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  • Man on trial in fatal overdose case

    LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) -- A trial is underway in La Crosse for a defendant accused of providing the drugs in a fatal overdose and hiding the man's body. Cain Moss is charged with delivering drugs to 40-year-old Anthony Ducharme in August of 2011. Authorities say after Ducharme overdosed, Moss and three others dumped his body in Red Cloud Park. Jurors heard testimony Tuesday from Patrick ...

  • City of Green Bay buys strip club

    . The city plans to turn the lot into a parking lot, and rent the spots for a nearby business. WLUK says the city will also receive their adult entertainment license back from the business. The council also voted to delay the sale of the Clarion Hotel to give more companies a chance to ...

  • Tests find more wells contaminated by 2012 gasoline spill in Jackson

    . The number puts the total of contaminated wells at 39. Town Chairman Ray Heidtke said the confimation will add to the request to the Village of Jackson to "extend municipal water service to residents in a state-designated drinking water advisory area." "If any property owners in the advisory area consider drilling new private wells instead of connecting to the village supply, ...

  • Capital Brewery building new facility in Sauk City

    MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) -- Capital Brewery says it will begin construction this summer on a new $11 million facility in Sauk City. The new brewery is expected to eventually produce nearly 10 times the beer Capital Brewery makes in Middleton. Production manager Brian Destree says the new brewery will have a starting capacity of about 100,000 barrels. He says fermenting tanks could be added in the ...

  • Body pulled from Chippewa River identified as UW-Eau Claire student

    EAU CLAIRE, Wis. - A body recovered from the Chippewa River in Eau Claire has been identified as a local university student. A person canoeing in the river found the body on Monday. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Dean of Students Brian Carlisle says he has been notified the body is that of David Rodgers, who fell into the river in April. WQOW-TV (http://bit.ly/17UpX9Y ) reports Rodgers was ...

Movie Review

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) [DVD]

The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) [DVD]

Luchino Viscontis opulent historical epic The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is, along with Jean-Luc Godards Contempt (1964) and Roman Polanskis Repulsion (1967), one of the great European-American art films of the 1960s. After the 1950s saw the increasing popularity of am ... ...

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  • Chris Abele rips surprise move to fire top county lawyer

    The civil war between the Milwaukee County Board and County Executive Chris Abele is about to claim its first major casualty. In a surprise move, Corporation Counsel Kimberly Walker has been notified that at least 12 of the 18 County Board members are planning to vote to fire her at Thursday's board meeting. ...

  • Owner of Menards being sued after allegations of sexual harassment

    MILWAUKEE - A billionaire from Wisconsin, and owner of Menards hardware, stores is being sued. The lawsuit claims John Menard, Jr. touched and demanded sexual activities multiple times from the wife of a former business partner in Indiana. She said that if she didn't comply, he threatened severe financial consequences. The documents show she refused Menard, who then made good on his ...

  • Marquette student hit by van Wednesday morning

    WISCONSIN - A student at Marquette University is in the hospital after she was hit by a van in Milwaukee early Wednesday morning. Police investigated what happened around 1:45 a.m Wednesday. Crews took the victim, a 23-year-old, to the hospital with serious injuries. Police took a 41-year-old man into ...

  • Wis. Sikhs plan 6K runwalk on one-year anniversary of tragedy

    OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Sikhs plan to memorialize last year's shooting tragedy with religious observances and a 6-kilometer fundraising run/walk. Temple member Pardeep Kaleka says the Aug. 5 anniversary will be preceded by a religious ceremony in which priests read the entire Sikh holy book aloud from cover to cover. Members of the temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek also ...

  • 2 bear attacks unusual in Wisconsin

    RHINELANDER, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' carnivore specialist says attacks by black bear in Wisconsin are unusual, despite two such incidents so far this spring. David MacFarland, in Rhinelander, says black bear are not aggressive animals and usually don't attack, so the recent attacks in Wisconsin are rare incidents. In the most recent attack in ...

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