Republican party faithful. But Walker, who developed a national conservative cult following after effectively ending ...

  • Breaking News Tornadoes level homes in Okla. hit other states 3 may be dead

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  • Nonprofit focuses on Milwaukees Havenwoods neighborhood

    Havenwoods Economic Development Corp., a nonprofit agency focused on improving the quality of life in the northwest Milwaukee neighborhood. Woodring, the company's product and quality control agent, said he would be willing to work with the organization, possibly joining a manufacturing roundtable discussion or training young people for technical careers. "If this is better for the ...

  • Tornado watch issued after severe thunderstorm moves into Wisconsin

    A severe thunderstorm moving into the state from northern Illinois has prompted forecasters to issue a tornado watch. The thunderstorm is heading north from near the Rockford, Ill., airport and is expected to hit south central Wisconsin shortly after 9 p.m. The storm has damaged roofs and trees with 60 mph wind gusts in northern Illinois, said Ed Townsend, a National Weather Service ...

Movie Review

Clerks [Blu-Ray]

Clerks [Blu-Ray]

Despite the adoration of its legions of primarily twentysomething male fans, the simple fact is that Kevin Smiths feature debut Clerks is not a great movie. It is not even a particularly good movie. But, it is an exceedingly important movie that is crucial in defining the shifts in the Holl ... ...

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  • Summerfest CEO Don Smileys compensation rises $114000

    If you thought Summerfest CEO Don Smiley was already being paid like a rock star, wait until you see the latest set of numbers. Officials with Milwaukee World Festival just released data for 2012, and Smiley's total package climbed to $886,185 - an increase of $114,000 over the previous year. Smiley bolstered his bottom line last year by converting more than seven years of unused vacation ...

  • Tornadoes Level Homes in Okla. Hit Other States

    One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At least four ...

  • Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

    People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...

  • Man sued by his former lawyer then alleges malpractice by lawyer

    What started as a routine legal matter has turned into a nightmarish and costly courthouse roller coaster for Mark Halbman, a Menomonee Falls man who is still in court 13 years after injuring his neck in a traffic accident. Halbman, 53, has gone from being a client of attorney Mitchell Barrock - who initially won an impressive six-figure jury award for his client - to becoming a defendant in a ...

  • West Allis police arrest man in womans death

    WEST ALLIS -- West Allis police have arrested a 48-year-old man in the death of a 63-year-old woman who was found in a hallway of her apartment ...

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