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  • Wis. panel to hear bill limiting local recalls

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee. The Republican-sponsored bill is up for a hearing Tuesday before the Assembly's Committee on Campaigns and Elections. It would require anyone who petitions to recall a city, village, town, town sanitary district, or school ...

  • Housing rebound continues in Wisconsin

    MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Housing sales in Wisconsin continue to rebound. April brings a 22nd consecutive month of growth with sales up 9 percent compared to the month previous. The median price for existing homes rose 8 percent. The Wisconsin Realtors Association president Michael Theo says the supply of homes has decreased and low mortgage rates have attracted more people to the market. The Journal ...

  • More than dozen fire departments battle fire housing businesses

    SAUK CITY, Wis. (AP) -- Firefighters from more than a dozen departments helped Sauk City put out a fire in a building that houses a hardware, small engine and tire store. Investigators will be looking for the cause of the three-alarm fire that started late Monday and burned into the early morning hours Tuesday. WMTV-TV ...

  • Plans announced for Donald Driver statue

    Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton GREEN BAY - Plans are in place to transform a famous Packers statue into Donald Driver. Work will begin this week to turn the statue outside Titletown Brewing Company into Donald Driver. Driver himself is scheduled to be at the official unveiling sometime in mid June. Pearl Street, where Titletown Brewing is located, will also soon be ...

  • Madison man killed after charging police had history of mental illness

    The Madison man who was killed by police when he wielded a sword and charged at officers had a history of court-ordered commitments for mental illness, according to ...

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Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

It should be clear by the subject of his latest documentary, which is nothing less than the very bedrock foundation of the United States and much of the Western worlds economic system, that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore has not mellowed in the slightest. However, in our brave ... ...

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  • Madison man who claims to be priest agent and psychiatrist faces charges

    A Madison man who falsely claimed to be a priest, Secret Service agent and psychiatrist is now facing a slew of charges after a woman discovered he was, in fact, none of those things, reports ...

  • Big welcome planned today for Donald Driver in Grafton

    GRAFTON - People in Grafton are planning the royal treatment for Donald Driver today. The Packers' legend is visiting John Long Middle School. The school won the visit after collecting more than 70,000 items for Goodwill. Donald will see his welcome long before he gets to the school. "We have parents that are staked along his route, the high school is along the route and another ...

  • Pope famous athletes musicians and others tweet thoughts about Oklahoma tornado

    I am close to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado, especially those who lost young children. Join me in praying for them. - Pope Francis ...

  • Crews douse blaze at Sauk City hardware store

    Sauk City -- Firefighters from more than a dozen departments helped Sauk City put out a fire in a building that houses a hardware, small engine and tire store. Investigators will be looking for the cause of the three-alarm fire that started late Monday and burned into the early morning hours Tuesday. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • GOP measure seeks to limit local recall elections

    Madison-- It would be harder to recall a local Wisconsin elected official from office under a proposal up for a hearing before a legislative committee. The Republican-sponsored bill is up for a hearing Tuesday before the Assembly's Committee on Campaigns and Elections. It would require anyone who petitions to recall a city, village, town, town sanitary district, or school district official ...

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