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  • Unemployment improves in nearly all Wis. counties

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Unemployment rates improved in nearly all 72 Wisconsin counties last month. The state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that unemployment got worse in April in Calumet, Menominee and Price counties, and stayed the same in Iron and Langlade counties. Unemployment rates improved in the other 67 counties. The highest unemployment rate was in Menominee ...

  • Brewers to honor fallen Wis. police officer Jen Sebena Friday

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee Brewers are planning to honor the Wauwatosa police officer who was gunned down Christmas Eve while on duty. The team is dedicating its opening ceremony Friday to Officer Jennifer Sebena. Her husband is charged in her death. Sebena's family will be at the game, and her friend, Officer Katie Gierach, will throw out the first pitch. The festivities are part ...

  • Wis. common core education standards to be discussed

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Advocates and opponents of common core standards for teaching math and English in Wisconsin were gathering for a joint hearing before the Legislature's education committees. While Wednesday's hearing is informational only, critics of the common core standards are calling for a closer look. Dozens of tea party supporters sent lawmakers a letter this week raising ...

  • Wave stays at US Cellular Arena in Milwaukee

    Milwaukee Wave defender #4 Josh RIfe follows through on his shot to score a goal on this shot in third period of game between the Milwaukee Wave and Baltimore Blast. The Milwaukee Wave won the MISL championship with a 12-10 win overtime against Baltimore Blast, Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This is the Wave's second consecutive MISL championship. ...

  • Wis. candidates got $758K from sand gas industry

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A new report says the sand mining and natural gas industries have given Wisconsin candidates nearly $758,000 since 2007, with contributions spiking last year as sand mining took off in the state. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign study found the gas and sand mining industries gave candidates a total of $18,762 in 2007 when only five sand mines were operating in the state. ...

Movie Review

Mr. Deeds

Woe to poor Adam Sandler. Stuck in what appears to be a cinematic perpetual motion machine, he continues to show up year after year in dim-witted comedies organized around his increasingly unfunny presence. In his latest project, Mr. Deeds, Sandler once again offers ample proof of his limited range in portraying the titular hero by combining the boyish innocence of his character from Th ... ...

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  • FBI Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe

    Investigators stand outside an apartment complex in Orlando, Fla., where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. (AP Photo/John ...

  • Wisconsin Gov. Walker Rep. Ryan invited to speak at St. Louis ACU convention

    O'FALLON, Mo.o With senior aces Calvin Munson of Francis Howell and Ryan Franklin of Fort Zumwalt West opposing each other in a Class 5 ...

  • 2 14-year-olds accused in Sheboygan Falls killing appear in court

    killing Barbeau's great-grandmother inside her Sheboygan Falls home in September with a hatchet and a hammer. Paape has pleaded not guilty in the case; Barbeau has pleaded not guilty by mental disease or defect. The boys were 13 at the time of the killing. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Groups trying to gather photos of Wisconsins 1244 Vietnam War casualties

    Public broadcasters in Wisconsin and state veterans groups are attempting to gather photos for each of the 1,244 Wisconsinites on the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., for a wall of faces in a new museum and education center. The Milwaukee County Historical Society, 910 Old World Third St., has scheduled a free "A Face for Every Name" workshop for 7 p.m. May 29 to learn ...

  • Oconto mayor finishes choppy first year

    the Green Bay Press Gazette reports . Complaints from city hall officials and from an athlete whom she criticized during a high school basketball game have been the highlight of her tenure so far. Bostedt jumped and yelled from the bleachers at the game in Suring four months ago to "complain about a rough play," the article says, leading the athlete to demand an apology and damages. ...

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