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  • Green Bay police investigating a homicide

    Green Bay Press Gazette GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Green Bay police have ruled the death of a 49-year-old man a homicide. The department announced last week it was investigating a suspicious death at Daniel Kuehl's residence. Detective Capt. Todd Thomas tells the Green Bay Press-Gazette the slaying likely occurred within a week of Kuehl's body being found. Police aren't ...

  • Arrest made in West Allis robberies

    WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A 27 year old Chicago man's been arrested in connetion with three recent robberies in the Milwaukee-area. West Allis police took Henry Davis Junior into custody, after the Tri-City Bank inside Pick-N-Save at 6760 W. National Avenue was held up at gunpoint last week. In all three cases, police say a Silver Nissan was spotted leaving the scene. The other robberies ...

  • Park East development kicks into high gear

    More than a year after Kohl's Corp. dropped the idea of moving its headquarters to Milwaukee's Park East strip, a long-awaited marketing campaign for that moonscape-like area is about to be launched. Meanwhile, a June groundbreaking is set for a Park East apartment development after years of delays, while a nearby Milwaukee School of Engineering parking structure under construction is ...

  • Delays on northbound 94 expected to grow Saturday night

    MILWAUKEE - Southbound traffic was reporting a miserable three-mile backup into Rawson Avenue, where I-94 remained shut down for construction work Saturday afternoon. Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Pyritz said in contrast, the northbound lanes had just a half-mile backup. Pyritz said there was no way to know for sure what accounted for the difference. He said there ...

  • I-94 project reportedly ahead of schedule

    MILWAUKEE - Mother nature was cutting construction workers along I-94 a break Saturday afternoon, as they rushed to finish a big project, that shut down the highway in both directions near College Avenue. Wisconsin Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Pyritz said dry conditions enabled crews to move at a pace, about an hour ahead of schedule. As of 1:30pm, they had already installed a ...

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The Last Command [DVD]

The Last Command [DVD]

The Last Command is one of Josef von Sternbergs most conceptually daring films, a complex multi-layered narrative that mixes past and present, reality and fantasy, objectivity and subjectivity while also offering up an incisive portrait of the inner workings of a Hollywood st ... ...

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  • Low rates sparking surge in mortgage refinancing

    As mortgage rates descended, David and Marilou Jasinski decided to jump on for the ride. After buying their house in Sussex in 2004 with a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage sporting an interest rate of about 5.5%, they refinanced to a 20-year term in 2011 with a rate a little higher than 4%. In February, they refinanced again, this time for 15 years at 2.5%. The latest refinance, while shaving five ...

  • Milwaukee Bra Ban Milwaukee Council Drops Bra Ban Threat at Historic Bowling Alley

    May 18, 2013 2:51 pm A potential Milwaukee's bra ban has been dropped by local officials, according to reports this week, after public outrage at the threat.A Milwaukee city inspector had lodged a complaint that a bowling alley in the city contained a fire hazard, potentially meaning the business could face severe fines if it did not rectify the ...

  • St. Paul man killed in Wisconsin after truck accident

    A St. Paul man is dead after being hit by a semi in Wisconsin Friday, May 17. Glenn Augustine, 63, was struck by a semi pulling into a parking lot just after 4 p.m., according to a release from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Augustine was walking away from his semi as another truck was pulling into get fuel at the Hixton Travel Plaza when he was struck, according to the release. ...

  • No fun on I-94 for drivers stuck in construction zone

    MILWAUKEE - This is what it looked like for drivers in the construction zone on I-94 Saturday afternoon. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation completely shut down the highway near the Milwaukee county/Racine county line. Some drivers were reporting that they endured an additional hour of travel time getting through it all. The DOT was expecting to reopen I-94 Sunday morning after ...

  • No opening seen in Wisconsin for gay marriage

    Madison - Wisconsin's neighbor Minnesota may have become the 12th state in the country to legalize same-sex unions on Tuesday. But gay marriage is not on the legislative agenda in Wisconsin, and that's not expected to change in the near future. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse political scientist Joe Heim ...

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