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  • Investigator Top US Treasury officials told of tax probe in June of campaign year 2012

    WASHINGTON - The ousted head of the U.S. tax agency apologized to Congress for his agency's tougher treatment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, including during last year's presidential election, saying it resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. Lawmakers from both parties harshly criticized the Internal Revenue Service ...

  • Packers draft pick Jones ready to make a point

    Green Bay - The demand seems simple enough. In today's NFL, teams need large, athletic defensive linemen. As the spread offense proliferates, defenses must dot the field with multiple defensive backs. And more players on the back end means fewer players up front. Disruptive interior pass rushers are at an all-time premium. This player has eluded Green Bay Packers general manager Ted ...

  • Medical Marvel Mequon man becomes the first deaf doctor ever to graduate from the University of Wisconsin

    MILWAUKEE - A couple years ago, families with deaf children had to pay thousands of dollars, out of pocket, for a device that would allow their child to hear. The I-Team pressed the issue until 2009 when lawmakers finally required insurance companies to help pay for cochlear implants. The change has helped hundreds of Wisconsin families and now it's helping Josh Reiher make medical ...

  • Motorcyclist critically injured in New Berlin crash with car

    A 22-year-old man was critically injured Friday after a collision between a motorcycle and a car in New Berlin, police said. The man was riding the cycle when the collision occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m. at Moorland and Coffee roads. The man was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where he was reported in critical condition late Friday. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Lafayette County boy dies in loader accident

    Blanchardville - An 8-year-old boy died Friday after he was struck by a skid steer loader, Lafayette County authorities said. Dispatchers got a 911 call from Blanchard Township at 4:40 p.m. about a child run over by a skid steer loader. Authorities said a man was operating the loader and was backing up when the boy was struck. The child died at the scene. His name was not released. ...

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Van Helsing

Van Helsing

Stephen Sommers' monster-mash extravaganza Van Helsing begins so promisingly that it's a real letdown once it spirals down into meaningless and headache-inducing special-effects overkill. The opening sequence, which takes place in the distant land of Trans ... ...

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  • Boy dies in Wis. loader accident

    Dispatchers got a 911 call from Blanchard Township at 4:40 p.m. Friday about a child run over by a skid steer loader. Authorities say a man was operating the loader and was backing up when the boy was ...

  • In surprise ceremony Wisconsin Marine reunited with military dog...

    Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach of Madison, Wis., gets a kiss from Casey, a 4-year-old yellow Labrador that he worked with while deployed in Afghanistan, as the two are reunited during a surprise ceremony, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) DES MOINES, Iowa -- When Marine Sgt. Ross Gundlach served as a dog handler in Afghanistan, he told the ...

  • Milwaukee County Board braces for the first of pending changes

    For Milwaukee County supervisors, a day of reckoning is fast approaching. Big cuts to the County Board's budget don't start until next year, and a 50% pay cut for supervisors won't happen until 2016, under a measure just approved by the Legislature. But curbs on the board's power, enhancement of County Executive Chris Abele's authority and other changes kick in as soon ...

  • Wisconsin DNR lifts statewide burning ban

    MADISON, Wis. -- The state Department of Natural Resources has lifted a statewide burning ban. The DNR temporarily suspended all burning permits on Wednesday because low humidity, windy conditions and high temperatures had created conditions ripe for fires and dozens of fire departments were already committed to battling a massive wildfire in Douglas County. DNR fire officials said they lifted ...

  • Wis. camp gets cleaning after 50-plus Farmington kids get sick

    STOCKHOLM, Wis. - A YMCA camp in western Wisconsin has been cleaned after more than 50 children from a Minnesota school district were sickened with norovirus. A group of children from Akin Road Elementary in Farmington, Minn., became sick after visiting the YMCA Camp Pepin near Stockholm Monday through Wednesday. A second group of children from North Trail Elementary arrived on Wednesday, but ...

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